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bayhaqi:19787 – [Chain 1] ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf al-Aṣbahānī > Abū Saʿīd b. al-Aʿrābī > al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad al-Zaʿfarānī > Muḥammad b. al-Ṣabbāḥ > Sharīk > ʿUthmān b. Abū Zurʿah [Chain 2] Abū Bakr b. Fūrak > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > Yūnus b. Ḥabīb > Abū Dāwud > Sharīk > ʿUthmān b. al-Mughīrah / Ibn Abū Zurʿah > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd > ʿAlī b. ʿAlqamah > ʿAlī ؓ > Qīl Lilnnabī ﷺ Anunzī al-Ḥimār > al-Faras

A male or female mule was given to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as a gift. I said: What is this? He said: ʿA mule.ʿ I said: Where does it come from? He said: ʿFrom mating a male donkey with a mare, and this is what is produced.ʿ I said: Should we mate [a donkey] with [a mare]? He said: ʿNo, this is only done by those who do not know.” (Using translation from Aḥmad 766)   

البيهقي:١٩٧٨٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ الْأَعْرَابِيِّ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الزَّعْفَرَانِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ ثنا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ فُورَكٍ أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا يُونُسُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ قَالَ قِيلَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنُنْزِي الْحِمَارَ عَلَى الْفَرَسِ؟ قَالَ إِنَّمَا يَعْمَلُ ذَلِكَ الَّذِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ هَذَا لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ ابْنِ الصَّبَّاحِ قَالَ

أُهْدِيَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ بَغْلَةٌ أَوْ بَغْلٌ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا هَذَا؟ قَالَ بَغْلٌ أَوْ بَغْلَةٌ يُنْزَى الْحِمَارُ عَلَى الْفَرَسِ فَيَخْرُجُ هَذَا مِنْ بَيْنِهِمَا فَقُلْتُ نُنْزِي فُلَانًا عَلَى فُلَانَةَ؟ قَالَ إِنَّمَا يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ الَّذِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ  

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ahmad:766 – Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Sharīk > ʿUthmān b. Abū Zurʿah > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd > ʿAlī b. ʿAlqamah > ʿAlī

A male or female mule was given to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as a gift. I said: What is this? He said: ʿA mule.ʿ I said: Where does it come from? He said: ʿFrom mating a male donkey with a mare, and this is what is produced.ʿ I said: Should we mate [a donkey] with [a mare]? He said: ʿNo, this is only done by those who do not know.”  

أحمد:٧٦٦ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

أُهْدِيَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بَغْلٌ أَوْ بَغْلَةٌ فَقُلْتُ مَا هَذَا؟ قَالَ بَغْلٌ أَوْ بَغْلَةٌ قُلْتُ وَمِنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ هُوَ؟ قَالَ يُحْمَلُالْحِمَارُ عَلَى الْفَرَسِ فَيَخْرُجُ بَيْنَهُمَا هَذَا قُلْتُ أَفَلا نَحْمِلُ فُلانًا عَلَى فُلانَةَ؟ قَالَ لَا إِنَّمَا يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ الَّذِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ