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البزّار:٧١٠١ – وحَدَّثنا الحسين بن مهدي قال أخبرَنا عَبد الرَّزَّاق قال أَخْبَرنا مَعْمَر عَن الزُّهْرِيّ عَن سَعِيد عَن أبي هُرَيرة قَالَ دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيه

وَسَلَّم والحبشة يلعبون بحرابهم في المسجد فزجرهم عُمَر فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيه وَسَلَّم دعهم يا عمر فإنها بني أرفدة

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nasai:1596 – Isḥāq b. Mūsá > al-Walīd b. Muslim > al-Awzāʿī > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab > Abū Hurayrah > Dakhal

"Umar came in when the Ethiopians were playing in the masjid. Umar, may Allah (SWT) be pleased with him, rebuked them, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Let them be there, O Umar, for they are Banu Arfidah.'"

النسائي:١٥٩٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

دَخَلَ عُمَرُ وَالْحَبَشَةُ يَلْعَبُونَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَزَجَرَهُمْ عُمَرُ ؓ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ دَعْهُمْ يَا عُمَرُ فَإِنَّمَا هُمْ بَنُو أَرْفِدَةَ

ahmad:10967 – Muḥammad b. Muṣʿab > al-Awzāʿī > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd > Abū Hurayrah

"Umar came in when the Ethiopians were playing in the masjid. Umar, may Allah (SWT) be pleased with him, rebuked them, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Let them be there, O Umar, for they are Banu Arfidah.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1596)

أحمد:١٠٩٦٧ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُصْعَبٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَسْجِدَ وَالْحَبَشَةُ يَلْعَبُونَ فَزَجَرَهُمْ عُمَرُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ دَعْهُمْ يَا عُمَرُ فَإِنَّهُمْ بَنُو أَرْفِدَةَ

ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْمَرْءِ النَّظَرَ إِلَى لَعِبِ الْحَبَشَةِ الَّذِي لَا يَشُوبُهُ شَيْءٌ مِمَّا يَكْرَهُ اللَّهُ جَلَّ وَعَلَا

ibnhibban:5867 – ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Azdī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] While the Abyssinians were playing with their spears, Umar entered and leaned on the stones, then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Leave them, O Umar."

ابن حبّان:٥٨٦٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

بَيْنَمَا الْحَبَشَةُ يَلْعَبُونَ بِحِرَابِهِمْ إِذْ دَخَلَ عُمَرُ فَأَهْوَى إِلَى الْحَصَا فَحَصَبَهُمْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «دَعْهُمْ يَا عُمَرُ»

ibnhibban:5876c – al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Abū Hurayrah

"Umar came in when the Ethiopians were playing in the masjid. Umar, may Allah (SWT) be pleased with him, rebuked them, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Let them be there, O Umar, for they are Banu Arfidah.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1596)

ابن حبّان:٥٨٧٦c – قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ وَأَخْبَرَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيِّبِ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

دَخَلَ عُمَرُ وَالْحَبَشَةُ يَلْعَبُونَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَزَجَرَهُمْ عُمَرُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «دَعْهُمْ يَا عُمَرُ فَإِنَّهُمْ هُمْ بَنُو أَرْفِدَةَ»