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ahmad:9532 – Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > ʿAjlān a freed slave of al-Mushmaʿil > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] From the Prophet ﷺ , he said: "Do not insult anyone while you are fasting. If someone insults you, say: 'I am fasting.'"  

أحمد:٩٥٣٢ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَجْلَانُ مَوْلَى الْمُشْمَعِلِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا تُسَابَّ وَأَنْتَ صَائِمٌ فَإِنْ سَبَّكَ إِنْسَانٌ فَقُلْ إِنِّي صَائِمٌ  

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ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الدَّالِّ عَلَى أَنَّ قَوْلَ الصَّائِمِ لِمَنْ جَهِلَ عَلَيْهِ: إِنِّي صَائِمٌ، إِنَّمَا أُمِرَ أَنْ يَقُولَ بِقَلْبِهِ دُونَ النُّطْقِ بِهِ

ibnhibban:3483 – Ibn Khuzaymah > Muḥammad b. Bashhār > ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > ʿAjlān a freed slave of al-Mushmaʿil > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ, he said, "Do not insult others while you are fasting. And if someone insults you, say, 'I am fasting.' And if you are standing, then sit down."  

ابن حبّان:٣٤٨٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ خُزَيْمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ عَجْلَانَ مَوْلَى الْمُشْمَعِلِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا تَسَابَّ وَأَنْتَ صَائِمٌ وَإِنْ سَابَّكَ أَحَدٌ فَقُلْ إِنِّي صَائِمٌ وَإِنْ كُنْتَ قَائِمًا فَاجْلِسْ»  

nasai-kubra:3246 – Muḥammad b. Ḥātim > Ḥibbān > ʿAbdullāh > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > ʿAjlān > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] About the Prophet ﷺ he said, "Do not indulge in swearing and insulting while you are fasting. If someone insults you, say, 'I am fasting.' And if you are standing, then sit down."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٢٤٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا حِبَّانُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا تَسْتَابَّ وَأَنْتَ صَائِمٌ فَإِنْ سَبَّكَ أَحَدٌ فَقُلْ إِنِّي صَائِمٌ وَإِنْ كُنْتَ قَائِمًا فَاجْلِسْ