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ahmad:7576 – Abū Kāmil > Ḥammād > Abū ʿImrān al-Jawnī > a man > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ complaining about the hardness of his heart. So he said to him, "If you want your heart to soften, feed the poor and wipe the head of the orphan."  

أحمد:٧٥٧٦ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ الْجَوْنِيِّ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا شَكَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَسْوَةَ قَلْبِهِفَقَالَ لَهُ إِنْ أَرَدْتَ أَنْ يَلِينَ قَلْبُكَ فَأَطْعِمِ الْمِسْكِينَ وَامْسَحْ رَأْسَ الْيَتِيمِ  

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ahmad:9018 – Bahz > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Abū ʿImrān > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] A man complained to the Prophet ﷺ about the hardness of his heart, so he said, "Wipe the head of an orphan and feed the poor."  

أحمد:٩٠١٨ – حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا شَكَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَسْوَةَ قَلْبِهِ فَقَالَ امْسَحْ رَأْسَ الْيَتِيمِ وَأَطْعِمِ الْمِسْكِينَ  

bayhaqi:7094 – Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Abū Saʿīd b. Sakhtawayh al-Isfarāyīnī Bimakkah And Katabah Lī Bikhaṭṭih > Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Muḥammad b. Kaysān al-Naḥwī > Abū al-Ḥasan al-Muqriʾ > al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Yūsuf b. Yaʿqūb al-Qāḍī > Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Abū ʿImrān al-Jawnī > a man > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] A man complained to the Prophet about the hardness of his heart, so he said, "If you want your heart to be softened, then feed the poor and wipe the head of the orphan."  

البيهقي:٧٠٩٤ – أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي سَعِيدِ بْنِ سَخْتَوَيْهِ الْإِسْفَرَايِينِيُّ بِمَكَّةَ وَكَتَبَهُ لِي بِخَطِّهِ أنبأ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ النَّحْوِيُّ بِبَغْدَادَ وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الْمُقْرِئُ أنبأ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَا ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْقَاضِي ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ الْجَوْنِيِّ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا شَكَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَسْوَةَ قَلْبِهِ فَقَالَ إِنْ أَرَدْتَ أَنْ يُلَيَّنَ قَلْبُكَ فَأَطْعِمِ الْمَسَاكِينَ وَامْسَحْ رَأْسَ الْيَتِيمِ  

bayhaqi:7095 – Abū al-Ḥasan al-Muqriʾ > al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Yūsuf b. Yaʿqūb > Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Muḥammad b. Wāsiʿ > Abū al-Dardāʾ Katab > Salmān

[Machine] A man complained to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the hardness of his heart. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If you want your heart to soften, then wipe the head of an orphan and feed him."  

البيهقي:٧٠٩٥ – وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الْمُقْرِئُ أنبأ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ وَاسِعٍ أَنَّ أَبَا الدَّرْدَاءِ ؓ كَتَبَ إِلَى سَلْمَانَ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا شَكَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَسْوَةَ قَلْبِهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنْ أَرَدْتَ أَنْ يُلَيَّنَ قَلْبُكَ فَامْسَحْ رَأْسَ الْيَتِيمِ وَأَطْعِمْهُ