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ahmad:9884 – Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar And Ḥajjāj > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying; Does he who raises his head while the Imam is prostrating not fear that Allah may change his head into a donkey’s or his face into a donkey’s face. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 623)   

أحمد:٩٨٨٤ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ وَحَجَّاجٌ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ حَجَّاجٌ أَوْ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ أَمَا يَخْشَى أَوْ أَلَا يَخْشَى أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ اللهُ رَأْسَهُ رَأْسَ حِمَارٍ أَوْ صُورَتَهُ صُورَةَ حِمَارٍ إِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ قَبْلَ الْإِمَامِ وَالْإِمَامُ سَاجِدٌ  

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bukhari:691 – Ḥajjāj b. Minhāl > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Isn't he who raises his head before the Imam afraid that Allah may transform his head into that of a donkey or his figure (face) into that of a donkey?"  

البخاري:٦٩١ – حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أَمَا يَخْشَى أَحَدُكُمْ أَوْ لاَ يَخْشَى أَحَدُكُمْ إِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ قَبْلَ الإِمَامِ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ اللَّهُ رَأْسَهُ رَأْسَ حِمَارٍ أَوْ يَجْعَلَ اللَّهُ صُورَتَهُ صُورَةَ حِمَارٍ  

abudawud:623 – Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying; Does he who raises his head while the Imam is prostrating not fear that Allah may change his head into a donkey’s or his face into a donkey’s face.  

أبو داود:٦٢٣ – حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَمَا يَخْشَى أَوْ أَلاَ يَخْشَى أَحَدُكُمْ إِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ وَالإِمَامُ سَاجِدٌ أَنْ يُحَوِّلَ اللَّهُ رَأْسَهُ رَأْسَ حِمَارٍ أَوْ صُورَتَهُ صُورَةَ حِمَارٍ  

ahmad:10546 – Yazīd > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying; Does he who raises his head while the Imam is prostrating not fear that Allah may change his head into a donkey’s or his face into a donkey’s face. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 623)   

أحمد:١٠٥٤٦ – حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أَمَا يَخْشَى أَحَدُكُمْ إِذَارَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ وَالْإِمَامُ سَاجِدٌ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ اللهُ رَأْسَهُ رَأْسَ حِمَارٍ أَوْ صُورَتَهُ صُورَةَ حِمَارٍ؟  

darimi:1355 – Hāshim b. al-Qāsim > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Isn't he who raises his head before the Imam afraid that Allah may transform his head into that of a donkey or his figure (face) into that of a donkey?" (Using translation from Bukhārī 691)  

الدارمي:١٣٥٥ – حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَمَا يَخْشَى أَحَدُكُمْ أَوْ أَلَا يَخْشَى أَحَدُكُمْ إِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ قَبْلَ الْإِمَامِ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ اللَّهُ رَأْسَهُ رَأْسَ حِمَارٍ أَوْ صُورَتَهُ صُورَةَ حِمَارٍ؟ »  

bayhaqi:2601 – Abū al-Ḥasan Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn b. Dāwud al-ʿAlawī Imlāʾ > Abū Ḥammād b. al-Sharqī > Muḥammad b. ʿAqīl from Kitābih And from Ḥifẓih > Ḥafṣ b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibrāhīm b. Ṭahmān > Ayyūb > Muḥammad / Ibn Sīrīn > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] "He (Prophet Muhammad ﷺ) said: 'Doesn't anyone of you fear that when he raises his head from prostration before the Imam, Allah will transform his head into the head of a donkey?'"  

البيهقي:٢٦٠١ – وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ دَاوُدَ الْعَلَوِيُّ إِمْلَاءً أنبأ أَبُو حَمَّادِ بْنُ الشَّرْقِيِّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَقِيلٍ مِنْ كِتَابِهِ وَمِنْ حِفْظِهِ أنبأ حَفْصُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ طَهْمَانَ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَا يَخَافُ أَحَدُكُمْ إِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ السُّجُودِ قَبْلَ الْإِمَامِ أَنْ يُحَوِّلَ اللهُ رَأْسَهُ رَأْسَ حِمَارٍ  

suyuti:4247a –

Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying; Does he who raises his head while the Imam is prostrating not fear that Allah may change his head into a donkey’s or his face into a donkey’s face. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 623)   

السيوطي:٤٢٤٧a –

"أما يخشَى أحدُكم إذا رفعَ رأسَهُ قبلَ الإِمام أن يجعلَ اللهُ رأسَهُ رأسَ حمارٍ، أوْ يجعلَ اللهُ صُورته صورةَ حمارٍ".  

[حم] أحمد [ش] ابن أبى شيبة [خ] البخاري [م] مسلم [د] أبو داود [ت] الترمذي [ن] النسائي [هـ] ابن ماجة عن أبي هريرة (وفي رواية لابن حبان: أن يحول الله رأسه رأس كلبٍ)