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bayhaqi:1191 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥusayn b. ʿUmar b. Burhān And ʾAbū al-Ḥusayn b. al-Faḍl al-Qaṭṭān> Ismāʿīl b. Muḥammad al-Ṣaffār > al-Ḥasan b. ʿArafah > Bishr b. al-Mufaḍḍal > Muḥammad b. ʿAjlān > Saʿīd b. Abū Saʿīd al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "When a fly falls into the vessel of any one of you, let him dip it (in the vessel) completely and then remove it, for one of its wings has a disease and the other has the cure." And 'Amr bin 'Ali narrated it to Ibn 'Ajlan, on the authority of Al-Qa'qa' bin Hakim from Abu Salih, on the authority of Abu Hurairah in a similar manner.  

البيهقي:١١٩١ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ بُرْهَانَ وَأَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْقَطَّانُ بِبَغْدَادَ قَالَا ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَرَفَةَ ثنا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا وَقَعَ الذُّبَابُ فِي إِنَاءِ أَحَدِكُمْ فَإِنَّ فِي أَحَدِ جَنَاحَيْهِ دَاءً وَفِي الْآخَرِ شِفَاءً وَإِنَّهُ يَتَّقِي بِالْجَنَاحِ الَّذِي فِيهِ الدَّاءُ فَلْيَغْمِسْهُ كُلَّهُ ثُمَّ لِيَنْزِعْهُ وَرَوَاهُ عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنِ الْقَعْقَاعِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ بِنَحْوِهِ  

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abudawud:3844 – Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > Bishr / Ibn al-Mufaḍḍal > Ibn ʿAjlān > Saʿīd al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

when a fly alights in anyone’s vessel, he should plunge it all in, for in one of its wings there is a disease, and in the other is a cure. It prevents the wing of it is which there is a cure, so plunge it all in (the vessel).  

أبو داود:٣٨٤٤ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْمُفَضَّلِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلاَنَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا وَقَعَ الذُّبَابُ فِي إِنَاءِ أَحَدِكُمْ فَامْقُلُوهُ فَإِنَّ فِي أَحَدِ جَنَاحَيْهِ دَاءً وَفِي الآخَرِ شِفَاءً وَإِنَّهُ يَتَّقِي بِجَنَاحِهِ الَّذِي فِيهِ الدَّاءُ فَلْيَغْمِسْهُ كُلَّهُ  

ahmad:9036 – ʿAffān > Ḥammād / Ibn Salamah > Thumāmah b. ʿAbdullāh b. Anas > ʿAffān Marrah > Zaʿam Dhāk Thumāmah > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] From the Prophet ﷺ and from Habib ibn Al-Shahid, from Muhammad ibn Sirin, from Abu Hurairah, from the Prophet ﷺ who said: "If a fly falls into one of your containers, immerse it in it, for indeed in one of its wings there is a disease, and in the other wing there is a cure." And Affan said once: "Indeed, in one of its wings there is..."  

أحمد:٩٠٣٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ثُمَامَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ وَقَالَ عَفَّانُ مَرَّةً قَالَ زَعَمَ ذَاكَ ثُمَامَةُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَعَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ الشَّهِيدِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا وَقَعَ الذُّبَابُ فِي إِنَاءِ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلْيَغْمِسْهُ فَإِنَّ فِي أَحَدِ جَنَاحَيْهِ دَاءً وَالْآخَرِ دَوَاءً وَقَالَ عَفَّانُ مَرَّةً فَإِنَّ أَحَدَ جَنَاحَيْهِ  

ahmad:7141 – Bishr b. Mufaḍḍal > Ibn ʿAjlān > Saʿīd al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

when a fly alights in anyone’s vessel, he should plunge it all in, for in one of its wings there is a disease, and in the other is a cure. It prevents the wing of it is which there is a cure, so plunge it all in (the vessel). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3844)  

أحمد:٧١٤١ – حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُفَضَّلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا وَقَعَ الذُّبَابُ فِي إِنَاءِ أَحَدِكُمْ فَإِنَّ فِي أَحَدِ جَنَاحَيْهِ دَاءً وَفِي الْآخَرِ شِفَاءً وَإِنَّهُ يَتَّقِي بِجَنَاحِهِ الَّذِي فِيهِ الدَّاءُ فَلْيَغْمِسْهُ كُلَّهُ  

ahmad:8485 – Yūnus > Layth > Muḥammad > al-Qaʿqāʿ > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Indeed, in one of the wings of the fly there is a disease, and in the other there is a cure. So if the fly falls into the vessel of one of you, then let him immerse it and then take it out."  

أحمد:٨٤٨٥ – حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْقَعْقَاعِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِنَّ الذُّبَابَ فِي أَحَدِ جَنَاحَيْهِ دَاءٌ وَفِي الْآخَرِ شِفَاءٌ فَإِذَا وَقَعَ فِي إِنَاءِ أَحَدِكُمْ فَإِنَّهُ يَتَّقِي بِالَّذِي فِيهِ الدَّاءُ فَلْيَغْمِسْهُ ثُمَّ يُخْرِجُهُ  

darimi:2082 – Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Thumāmah b. ʿAbdullāh b. Anas > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ, he said: "When a fly falls into the vessel of any one of you, let him immerse it, for indeed in one of its wings there is a disease and in the other there is a cure." Abu Muhammad said, "Except for Hammaad, Thumamah, and Anas in the place of Abu Hurayrah, and a group that says it is from al-Qaqa' (another narrator) from Abu Hurayrah." And the narration of Ubayd ibn Hunayn is the most authentic.  

الدارمي:٢٠٨٢ – حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثُمَامَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا وَقَعَ الذُّبَابٌ فِي إِنَاءِ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلْيَغْمِسْهُ فَإِنَّ فِي أَحَدِ جَنَاحَيْهِ دَاءً وَفِي الْآخَرِ شِفَاءً قَالَ أَبُو مُحَمَّد قَالَ غَيْرُ حَمَّادٍ ثُمَامَةُ عَنْ أَنَسٍ مَكَانَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَقَوْمٌ يَقُولُونَ عَنْ الْقَعْقَاعِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ «وَحَدِيثُ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ حُنَيْنٍ أَصَحُّ»  

ذِكْرُ مَا يَعْمَلُ الْمَرْءُ عِنْدَ وُقُوعِ مَا لَا نَفْسَ لَهُ تَسِيلُ فِي مَائِهِ أَوْ مَرَقَتِهِ

ibnhibban:1246 – Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Khuzaymah > Ziyād b. Yaḥyá al-Ḥassānī > Bishr b. al-Mufaḍḍal > Ibn ʿAjlān > Saʿīd al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

when a fly alights in anyone’s vessel, he should plunge it all in, for in one of its wings there is a disease, and in the other is a cure. It prevents the wing of it is which there is a cure, so plunge it all in (the vessel). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3844)  

ابن حبّان:١٢٤٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْحَسَّانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا وَقَعَ الذُّبَابُ فِي إِنَاءِ أَحَدِكُمْ فَإِنَّ فِي أَحَدِ جَنَاحَيْهِ دَاءً وَفِي الْآخَرِ شِفَاءً وَإِنَّهُ يَتَّقِي بِجَنَاحِهِ الَّذِي فِيهِ الدَّاءُ فَلْيَغْمِسْهُ كُلَّهُ ثُمَّ لِيَنْزِعْهُ»  

ذِكْرُ الْأَمْرِ بِغَمْسِ الذُّبَابِ فِي الْمَرَقَةِ إِذَا وَقَعَ فِيهَا، ثُمَّ الْإِخْرَاجِ وَالِانْتِفَاعِ بِتِلْكَ الْمَرَقَةِ

ibnhibban:5250 – Muḥammad b. ʿUmar b. Yūsuf > Naṣr b. ʿAlī al-Jahḍamī > Bishr b. al-Mufaḍḍal > Muḥammad b. ʿAjlān > Saʿīd al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

when a fly alights in anyone’s vessel, he should plunge it all in, for in one of its wings there is a disease, and in the other is a cure. It prevents the wing of it is which there is a cure, so plunge it all in (the vessel). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3844)  

ابن حبّان:٥٢٥٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ يُوسُفَ حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا وَقَعَ الذُّبَابُ فِي إِنَاءِ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلْيَغْمِسْهُ فَإِنَّ فِي أَحَدِ جَنَاحَيْهِ دَاءٌ وَفِي الْآخَرِ شِفَاءٌ وَإِنَّهُ يَتَّقِي بِجَنَاحِهِ الَّذِي فِيهِ الدَّاءُ فَلْيَغْمِسْهُ كُلَّهُ ثُمَّ لِيَنْزِعْهُ»  

suyuti:2776a –

when a fly alights in anyone’s vessel, he should plunge it all in, for in one of its wings there is a disease, and in the other is a cure. It prevents the wing of it is which there is a cure, so plunge it all in (the vessel). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3844)   

السيوطي:٢٧٧٦a –

"إِذَا وقَعَ الذُّبابُ في إناء أحدكُمْ فليغْمِسْهُ فإِنَّ في أحد جناحَيه داءً وفي الآخرِ شفاءً، وإنَّه يَتَّقى بجناحِه الَّذِي فيه الدَّاءُ، فَليغْمِسْه كلَّه، ثم ليَنْزِعْهُ" .  

[حم] أحمد ، [د] أبو داود [حب] ابن حبّان عن أبي هريرة