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bayhaqi:12325 – [Chain 1] Abū Bakr b. Fūrak > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > Yūnus b. Ḥabīb > Abū Dāwud > Hishām al-Dastuwāʾī [Chain 2] Abū Saʿīd b. Abū ʿAmr > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. Naṣr > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Wahbb. Jarīr > Hishām b. Abū ʿAbdullāh Ṣāḥib al-Dastuwāʾī > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] I complained, and I have seven sisters. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered upon me and splashed water on my face. I woke up and said, "O Messenger of Allah, should I give two-thirds to my sisters?" He said, "That is good." I said, "What about half?" He said, "That is good." Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ left and returned, and he said, "O Jabir, I only see you as either dead or close to death from this pain, while Allah has revealed concerning your sisters, so make it clear." So, he gave them two-thirds. Jabir used to say, "These verses were revealed about me, 'They ask you for legal instruction. Say, "Allah instructs you concerning one having neither descendants nor ascendants."' [Quran 4:176] until the end of the narration of Wahb bin Jarir and the summarized narration of At-Tayalisi and it is narrated by Kathir bin Hisham from Hisham similar to the narration of Wahb except that he said, 'O Jabir, I do not see you as dead from this pain of yours.'"  

البيهقي:١٢٣٢٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ فُورَكٍ أنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا يُونُسُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا هِشَامٌ الدَّسْتُوَائِيُّ ح وَأنا أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أنا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ صَاحِبِ الدَّسْتُوَائِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

اشْتَكَيْتُ وَعِنْدِي سَبْعُ أَخَوَاتٍ لِي فَدَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَنَضَحَ فِي وَجْهِي فَأَفَقْتُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أُوصِي لِأَخَوَاتِي بِالثُّلُثَيْنِ؟ فَقَالَ أَحْسِنْ فَقُلْتُ بِالشَّطْرِ؟ قَالَ أَحْسِنْ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ فَقَالَ يَا جَابِرُ مَا أُرَاكَ إِلَّا مَيِّتًا أَوْ قَالَ مَا أُرَاكَ مَيِّتًا مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجَعِ وَقَدْ أَنْزَلَ اللهُ فِي أَخَوَاتِكَ فَبَيَّنَ فَجَعَلَ لَهُنَّ الثُّلُثَيْنِ فَكَانَ جَابِرٌ يَقُولُ نَزَلَتْ هَؤُلَاءِ الْآيَاتُ فِيَّ {يَسْتَفْتُونَكَ قُلِ اللهُ يُفْتِيكُمْ فِي الْكَلَالَةِ} [النساء 176] إِلَى آخِرِهَا لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ وَهْبِ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ وَحَدِيثُ الطَّيَالِسِيِّ مُخْتَصَرٌ وَرَوَاهُ كَثِيرُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ عَنْ هِشَامٍ نَحْوَ رِوَايَةِ وَهْبٍ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ يَا جَابِرُ لَا أُرَاكَ مَيِّتًا مِنْ وَجَعِكَ هَذَا  

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abudawud:2887 – ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Kathīr b. Hishām > Hishām / al-Dastawāʾī > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

I fell ill, and I had seven sisters. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to me and blew on my face. So I became conscious. I said: Messenger of Allah, may I not bequeath one-third of my property to my sisters? He replied: Do good. I asked: Half? He replied: Do good. He then went out and left me, and said: I do not think, Jabir, you will die of this disease. Allah has revealed (verses) and described the share of your sisters. He appointed two-thirds for them. Jabir used to say: This verse was revealed about me: "They ask thee for a legal decision. Say: Allah directs (thus) about those who leave no descendants or ascendants as heirs.  

أبو داود:٢٨٨٧ – حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا كَثِيرُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ يَعْنِي الدَّسْتَوَائِيَّ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

اشْتَكَيْتُ وَعِنْدِي سَبْعُ أَخَوَاتٍ فَدَخَلَ عَلَىَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَنَفَخَ فِي وَجْهِي فَأَفَقْتُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَلاَ أُوصِي لأَخَوَاتِي بِالثُّلُثِ قَالَ أَحْسِنْ قُلْتُ الشَّطْرَ قَالَ أَحْسِنْ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ وَتَرَكَنِي فَقَالَ يَا جَابِرُ لاَ أُرَاكَ مَيِّتًا مِنْ وَجَعِكَ هَذَا وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَنْزَلَ فَبَيَّنَ الَّذِي لأَخَوَاتِكَ فَجَعَلَ لَهُنَّ الثُّلُثَيْنِ قَالَ فَكَانَ جَابِرٌ يَقُولُ أُنْزِلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ فِيَّ { يَسْتَفْتُونَكَ قُلِ اللَّهُ يُفْتِيكُمْ فِي الْكَلاَلَةِ }  

ahmad:14998 – Azhar b. al-Qāsim And Kathīr b. Hishām > Hishām > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

I fell ill, and I had seven sisters. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to me and blew on my face. So I became conscious. I said: Messenger of Allah, may I not bequeath one-third of my property to my sisters? He replied: Do good. I asked: Half? He replied: Do good. He then went out and left me, and said: I do not think, Jabir, you will die of this disease. Allah has revealed (verses) and described the share of your sisters. He appointed two-thirds for them. Jabir used to say: This verse was revealed about me: "They ask thee for a legal decision. Say: Allah directs (thus) about those who leave no descendants or ascendants as heirs. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2887)   

أحمد:١٤٩٩٨ – حَدَّثَنَا أَزْهَرُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ وَكَثِيرُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

اشْتَكَيْتُ وَعِنْدِي سَبْعُ أَخَوَاتٍ لِي فَدَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَنَضَحَ فِي وَجْهِي فَأَفَقْتُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أُوصِي لِأَخَوَاتِي بِالثُّلُثَيْنِ؟ قَالَ أَحْسِنْ قُلْتُ بِالشَّطْرِ؟ قَالَ أَحْسِنْ قَالَ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ وَتَرَكَنِي ثُمَّ رَجَعَ فَقَالَ يَا جَابِرُ إِنِّي لَا أَرَاكَ مَيِّتًا مِنْ وَجَعِكَ هَذَا فَإِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ قَدْ أَنْزَلَ فَبَيَّنَ الَّذِي لِأَخَوَاتِكَ فَجَعَلَ لَهُنَّ الثُّلُثَيْنِ قَالَ فَكَانَ جَابِرٌ يَقُولُ نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ فِيَّ {يَسْتَفْتُونَكَ قُلِ اللهُ يُفْتِيكُمْ فِي الْكَلَالَةِ} [النساء 176]  

nasai-kubra:6290 – Ismāʿīl b. Masʿūd al-Jaḥdarī > Khālid / Ibn al-Ḥārith > Hishām / Ibn Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Dastuwāʾī And Hū Hishām b. Sanbar > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

I fell ill, and I had seven sisters. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to me and blew on my face. So I became conscious. I said: Messenger of Allah, may I not bequeath one-third of my property to my sisters? He replied: Do good. I asked: Half? He replied: Do good. He then went out and left me, and said: I do not think, Jabir, you will die of this disease. Allah has revealed (verses) and described the share of your sisters. He appointed two-thirds for them. Jabir used to say: This verse was revealed about me: "They ask thee for a legal decision. Say: Allah directs (thus) about those who leave no descendants or ascendants as heirs. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2887)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٢٩٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ الْجَحْدَرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ الدَّسْتُوَائِيَّ وَهُوَ هِشَامُ بْنُ سَنْبَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

اشْتَكَيْتُ وَعِنْدِي سَبْعُ أَخَوَاتٍ لِي فَدَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَنَفَخَ فِي وَجْهِي فَأَفَقْتُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَلَا أُوصِي لِأَخَوَاتِي بِالثُّلُثَيْنِ؟ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ وَتَرَكَنِي ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ إِنِّي لَا أَرَاكَ مَيِّتًا مِنْ وَجَعِكَ هَذَا وَإِنَّ اللهَ قَدْ أَنْزَلَ فَبَيَّنَ الَّذِي لِأَخَوَاتِكَ فَجَعَلَ لَهُنَّ الثُّلُثَيْنِ فَكَانَ جَابِرٌ يَقُولُ أُنْزِلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ فِيَّ {يَسْتَفْتُونَكَ قُلِ اللهُ يُفْتِيكُمْ فِي الْكَلَالَةِ} [النساء 176]  

nasai-kubra:6291 – Masʿūd b. Jūwayriyah al-Mawṣilī > al-Muʿāfá > Hishām Ṣāḥib al-Dastuwāʾī > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

I fell ill, and I had seven sisters. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to me and blew on my face. So I became conscious. I said: Messenger of Allah, may I not bequeath one-third of my property to my sisters? He replied: Do good. I asked: Half? He replied: Do good. He then went out and left me, and said: I do not think, Jabir, you will die of this disease. Allah has revealed (verses) and described the share of your sisters. He appointed two-thirds for them. Jabir used to say: This verse was revealed about me: "They ask thee for a legal decision. Say: Allah directs (thus) about those who leave no descendants or ascendants as heirs. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2887)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٢٩١ – أَخْبَرَنِي مَسْعُودُ بْنُ جُوَيْرِيَةُ الْمَوْصِلِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُعَافَى عَنْ هِشَامٍ صَاحِبِ الدَّسْتُوَائِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

اشْتَكَيْتُ وَعِنْدِي سَبْعُ أَخَوَاتٍ لِي فَدَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَنَضَحَ فِي وَجْهِي فَأَفَقْتُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أُوصِي لِأَخَوَاتِي بِالثُّلُثَيْنِ؟ قَالَ «أَحْسِنْ» قُلْتُ الشَّطْرُ؟ قَالَ «أَحْسِنْ» ثُمَّ خَرَجَ وَتَرَكَنِي ثُمَّ رَجَعَ فَقَالَ يَا جَابِرُ إِنِّي لَا أَرَاكَ مَيِّتًا مِنْ وَجَعِكَ هَذَا وَإِنَّ اللهَ قَدْ أَنْزَلَ فَبَيَّنَ لِأَخَوَاتِكَ فَجَعَلَ لَهُنَّ الثُّلُثَيْنِ قَالَ جَابِرٌ فَنَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {يَسْتَفْتُونَكَ قُلِ اللهُ يُفْتِيكُمْ فِي الْكَلَالَةِ} [النساء 176]  

nasai-kubra:7471 – Masʿūd b. Jūwayriyah > al-Muʿāfá / Ibn ʿImrān > Hishām Ṣāḥib al-Dastuwāʾī > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

I fell ill, and I had seven sisters. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to me and blew on my face. So I became conscious. I said: Messenger of Allah, may I not bequeath one-third of my property to my sisters? He replied: Do good. I asked: Half? He replied: Do good. He then went out and left me, and said: I do not think, Jabir, you will die of this disease. Allah has revealed (verses) and described the share of your sisters. He appointed two-thirds for them. Jabir used to say: This verse was revealed about me: "They ask thee for a legal decision. Say: Allah directs (thus) about those who leave no descendants or ascendants as heirs. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2887)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٤٧١ – أَخْبَرَنَا مَسْعُودُ بْنُ جُوَيْرِيَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُعَافَى يَعْنِي ابْنَ عِمْرَانَ عَنْ هِشَامٍ صَاحِبِ الدَّسْتُوَائِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

اشْتَكَيْتُ وَعِنْدِي سَبْعُ أَخَوَاتٍ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَنَضَحَ فِي وَجْهِي مَاءً فَأَفَقْتُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أُوصِي لِأَخَوَاتِي بِالثُّلُثَيْنِ قَالَ «أَحْسِنْ» قُلْتُ الشَّطْرُ قَالَ «أَحْسِنْ» ثُمَّ خَرَجَ وَتَرَكَنِي ثُمَّ رَجَعَ فَقَالَ يَا جَابِرُ إِنَّكَ لَا أَرَاكَ مَيِّتًا مِنْ وَجَعِكَ هَذَا وَإِنَّ اللهَ قَدْ أَنْزَلَ فَبَيَّنَ لِأَخَوَاتِكَ فَجَعَلَ لَهُنَّ الثُّلُثَيْنِ قَالَ جَابِرٌ فَنَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {قُلِ اللهُ يُفْتِيكُمْ فِي الْكَلَالَةِ} [النساء 176]