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bayhaqi:14237 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Bakr Aḥmad b. al-Ḥasan al-Qāḍī > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. Khālid b. Khalī > Bishr b. Shuʿayb from his father > al-Zuhrī > Sinān b. Abū Sinān al-Duʾalī > Abū Hurayrah > Rasūl Allāh Ṣllá

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There is no contagious disease." Then, a man from the Bedouins stood up and said, "O Messenger of Allah, what do you say about camels that are in the desert, resembling deer, and then a pure camel comes and mixes with them all?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Then who caused the first one to be infected?"  

البيهقي:١٤٢٣٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَالِدِ بْنِ خَلِيٍّ ثنا بِشْرُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ أَخْبَرَنِي سِنَانُ بْنُ أَبِي سِنَانٍ الدُّؤَلِيُّ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا عَدْوَى فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَعْرَابِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَفَرَأَيْتَ الْإِبِلَ تَكُونُ فِي الرِّمَالِ أَمْثَالَ الظِّبَاءِ فَيَأْتِيهَا الْبَعِيرُ الْأَجْرَبُ فَيُجْرِبُهَا جَمِيعًا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَمَنْ أَعْدَى الْأَوَّلَ؟  

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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
bukhari:5770 – ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad > Hishām b. Yūsuf > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said, 'No 'Adwa (i.e. no contagious disease is conveyed to others without Allah's permission); nor (any evil omen in the month of) Safar; nor Hama" A bedouin said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! What about the camels which, when on the sand (desert) look like deers, but when a mangy camel mixes with them they all get infected with mange?" On that Allah s Apostle said, "Then who conveyed the (mange) disease to the first (mangy) camel?"  

البخاري:٥٧٧٠ – حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لاَ عَدْوَى وَلاَ صَفَرَ وَلاَ هَامَةَ فَقَالَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَمَا بَالُ الإِبِلِ تَكُونُ فِي الرَّمْلِ كَأَنَّهَا الظِّبَاءُ فَيُخَالِطُهَا الْبَعِيرُ الأَجْرَبُ فَيُجْرِبُهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَمَنْ أَعْدَى الأَوَّلَ  

muslim:2220a – Abū al-Ṭāhir And Ḥarmalah b. Yaḥyá Wa-al-Lafẓ Lʾabī al-Ṭāhir > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb Faḥaddathanī Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah Ḥīn

There is no infection, no safar, no hama. A desert Arab said: Messenger of Allah, how is it that when the camel is in the sand it is like a deer-then a camel afflicted with scab mixes with it and it is affected by sub? He (the Holy Prophet) said: Who infected the first one? Note: The majority of scholars interpret this to mean that these things in and of themselves do not transmit or cause harm through supernatural or hidden means but that Allah is ultimately in control and any fearful superstition around these is false.  

مسلم:٢٢٢٠a – حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ وَحَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى وَاللَّفْظُ لأَبِي الطَّاهِرِ قَالاَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ فَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ حِينَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ عَدْوَى وَلاَ صَفَرَ وَلاَ هَامَةَ فَقَالَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَمَا بَالُ الإِبِلِ تَكُونُ فِي الرَّمْلِ كَأَنَّهَا الظِّبَاءُ فَيَجِيءُ الْبَعِيرُ الأَجْرَبُ فَيَدْخُلُ فِيهَا فَيُجْرِبُهَا كُلَّهَا قَالَ فَمَنْ أَعْدَى الأَوَّلَ  

ahmad:7620 – ʿAbd al-Razzāq And ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said, 'No 'Adwa (i.e. no contagious disease is conveyed to others without Allah's permission); nor (any evil omen in the month of) Safar; nor Hama" A bedouin said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! What about the camels which, when on the sand (desert) look like deers, but when a mangy camel mixes with them they all get infected with mange?" On that Allah s Apostle said, "Then who conveyed the (mange) disease to the first (mangy) camel?" (Using translation from Bukhārī 5770)  

أحمد:٧٦٢٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ وَعَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا عَدْوَى وَلَا صَفَرَ وَلَا هَامَةَ قَالَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ فَمَا بَالُ الْإِبِلِ تَكُونُ فِي الرَّمْلِ كَأَنَّهَا الظِّبَاءُ فَيُخَالِطُهَا الْبَعِيرُ الْأَجْرَبُ فَيُجْرِبُهَا؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَمَنْ كَانَ أَعْدَى الْأَوَّلَ؟  

ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ قَوْلِ الْمَرْءِ بِالْعَدْوَى، وَالصَّفَرِ الَّذِي كَانَ يَقُولُ بِهِ أَهْلُ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ

ibnhibban:6116 – Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. Qutaybah > Ḥarmalah b. Yaḥyá > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

There is no infection, no safar, no hama. A desert Arab said: Messenger of Allah, how is it that when the camel is in the sand it is like a deer-then a camel afflicted with scab mixes with it and it is affected by sub? He (the Holy Prophet) said: Who infected the first one? Note: The majority of scholars interpret this to mean that these things in and of themselves do not transmit or cause harm through supernatural or hidden means but that Allah is ultimately in control and any fearful superstition around these is false. (Using translation from Muslim 2220a)  

ابن حبّان:٦١١٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا عَدْوَى وَلَا صَفَرَ وَلَا هَامَةَ» فَقَالَ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَمَا بَالُ الْإِبِلِ تَكُونُ فِي الرَّمْلِ كَأَنَّهَا الظِّبَاءُ فَيَجِيءُ الْبَعِيرُ الْأَجْرَبُ فَيَدْخُلُ فِيهَا فَيُجْرِبُهَا؟ قَالَ «فَمَنْ أَعْدَى الْأَوَّلَ؟ »  

nasai-kubra:7547 – Yūnus b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said, 'No 'Adwa (i.e. no contagious disease is conveyed to others without Allah's permission); nor (any evil omen in the month of) Safar; nor Hama" A bedouin said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! What about the camels which, when on the sand (desert) look like deers, but when a mangy camel mixes with them they all get infected with mange?" On that Allah s Apostle said, "Then who conveyed the (mange) disease to the first (mangy) camel?" (Using translation from Bukhārī 5770)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٥٤٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا عَدْوَى وَلَا هَامَةَ وَلَا صَفَرَ» قَالَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَمَا بَالُ الْإِبِلِ تَكُونُ فِي الرَّمَلِ كَأَنَّهَا الظِّبَاءُ يَجِيءُ الْبَعِيرُ الْأَجْرَبُ فَيُجْرِبُهَا كُلَّهَا؟ قَالَ «فَمَنْ أَعْدَى الْأَوَّلَ»  

nasai-kubra:7548 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > al-Muʿtamir > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said, 'No 'Adwa (i.e. no contagious disease is conveyed to others without Allah's permission); nor (any evil omen in the month of) Safar; nor Hama" A bedouin said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! What about the camels which, when on the sand (desert) look like deers, but when a mangy camel mixes with them they all get infected with mange?" On that Allah s Apostle said, "Then who conveyed the (mange) disease to the first (mangy) camel?" (Using translation from Bukhārī 5770)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٥٤٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا الْمُعْتَمِرُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مَعْمَرًا عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا عَدْوَى وَلَا هَامَةَ وَلَا صَفَرَ» فَقَالَ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ فَمَا بَالُ الْإِبِلِ تَكُونُ فِي الرَّمَلِ كَأَنَّهَا الظِّبَاءُ فَيُخَالِطُهَا الْبَعِيرُ الْأَجْرَبُ فَيُجْرِبُهَا؟ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «فَمَنْ أَعْدَى الْأَوَّلَ؟»