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bukhari:1595 – ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > ʿUbaydullāh b. al-Akhnas > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said, "As if I were looking at him, a black person with thin legs plucking the stones of the Kaʿba one after another. "  

البخاري:١٥٩٥ – حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الأَخْنَسِ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ كَأَنِّي بِهِ أَسْوَدَ أَفْحَجَ يَقْلَعُهَا حَجَرًا حَجَرًا  

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Collected by Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Suyūṭī

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَنْ وَصْفِ تَخْرِيبِ الْحَبَشَةِ الْكَعْبَةَ

ibnhibban:6752 – Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar al-Qawārīrī > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > ʿUbaydullāh b. al-Akhnas > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "It is as if I am looking at him, with black, curly hair, plucking it out stone by stone, meaning the Kaaba."  

ابن حبّان:٦٧٥٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْأَخْنَسِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ أَسْوَدَ أَفْحَجَ يَقْلَعُهَا حَجَرًا حَجَرًا يَعْنِي الْكَعْبَةَ »  

tabarani:11238 – Abū Muslim al-Kashhī > Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > al-Ḥārith b. ʿUbayd > ʿUbaydullāh b. al-Akhnas > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "It is as if I am seeing a black camel being pulled down by stones, stone by stone." It refers to the Kaaba.  

الطبراني:١١٢٣٨ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْكَشِّيُّ ثنا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ثنا الْحَارِثُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْأَخْنَسِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى أَسْوَدَ أَفْحَجَ يَقْلَعُهَا حَجَرًا حَجَرًا» يَعْنِي الْكَعْبَةَ