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bayhaqi:21110Abū Bakr b. al-Ḥasan al-Qāḍī > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Abū al-Yamān al-Ḥakam b. Nāfiʿ > Shuʿayb > al-Zuhrī

[Machine] That the Prophet ﷺ said, "By the One in Whose hand is my soul, it is as if you are showering them with flowing pearls with what you say to them of poetry."  

البيهقي:٢١١١٠وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ الْحَكَمُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ أنبأ شُعَيْبٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ وَكَانَ بَشِيرُ بْنُ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّ كَعْبَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ كَانَ يُحَدِّثُ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَكَأَنَّمَا تَنْضَحُونَهُمْ بِالنَّبْلِ فِيمَا تَقُولُونَ لَهُمْ مِنَ الشِّعْرِ  


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ahmad:15786Abū al-Yamān > Shuʿayb > al-Zuhrī > Abū Bakr b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Ḥārith b. Hishām > Marwān b. al-Ḥakam > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Aswad b. ʿAbd Yaghūth > Ubay b. Kaʿb al-Anṣārī

[Machine] He informed him that the Prophet ﷺ said, "Among poetry is wisdom," and Bashir ibn Abdullah ibn Ka'b narrated that Ka'b ibn Malik used to narrate that the Prophet ﷺ said, "By the One in Whose hand is my soul, it is as if you sprinkle them with noble qualities with what you say to them of poetry."  

أحمد:١٥٧٨٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ أَنَّ مَرْوَانَ بْنَ الْحَكَمِ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ يَغُوثَ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ أُبَيَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ مِنَ الشِّعْرِ حِكْمَةٌ وَكَانَ بَشِيرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّ كَعْبَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ كَانَ يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ وَالَّذِينَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَكَأَنَّمَا تَنْضَحُونَهُمْ بِالنَّبْلِ فِيمَا تَقُولُونَ لَهُمْ مِنَ الشِّعْرِ  

ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْمُسْلِمِ أَنْ يُهَاجِيَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ إِذْ هُوَ أَحَدُ الْجِهَادَيْنِ

ibnhibban:4707Abū Yaʿlá > Aḥmad b. ʿĪsá al-Miṣrī > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Kaʿb b. Mālik from his father

[Machine] He said, "O Messenger of Allah, what do you think about poetry?" He replied, "Verily, the believer strives with his sword and his tongue, and I swear by the One in whose hand is my soul, it is as if you are showering them with nobility."  

ابن حبّان:٤٧٠٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عِيسَى الْمِصْرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا تَرَى فِي الشِّعْرِ قَالَ «إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ يُجَاهِدُ بِسَيْفِهِ وَلِسَانِهِ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَكَأَنَّمَا تَنْضَحُونَهُمْ بِالنَّبْلِ»  

tabarani:16263Ismāʿīl b. al-Ḥasan al-Khaffāf al-Miṣrī > Aḥmad b. Ṣāliḥ > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Kaʿb b. Mālik from his father

[Machine] He said, "O Messenger of Allah, what do you think of poetry?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, "Indeed, the believer strives with his sword and his tongue, and by Him in whose hand is my soul, it is as if you sprinkle them with nobility."  

الطبراني:١٦٢٦٣حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْخَفَّافُ الْمِصْرِيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ ثنا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَاذَا تَرَى فِي الشَّعْرَ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ يُجَاهِدُ بِسَيْفِهِ وَلِسَانِهِ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَكَأَنَّمَا تَنْضَحُونَهُمْ بِالنَّبْلِ»  

tabarani:16264Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Abū Bakr al-Muqaddamī > ʿAbdullāh b. Shabīb > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Ūways > Akhī > Sulaymān b. Bilāl > Muḥammad b. Abū ʿAtīq > Ibn Shihāb

[Machine] The prophet of Allah ﷺ said, "By the one in whose hand is my soul, it is as if you are sprinkling them with nobility in what he says to them in poetry."  

الطبراني:١٦٢٦٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْمُقَدَّمِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ شَبِيبٍ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي أُوَيْسٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَخِي عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ بِلَالٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَتِيقٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ قَالَ بَشِيرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ إِنَّ كَعْبَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ كَانَ يُحَدِّثُ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَكَأَنَّمَا تَنْضَحُونَهُمْ بِالنَّبْلِ فِيمَا يَقُولُ لَهُمُ مِنَ الشَّعْرِ»