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bayhaqi:6123 – [Chain 1] Abū Ṭāhir al-Faqīh > Abū Ṭāhir Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Muḥammad Ābādī > Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbdullāh al-Saʿdī > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. Muḥammad b. Maḥmash al-Faqīh > Abū al-Faḍl ʿAbdūs b. al-Ḥusayn b. Manṣūr al-Naysābūrī > Abū Ḥātim Muḥammad b. Idrīs al-Rāzī > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Anṣārī > Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl [Chain 3] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Saʿīd b. Abū ʿAmr > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. Hishām b. Mulās al-Numayrī > Marwān b. Muʿāwiyah al-Fazārī > Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl

[Machine] Anas ibn Malik said, "The Prophet ﷺ arrived in Madinah and the people of Madinah had two days in which they used to play and indulge in the customs of the pre-Islamic period. So, the Prophet ﷺ said, 'I have come to you and you have two days in which you used to play and indulge in the customs of the pre-Islamic period. Allah has replaced them with two better days: the day of sacrifice and the day of breaking the fast.'" This is the wording of Al-Fazari's narration.  

البيهقي:٦١٢٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو طَاهِرٍ الْفَقِيهُ أنبأ أَبُو طَاهِرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْمُحَمَّدَ آبَادِيُّ أنبأ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ السَّعْدِيُّ أنبأ يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أنبأ حُمَيْدٌ الطَّوِيلُ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَحْمَشٍ الْفَقِيهُ أنبأ أَبُو الْفَضْلِ عَبْدُوسُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ مَنْصُورٍ النَّيْسَابُورِيُّ ثنا أَبُو حَاتِمٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ الرَّازِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي حُمَيْدٌ الطَّوِيلُ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ هِشَامِ بْنِ مُلَاسٍ النُّمَيْرِيُّ ثنا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ الْفَزَارِيُّ ثنا حُمَيْدٌ الطَّوِيلُ قَالَ

قَالَ أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَلِأَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ يَوْمَانِ يَلْعَبُونَ فِيهِمَا بِالْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَقَالَ قَدِمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَكُمْ يَوْمَانِ تَلْعَبُونَ فِيهِمَا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ وَقَدْ أَبْدَلَكُمُ اللهُ خَيْرًا مِنْهُمَا يَوْمَ النَّحْرِ وَيَوْمَ الْفِطْرِ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ الْفَزَارِيِّ  

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Collected by Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
nasai:1556 – ʿAlī b. Ḥujr > Ismāʿīl > Ḥumayd > Anas b. Mālik

"The people of the Jahiliyyah had two days each year when they would play. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to Al-Madinah he said: 'You had two days when you would play, but Allah (SWT) has given Muslims something instead that is better than them: the day of Al-Fitr and the day of Al-Adha.'"  

النسائي:١٥٥٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

كَانَ لأَهْلِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يَوْمَانِ فِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ يَلْعَبُونَ فِيهِمَا فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ قَالَ كَانَ لَكُمْ يَوْمَانِ تَلْعَبُونَ فِيهِمَا وَقَدْ أَبْدَلَكُمُ اللَّهُ بِهِمَا خَيْرًا مِنْهُمَا يَوْمَ الْفِطْرِ وَيَوْمَ الأَضْحَى  

abudawud:1134 – Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Ḥammād > Ḥumayd > Anas

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to Medina, the people had two days on which they engaged in games. He asked: What are these two days (what is the significance)? They said: We used to engage ourselves on them in the pre-Islamic period. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Allah has substituted for them something better than them, the day of sacrifice and the day of the breaking of the fast.  

أبو داود:١١٣٤ – حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَلَهُمْ يَوْمَانِ يَلْعَبُونَ فِيهِمَا فَقَالَ مَا هَذَانِ الْيَوْمَانِ قَالُوا كُنَّا نَلْعَبُ فِيهِمَا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَبْدَلَكُمْ بِهِمَا خَيْرًا مِنْهُمَا يَوْمَ الأَضْحَى وَيَوْمَ الْفِطْرِ  

ahmad:13470 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh > Ḥumayd > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I came to Medina and the people of Medina used to have two days on which they would play during the pre-Islamic period. So, I came to you and you have two days on which you play. Surely, Allah ﷻ has replaced these two days with better ones, the day of Eid al-Fitr and the day of Eid al-Adha."  

أحمد:١٣٤٧٠ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ وَلِأَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ يَوْمَانِ يَلْعَبُونَ فِيهِمَا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَقَالَ قَدِمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَكُمْ يَوْمَانِ تَلْعَبُونَ فِيهِمَا إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ أَبْدَلَكُمْ بِهِمَا خَيْرًا مِنْهُمَا يَوْمَ الْفِطْرِ وَيَوْمَ النَّحْرِ  

ahmad:13622 – ʿAffān > Ḥammād > Ḥumayd > Anas b. Mālik

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to Medina, the people had two days on which they engaged in games. He asked: What are these two days (what is the significance)? They said: We used to engage ourselves on them in the pre-Islamic period. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Allah has substituted for them something better than them, the day of sacrifice and the day of the breaking of the fast. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1134)  

أحمد:١٣٦٢٢ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدٌ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَلَهُمْ يَوْمَانِ يَلْعَبُونَ فِيهِمَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا هَذَانِ الْيَوْمَانِ؟قَالُوا كُنَّا نَلْعَبُ فِيهِمَا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ قَالَ إِنَّ اللهَ قَدْ أَبْدَلَكُمْ بِهِمَا خَيْرًا مِنْهُمَا يَوْمَ الْفِطْرِ وَيَوْمَ النَّحْرِ  

ahmad:12827 – Sahl b. Yūsuf / al-Mismaʿī > Ḥumayd And Yazīd b. Hārūn > Ḥumayd > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ arrived in Medina and the people of Medina had two days on which they used to play. He said, "You used to have two days on which you used to play, but Allah has replaced them with two days that are better than them: the Feast of Breaking the Fast (Eid al-Fitr) and the Feast of Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)."  

أحمد:١٢٨٢٧ – حَدَّثَنَا سَهْلُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ يَعْنِي الْمِسْمَعِيَّ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ وَيَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَلِأَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ يَوْمَانِ يَلْعَبُونَ فِيهِمَا فَقَالَ قَدِمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَكُمْ يَوْمَانِ تَلْعَبُونَ فِيهِمَا فَإِنَّ اللهَ قَدْ أَبْدَلَكُمْ يَوْمَيْنِ خَيْرًا مِنْهُمَا يَوْمَ الْفِطْرِ وَيَوْمَ النَّحْرِ  

ahmad:12006 – Ibn Abū ʿAdī > Ḥumayd > Anas

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to Medina, the people had two days on which they engaged in games. He asked: What are these two days (what is the significance)? They said: We used to engage ourselves on them in the pre-Islamic period. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Allah has substituted for them something better than them, the day of sacrifice and the day of the breaking of the fast. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1134)   

أحمد:١٢٠٠٦ – حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَلَهُمْ يَوْمَانِ يَلْعَبُونَ فِيهِمَا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللهَ قَدْ أَبْدَلَكُمْ بِهِمَا خَيْرًا مِنْهُمَا يَوْمَ الْفِطْرِ وَيَوْمَ النَّحْرِ  

nasai-kubra:1767 – ʿAlī b. Ḥujr > Ismāʿīl > Ḥumayd > Anas

"The people of the Jahiliyyah had two days each year when they would play. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to Al-Madinah he said: 'You had two days when you would play, but Allah (SWT) has given Muslims something instead that is better than them: the day of Al-Fitr and the day of Al-Adha.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1556)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٧٦٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ لِأَهْلِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يَوْمَانِ مِنْ كُلِّ سَنَةٍ يَلْعَبُونَ فِيهِمَا فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ قَالَ كَانَ لَكُمْ يَوْمَانِ تَلْعَبُونَ فِيهِمَا وَقَدْ أَبْدَلَكُمُ اللهُ بِهِمَا خَيْرًا مِنْهُمَا يَوْمُ الْفِطْرِ وَيَوْمُ النَّحْرِ  

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السيوطي:١٦٣٤٩a –

"قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ وَلأَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ يَومَانِ يَلْعَبونَ فِيهِمَا في الْجَاهِلية، وَإنَّ الله قَدْ أبْدَلَكُمْ بِهما خَيرًا منُهمَا: يَوْمَ الْفطرِ وَيَوْمَ النَّحْرِ".  

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