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ahmad:6858 – ʿAffān And Bahz > Shuʿbah > Ḥabīb b. Abū Thābit

[Machine] "A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and sought his permission for jihad. He asked him, 'Are your parents alive?' He replied, 'Yes.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then said, 'Then strive in their service.' Bahz informed me that Habib ibn Abi Thabit narrated from Abu Al-Abbas who said, 'I asked Abdullah ibn Amr about...' "  

أحمد:٦٨٥٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ وَبَهْزٌ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْعَبَّاسِ وَكَانَ رَجُلًا شَاعِرًا سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَاسْتَأْذَنَهُ فِي الْجِهَادِ فَقَالَ أَحَيٌّ وَالِدَاكَ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَفِيهِمَا فَجَاهِدْ قَالَ بَهْزٌ أَخْبَرَنِي حَبِيبُ بْنُ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو  

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bukhari:3004 – Ādam > Shuʿbah > Ḥabīb b. Abū Thābit from my father

A man came to the Prophet ﷺ asking his permission to take part in Jihad. The Prophet ﷺ asked him, "Are your parents alive?" He replied in the affirmative. The Prophet ﷺ said to him, "Then exert yourself in their service."  

البخاري:٣٠٠٤ – حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا حَبِيبُ بْنُ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْعَبَّاسِ الشَّاعِرَ وَكَانَ لاَ يُتَّهَمُ فِي حَدِيثِهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو ؓ يَقُولُ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَاسْتَأْذَنَهُ فِي الْجِهَادِ فَقَالَ أَحَىٌّ وَالِدَاكَ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَفِيهِمَا فَجَاهِدْ  

muslim:2549a – [Chain 1] Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And Zuhayr b. Ḥarb > Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Ḥabīb [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Yaḥyá / Ibn Saʿīd al-Qaṭṭān > Sufyān And Shuʿbah > Ḥabīb > Abū al-ʿAbbās > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr

Are your parents living? He said: Yes. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: You should put in your best efforts (in their) service.  

مسلم:٢٥٤٩a – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ حَبِيبٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانَ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ وَشُعْبَةَ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا حَبِيبٌ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَسْتَأْذِنُهُ فِي الْجِهَادِ فَقَالَ أَحَىٌّ وَالِدَاكَ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَفِيهِمَا فَجَاهِدْ  

nasai:3103 – Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Sufyān And Shuʿbah > Ḥabīb b. Abū Thābit > Abū al-ʿAbbās > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr

"A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and asked him for permission to go for Jihad. He said: 'Are your parents alive?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Then strive for their sake.'"  

النسائي:٣١٠٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ وَشُعْبَةَ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا حَبِيبُ بْنُ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَسْتَأْذِنُهُ فِي الْجِهَادِ فَقَالَ أَحَىٌّ وَالِدَاكَ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَفِيهِمَا فَجَاهِدْ  

tirmidhi:1671 – Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Sufyān And Shuʿbah > Ḥabīb b. Abū Thābit > Abū al-ʿAbbās > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr

A man came to Prophet ﷺ seeking permission to go for Jihad. So he said: 'Do you have parents (living)? ' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Then it is for them that you should perform Jihad.'"  

[Abu 'Eisa said:] There is something on this topic from Ibn 'Abbas. This Hadith is Hasan Sahih. (One of the narrators) Abul-Abbas is the blind (Al-A'ma) poet (Ash-Sha'ir), from Makkah, and his name is As-Sa'ab bin Farrukh.
الترمذي:١٦٧١ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ وَشُعْبَةَ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَسْتَأْذِنُهُ فِي الْجِهَادِ فَقَالَ أَلَكَ وَالِدَانِ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَفِيهِمَا فَجَاهِدْ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَأَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ هُوَ الشَّاعِرُ الأَعْمَى الْمَكِّيُّ وَاسْمُهُ السَّائِبُ بْنُ فَرُّوخَ
ahmad:6544 – Yazīd > Misʿar > Ḥabīb b. Abū Thābit > Abū al-ʿAbbās > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr

Are your parents living? He said: Yes. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: You should put in your best efforts (in their) service. (Using translation from Muslim 2549a)  

أحمد:٦٥٤٤ – حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا مِسْعَرٌ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَسْتَأْذِنُهُ فِي الْجِهَادِ فَقَالَ أَحَيٌّ وَالِدَاكَ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَفِيهِمَا فَجَاهِدْ  

ahmad:7062 – ʿAffān > Shuʿbah > Ḥabīb b. Abū Thābit

"A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and asked him for permission to go for Jihad. He said: 'Are your parents alive?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Then strive for their sake.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3103)  

أحمد:٧٠٦٢ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْعَبَّاسِ وَكَانَ شَاعِرًا قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَاسْتَأْذَنَهُ فِي الْجِهَادِ فَقَالَ أَحَيٌّ وَالِدَاكَ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَفِيهِمَا فَجَاهِدْ  

ذِكْرُ مَا يَقُومُ مَقَامَ الْجِهَادِ النَّفْلُ مِنَ الطَّاعَاتِ لِلْمَرْءِ

ibnhibban:318 – ʿUmar b. Ismāʿīl b. Abū Ghaylān > ʿAlī b. al-Jaʿd > Shuʿbah > Ḥabīb b. Abū Thābit > Abū al-ʿAbbās / al-Sāʾib b. Farrūkh al-Shāʿir al-Makkī > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr

Are your parents living? He said: Yes. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: You should put in your best efforts (in their) service. (Using translation from Muslim 2549a)   

ابن حبّان:٣١٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي غَيْلَانَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْجَعْدِ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ أَخْبَرَنِي حَبِيبُ بْنُ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْعَبَّاسِ وَهُوَ السَّائِبُ بْنُ فَرُّوخٍ الشَّاعِرُ الْمَكِّيُّ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو يَقُولُ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَسْتَأْذِنُهُ فِي الْجِهَادِ فقَالَ «أَحَيٌّ وَالِدَاكَ»؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَفِيهِمَا فَجَاهِدْ»  

nasai-kubra:4296 – Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Sufyān And Shuʿbah > Ḥabīb b. Abū Thābit > Abū al-ʿAbbās Wahū al-Sāʾib b. Farrūkh > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr

Are your parents living? He said: Yes. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: You should put in your best efforts (in their) service. (Using translation from Muslim 2549a)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٢٩٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ وَشُعْبَةَ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا حَبِيبُ بْنُ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ وَهُوَ السَّائِبُ بْنُ فَرُّوخَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَسْتَأْذِنُهُ فِي الْجِهَادِ فَقَالَ «أَحَيٌّ وَالِدَاكَ؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَفِيهِمَا فَجَاهِدْ»