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ahmad:7126 – Hushaym > Khālid > Yūsuf or > Abīh ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥārith > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "When they differ on the path, a distance of seven arms' length is raised between them."  

أحمد:٧١٢٦ – حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ يُوسُفَ أَوْ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا اخْتَلَفُوا فِي الطَّرِيقِ رُفِعَ مِنْ بَيْنِهِمْ سَبْعَةُ أَذْرُعٍ  

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ibnmajah:2339 – Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá And Muḥammad b. ʿUmar b. Hayyāj > Qabīṣah > Sufyān > Simāk > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

“When you dispute concerning a path, make it seven forearms length wide.' ”  

ابن ماجة:٢٣٣٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ هَيَّاجٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا قَبِيصَةُ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا اخْتَلَفْتُمْ فِي الطَّرِيقِ فَاجْعَلُوهُ سَبْعَةَ أَذْرُعٍ  

ahmad:9537 – Yaḥyá > al-Muthanná b. Saʿīd > Qatādah > Bushayr b. Kaʿb > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If you disagree or argue along the way, then leave a distance of seven arm's lengths."  

أحمد:٩٥٣٧ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا الْمُثَنَّى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ بُشَيْرِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا اخْتَلَفْتُمْ أَوْ تَشَاجَرْتُمْ فِي الطَّرِيقِ فَدَعُوا سَبْعَةَ أَذْرُعٍ  

ذِكْرُ وَصْفِ مَا يُحْكَمُ لِلْمُخْتَلِفِينَ فِي طُرُقِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ عِنْدَ الْإِمْكَانِ

ibnhibban:5067 – Shabāb b. Ṣāliḥ Biwāsiṭ > Wahbb. Baqiyyah > Khālid > Khālid > Yūsuf b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥārith from his father > Abū Hurayrah

“When you dispute concerning a path, make it seven forearms length wide.' ” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2339)   

ابن حبّان:٥٠٦٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا شَبَابُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ بِوَاسِطٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا اخْتَلَفْتُمْ فِي الطُّرُقِ فَدَعُوا سَبْعَةَ أَذْرُعٍ»