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bayhaqi:15809 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās al-Qāsim b. al-Qāsim al-Sayyārī > Abū al-Muwajjih > ʿAbdān > ʿAbdullāh > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] Abu Al-Muwajjah narrated from Abdan, who narrated from Abdullah, who narrated from Yunus, who said that Az-Zuhri said, "I heard Sa'id bin Al-Musayyib saying, 'Abu Hurairah said, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to the slave who brings benefit, 'There are two rewards' - by the One in Whose Hand is the soul of Abu Hurairah, if it were not for Jihad fi Sabilillah, Hajj, and the righteousness of my mother, I would have preferred to die as a slave."

البيهقي:١٥٨٠٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ السَّيَّارِيُّ

ثنا أَبُو الْمُوَجِّهِ أنبأ عَبْدَانُ أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ أنبأ يُونُسُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيِّبِ يَقُولُ قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِلْعَبْدِ الْمَمْلُوكِ الْمُصْلِحِ أَجْرَانِ وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ بِيَدِهِ لَوْلَا الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَالْحَجُّ وَبِرُّ أُمِّي لَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أَمُوتَ وَأَنَا مَمْلُوكٌ

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ بِشْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ وَأَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ مِنْ وَجْهَيْنِ آخَرَيْنِ عَنْ يُونُسَ

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ahmad:8372 – ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to the righteous enslaved man, "By the One in whose hand is the soul of Abu Hurairah, if it were not for jihad in the way of Allah, and Hajj, and the righteousness of my mother, I would have preferred to die while I am enslaved."

أحمد:٨٣٧٢ – حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِلْعَبْدِ الْمُصْلِحِ الْمَمْلُوكِ أَجْرَانِ وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ بِيَدِهِ لَوْلَا الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَالْحَجُّ وَبِرُّ أُمِّي لَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أَمُوتَ وَأَنَا مَمْلُوكٌ

ahmad:9224 – Ibrāhīm b. Isḥāq al-Ṭālqānī > ʿAbdullāh > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A pious slave gets a double reward." Abu Huraira added: By Him in Whose Hands my soul is but for Jihad (i.e. holy battles), Hajj, and my duty to serve my mother, I would have loved to die as a slave. (Using translation from Bukhārī 2548)

أحمد:٩٢٢٤ – حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الطَّالْقَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيِّبِ يَقُولُ قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِلْعَبْدِ الْمَمْلُوكِ الْمُصْلِحِ أَجْرَانِ وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ بِيَدِهِ لَوْلَا الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَالْحَجُّ وَبِرُّ أُمِّي لَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أَمُوتَ وَأَنَا مَمْلُوكٌ

bayhaqi:13942 – [Chain 1] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-Ḥasan b. Mukram > ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Yūnus [Chain 2] Abū ʿAbdullāh > Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-Dārabirdī Bimarw > Abū al-Muwajjih > ʿAbdān > ʿAbdullāh > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > Qabīṣah b. Dhuʾayb > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] Abu Al-Muwajjah narrated from Abdan, who reported from Abdullah, who reported from Yunus, who heard Az-Zuhri saying, on the authority of Qabisa ibn Dhuayb, that he heard Abu Hurairah saying: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited the marriage between a woman and her paternal aunt, as well as the marriage between a woman and her maternal aunt. This is the wording of the hadith narrated by Abdullah ibn Al-Mubarak.

البيهقي:١٣٩٤٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أنبأ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُكْرَمٍ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ ثنا يُونُسُ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الدَّارَبِرْدِيُّ بِمَرْوَ

ثنا أَبُو الْمُوَجِّهِ أنبأ عَبْدَانُ أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ أنبأ يُونُسُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ قَبِيصَةَ بْنِ ذُؤَيْبٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُجْمَعَ بَيْنَ الْمَرْأَةِ وَعَمَّتِهَا وَبَيْنَ الْمَرْأَةِ وَخَالَتِهَا لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ عَبْدَانَ وَأَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ مِنْ وَجْهٍ آخَرَ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ