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ahmad:8851 – Sulaymān > Ismāʿīl > al-ʿAlāʾ from his father > Abū Hurayrah

Abu Hurairah reported the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ as saying “The bell is a wooden wind musical instrument of Satan.” (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2556)  

أحمد:٨٨٥١ – حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ أَخْبَرَنِي الْعَلَاءُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ الْجَرَسُ مَزَامِيرُ الشَّيْطَانِ  

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muslim:2114 – Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb And Qutaybah And Ibn Ḥujr > Ismāʿīl Yaʿnūn Ibn Jaʿfar > al-ʿAlāʾ from his father > Abū Hurayrah

The bell is the musical instrument of the Satan.  

مسلم:٢١١٤ – وَحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ وَقُتَيْبَةُ وَابْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ يَعْنُونَ ابْنَ جَعْفَرٍ عَنِ الْعَلاَءِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ الْجَرَسُ مَزَامِيرُ الشَّيْطَانِ  

abudawud:2556 – Muḥammad b. Rāfiʿ > Abū Bakr b. Abū Ūways > Sulaymān b. Bilāl > al-ʿAlāʾ b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman from his father > Abū Hurayrah

that the Prophet of Allah ﷺ said regarding the bell ˹that it is˺ the flute of Satan."  

أبو داود:٢٥٥٦ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي أُوَيْسٍ حَدَّثَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلاَلٍ عَنِ الْعَلاَءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ فِي الْجَرَسِ مِزْمَارُ الشَّيْطَانِ  

ahmad:8783 – al-Khuzāʿī > Sulaymān > al-ʿAlāʾ from his father > Abū Hurayrah

Abu Hurairah reported the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ as saying “The bell is a wooden wind musical instrument of Satan.” (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2556)   

أحمد:٨٧٨٣ – حَدَّثَنَا الْخُزَاعِيُّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ الْجَرَسُ مِزْمَارُ الشَّيْطَانِ  

hakim:1629 – Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-Rabīʿ b. Sulaymān > ʿAbdullāh b. Wahb > Sulaymān b. Bilāl > al-ʿAlāʾ from his father > Abū Hurayrah

The bell is the musical instrument of the Satan. (Using translation from Muslim 2114)  

الحاكم:١٦٢٩ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ أَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلَالٍ حَدَّثَنِي الْعَلَاءُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «الْجَرَسُ مِزْمَارُ الشَّيْطَانِ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ

ذِكْرُ الْعِلَّةِ الَّتِي مِنْ أَجْلِهَا لَا تَصْحَبُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ الرُّفْقَةَ الَّتِي فِيهَا الْجَرَسُ

ibnhibban:4704 – al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Ḥarmalah b. Yaḥyá > Ibn Wahb > Sulaymān b. Bilāl > al-ʿAlāʾ from his father > Abū Hurayrah

The bell is the musical instrument of the Satan. (Using translation from Muslim 2114)   

ابن حبّان:٤٧٠٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ بِلَالٍ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «الْجَرَسُ مِزْمَارُ الشَّيْطَانِ»  

nasai-kubra:8761 – ʿAlī b. Ḥujr > Ismāʿīl > al-ʿAlāʾ from his father > Abū Hurayrah

The bell is the musical instrument of the Satan. (Using translation from Muslim 2114)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٧٦١ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْعَلَاءُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «الْجَرَسُ مَزَامِيرُ الشَّيْطَانِ»