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bayhaqi:14042Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Bakr Aḥmad b. al-Ḥasan al-Qāḍī Waʾabū Saʿīd b. Abū ʿAmr > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-ʿAbbās b. Muḥammad al-Dūrī > ʿAbdullāh b. Bakr al-Sahmī > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Sālim b. ʿAbdullāh from his father

[Machine] His name is Ghaylan bin Salamah Al-Thaqafi. During the pre-Islamic era, he had ten wives under his authority. He and his wives all embraced Islam. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ instructed him to choose four of them, and he did so.  

البيهقي:١٤٠٤٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالُوا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الدُّورِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ بَكْرٍ السَّهْمِيُّ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ رَجُلًا كَانَ

يُقَالُ لَهُ غَيْلَانُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ الثَّقَفِيُّ كَانَ تَحْتَهُ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ عَشْرُ نِسْوَةٍ فَأَسْلَمَ وَأَسْلَمْنَ مَعَهُ فَأَمَرَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يَتَخَيَّرَ مِنْهُنَّ أَرْبَعًا وَكَذَلِكَ  

رَوَاهُ يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ وَهَؤُلَاءِ الْأَرْبَعَةُ ابْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ابْنِ عُلَيَّةَ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ غُنْدَرٌ وَيَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ مِنْ حُفَّاظِ أَهْلِ الْبَصْرَةِ رَوَوْهُ هَكَذَا مَوْصُولًا