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bayhaqi:19505 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-Naḍr al-Faqīh > Muḥammad b. Naṣr al-Imām > Abū Qudāmah > Yaḥyá al-Qaṭṭān > Muḥammad b. Yūsuf a freed slave of ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān al-Madanī > al-Sāʾib b. Yazīd > Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj

[Machine] About the Prophet ﷺ who said: "The worst of earnings is the dowry of transgression, the price of a dog, and the earnings of a cupper."  

البيهقي:١٩٥٠٥ – وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو النَّضْرِ الْفَقِيهُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ الْإِمَامُ ثنا أَبُو قُدَامَةَ ثنا يَحْيَى الْقَطَّانُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ مَوْلَى عَمْرِو بْنِ عُثْمَانَ الْمَدَنِيِّ حَدَّثَنِي السَّائِبُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ شَرُّ الْكَسْبِ مَهْرُ الْبَغِيِّ وَثَمَنُ الْكَلْبِ وَكَسْبُ الْحَجَّامِ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ

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muslim:1568a – Muḥammad b. Ḥātim > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd al-Qaṭṭān > Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > al-Sāʾib b. Yazīd > Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj

I heard Allah's Apostle ﷺ as saying: The worst earning is the earning of a prostitute, the price of a dog and the earning of a cupper.  

مسلم:١٥٦٨a – وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ السَّائِبَ بْنَ يَزِيدَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ شَرُّ الْكَسْبِ مَهْرُ الْبَغِيِّ وَثَمَنُ الْكَلْبِ وَكَسْبُ الْحَجَّامِ  

nasai:4294 – Shuʿayb b. Yūsuf > Yaḥyá > Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > al-Sāʾib b. Yazīd > Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'The worst of earnings arte the gift of a female fornicator, the price of a dog and the earnings of a cupper.""  

النسائي:٤٢٩٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ عَنْ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ عَنِ السَّائِبِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ شَرُّ الْكَسْبِ مَهْرُ الْبَغِيِّ وَثَمَنُ الْكَلْبِ وَكَسْبُ الْحَجَّامِ  

nasai-kubra:4664 – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Ḥātim > Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > al-Sāʾib b. Yazīd

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The worst type of earnings are the dowry of a corrupt woman, the price of a dog, and the earnings of a cupper." This was narrated by Yazid ibn Khusaifah, from Saaib ibn Yazid, from Rafei.  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٦٦٤ – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَاتِمٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ عَنِ السَّائِبِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «شَرُّ الْكَسْبِ مَهْرُ الْبَغِيِّ وَثَمَنُ الْكَلْبِ وَكَسْبُ الْحَجَّامِ» رَوَاهُ يَزِيدُ بْنُ خُصَيْفَةَ عَنِ السَّائِبِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ رَافِعٍ  

nasai-kubra:4787 – Shuʿayb b. Yūsuf > Yaḥyá > Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > al-Sāʾib b. Yazīd > Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'The worst of earnings arte the gift of a female fornicator, the price of a dog and the earnings of a cupper."" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4294)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٧٨٧ – أَخْبَرَنِي شُعَيْبُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ عَنْ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ عَنِ السَّائِبِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «شَرُّ الْكَسْبِ مَهْرُ الْبَغِيِّ وَثَمَنُ الْكَلْبِ وَكَسْبُ الْحَجَّامِ»