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[Machine] An Arab man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "Do you accept young children?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, "Would I have power over Allah to remove mercy from your heart?"  

البيهقي:١٣٥٧٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو طَاهِرٍ الْفَقِيهُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْقَطَّانُ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ السُّلَمِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ قَالَ ذَكَرَ سُفْيَانُ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ

جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَتُقَبِّلُونَ الصِّبْيَانَ فَمَا نُقَبِّلُهُمْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَوَأَمْلِكُ لَكَ أَنْ نَزَعَ اللهُ الرَّحْمَةَ مِنْ قَلْبِكَ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ الْفِرْيَابِيِّ

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bukhari:5998 – Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > Sufyān > Hishām > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

A bedouin came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "You (people) kiss the boys! We don't kiss them." The Prophet said, "I cannot put mercy in your heart after Allah has taken it away from it."  

البخاري:٥٩٩٨ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ

جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ تُقَبِّلُونَ الصِّبْيَانَ فَمَا نُقَبِّلُهُمْ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَوَ أَمْلِكُ لَكَ أَنْ نَزَعَ اللَّهُ مِنْ قَلْبِكَ الرَّحْمَةَ  

ahmad:24291 – Ibn Numayr > Hishām from his father > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ came across a Bedouin Arab who asked, "O Messenger of Allah, do you show affection to children?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "By Allah, we do not kiss them." Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I cannot control that Allah has removed mercy from your heart."  

أحمد:٢٤٢٩١ – حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَعْرَابِيٌّ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَتُقَبِّلُ الصِّبْيَانَ؟ فَوَاللهِ مَا نُقَبِّلُهُمْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا أَمْلِكُ أَنَّ اللهَ ﷻ نَزَعَ مِنْ قَلْبِكَ الرَّحْمَةَ  

ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يُقَبِّلَ وَلَدَهُ وَوَلَدَ وَلَدِهِ

ibnhibban:5595 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Daghūlī > Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá al-Dhuhlī > Muḥammad b. Yūsuf al-Firyābī > Sufyān > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

A bedouin came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "You (people) kiss the boys! We don't kiss them." The Prophet said, "I cannot put mercy in your heart after Allah has taken it away from it." (Using translation from Bukhārī 5998)  

ابن حبّان:٥٥٩٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الدَّغُولِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الذُّهْلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْفِرْيَابِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَتُقَبِّلُونَ الصِّبْيَانَ؟ فَمَا نُقَبِّلُهُمْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «وَمَا أَمْلِكُ لَكَ أَنْ نَزَعَ اللَّهُ الرَّحْمَةَ مِنْ قَلْبِكَ»