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ahmad:8597 – Ḥasan > ʿAbdullāh b. Lahīʿah > Abū Yūnus Sulaym b. Jubayr a freed slave of Abū Hurayrah > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] It was narrated by the Prophet ﷺ that he said, "If it were not for Eve, a woman would not betray her husband."  

أحمد:٨٥٩٧ – حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ لَهِيعَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يُونُسَ سُلَيْمُ بْنُ جُبَيْرٍ مَوْلَى أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَوْلَا حَوَّاءُ لَمْ تَخُنْ أُنْثَى زَوْجَهَا  

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muslim:1470a – Hārūn b. Maʿrūf > ʿAbdullāh b. Wahb > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > Abū Yūnus a freed slave of Abū Hurayrah > Abū Hurayrah

Had it not been for Eve, woman would have never acted unfaithfully towards her husband.  

مسلم:١٤٧٠a – حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ مَعْرُوفٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ أَنَّ أَبَا يُونُسَ مَوْلَى أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَوْلاَ حَوَّاءُ لَمْ تَخُنْ أُنْثَى زَوْجَهَا الدَّهْرَ  

ahmad:8591 – Hārūn b. Maʿrūf > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr / Ibn al-Ḥārith > Abū Yūnus a freed slave of Abū Hurayrah > Abū Hurayrah

Had it not been for Eve, woman would have never acted unfaithfully towards her husband. (Using translation from Muslim 1470a)  

أحمد:٨٥٩١ – حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ مَعْرُوفٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرٌو يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْحَارِثِ أَنَّ أَبَا يُونُسَ مَوْلَى أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَوْلَا حَوَّاءُ لَمْ تَخُنْ أُنْثَى زَوْجَهَا الدَّهْرَ