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bukhari:235Ismāʿīl > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibn ʿAbbās > Maymūnah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked regarding ghee (cooking butter) in which a mouse had fallen. He said, "Take out the mouse and throw away the ghee around it and use the rest."  

البخاري:٢٣٥حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنْ فَأْرَةٍ سَقَطَتْ فِي سَمْنٍ فَقَالَ أَلْقُوهَا وَمَا حَوْلَهَا فَاطْرَحُوهُ وَكُلُوا سَمْنَكُمْ  


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bukhari:236ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh > Maʿn > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah b. Masʿūd > Ibn ʿAbbās > Maymūnah

The Prophet ﷺ was asked regarding ghee in which a mouse had fallen. He said, "Take out the mouse and throw away the ghee around it (and use the rest.)"  

البخاري:٢٣٦حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْنٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنْ فَأْرَةٍ سَقَطَتْ فِي سَمْنٍ فَقَالَ خُذُوهَا وَمَا حَوْلَهَا فَاطْرَحُوهُ قَالَ مَعْنٌ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ مَا لاَ أُحْصِيهِ يَقُولُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ  

bukhari:5540ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. ʿAbdullāh > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibn ʿAbbās > Maymūnah

The Prophet ﷺ was asked about a mouse that had fallen into butter-fat (and died). He said, "Throw away the mouse and the portion of butter-fat around it, and eat the rest."  

البخاري:٥٥٤٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ

سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَنْ فَأْرَةٍ سَقَطَتْ فِي سَمْنٍ فَقَالَ أَلْقُوهَا وَمَا حَوْلَهَا وَكُلُوهُ  

nasai:4258Qutaybah > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibn ʿAbbās > Maymūnah

a mouse fell into some cooking fat and died. The Prophet was asked (about that) and he said: "Throw it away, and whatever is around it, and eat (the rest)."  

النسائي:٤٢٥٨أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ

أَنَّ فَأْرَةً وَقَعَتْ فِي سَمْنٍ فَمَاتَتْ فَسُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَلْقُوهَا وَمَا حَوْلَهَا وَكُلُوهُ  

nasai:4259Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm al-Dawraqī And Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. ʿAbdullāh al-Naysābūrī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Mālik > al-Zuhrī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibn ʿAbbās > Maymūnah

the Prophet was asked about a mouse that had fallen into some solid cooking fat. He said. "Take it, and whatever is around it, and throw it away."  

النسائي:٤٢٥٩أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّوْرَقِيُّ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ النَّيْسَابُورِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنْ فَأْرَةٍ وَقَعَتْ فِي سَمْنٍ جَامِدٍ فَقَالَ خُذُوهَا وَمَا حَوْلَهَا فَأَلْقُوهُ  

malik:54-20Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah b. Masʿūd > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās

Malik related to me from Ibn Shihab from Ubaydullah ibn Abdullah ibn Utba ibn Masud from Abdullah ibn Abbas from Maimuna, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about a mouse falling into clarified butter. He said, "Remove it and throw away what is around it "  

مالك:٥٤-٢٠وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنِ الْفَأْرَةِ تَقَعُ فِي السَّمْنِ فَقَالَ انْزِعُوهَا وَمَا حَوْلَهَا فَاطْرَحُوهُ  

ahmad:26803Muḥammad b. Muṣʿab > al-Awzāʿī > al-Zuhrī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] "Narrated by Maymuna, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ: She sought the advice of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ regarding a mouse that had fallen into their cooking fat which had solidified. He said, 'Throw it away along with what is around it and eat your fat.'"  

أحمد:٢٦٨٠٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُصْعَبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهَا اسْتَفْتَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي فَأْرَةٍ سَقَطَتْ فِي سَمْنٍ لَهُمْ جَامِدٍ فَقَالَ أَلْقُوهَا وَمَا حَوْلَهَا وَكُلُوا سَمْنَكُمْ  

ahmad:26847ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Mālik > al-Zuhrī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibn ʿAbbās > Maymūnah

the Prophet was asked about a mouse that had fallen into some solid cooking fat. He said. "Take it, and whatever is around it, and throw it away." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4259)  

أحمد:٢٦٨٤٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنْ فَأْرَةٍ وَقَعَتْ فِي سَمْنٍ قَالَ خُذُوهَا وَمَا حَوْلَهَا فَأَلْقُوهُ  

darimi:2128ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibn ʿAbbās > Maymūnah

a mouse fell into some cooking fat and died. The Prophet was asked (about that) and he said: "Throw it away, and whatever is around it, and eat (the rest)." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4258)   

الدارمي:٢١٢٨أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنْ فَأْرَةٍ وَقَعَتْ فِي سَمْنٍ فَقَالَ «أَلْقُوهَا وَمَا حَوْلَهَا وَكُلُوا»  

darimi:2130Khālid b. Makhlad > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ was asked about a rat that fell into oil and died, so he said: "Take it and what is around it, then discard it."  

الدارمي:٢١٣٠حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَنْ فَأْرَةٍ وَقَعَتْ فِي سَمْنٍ فَمَاتَتْ فَقَالَ «خُذُوهَا وَمَا حَوْلَهَا فَاطْرَحُوهُ»  

tabarani:20439al-Ḥasan b. al-Mutawakkil al-Baghdādī > Saʿīd b. Dāwud al-Zubayrī > Mālik b. Anas > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah > Ibn ʿAbbās > Maymūnah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about a mouse that fell into fat. He said: "Take it and what is around it, throw it away and eat your fat."  

الطبراني:٢٠٤٣٩حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ الْمُتَوَكِّلِ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ الزُّبَيْرِيُّ ثنا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ قَالَتْ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ فَأْرَةٍ وَقَعَتْ فِي سَمْنٍ قَالَ «خُذُوهَا وَمَا حَوْلَهَا فَاطْرَحُوهُ وَكُلُوا سَمْنَكُمْ»  

tabarani:20441al-ʿAbbās b. al-Faḍl al-Asfāṭī > ʿAlī b. al-Madīnī > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > al-Zuhrī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah > Ibn ʿAbbās > Maymūnah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ was asked about a rat that fell into a fat or grease, and he said, "Throw it away along with what is around it and avoid eating it."  

الطبراني:٢٠٤٤١حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْأَسْفَاطِيُّ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمَدِينِيِّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنْ فَأْرَةٍ وَقَعَتْ فِي سَمْنٍ فَقَالَ «أَلْقُوهَا وَمَا حَوْلَهَا وَكُلُوهُ»  

tabarani:20491ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās > Maymūnah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ was asked about a mouse that fell into a pot of fat, and he said, "Throw it away along with what is around it and eat it."  

الطبراني:٢٠٤٩١حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ قَالَتْ

سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَنْ فَأْرَةٍ وَقَعَتْ فِي سَمْنٍ فَقَالَ «أَلْقُوهَا وَمَا حَوْلَهَا وَكُلُوهُ»  

nasai-kubra:4570Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah > Ibn ʿAbbās > Maymūnah

a mouse fell into some cooking fat and died. The Prophet was asked (about that) and he said: "Throw it away, and whatever is around it, and eat (the rest)." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4258)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٥٧٠أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ

أَنَّ فَأْرَةً وَقَعَتْ فِي سَمْنٍ فَمَاتَتْ فَسُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «أَلْقُوهَا وَمَا حَوْلَهَا وَكُلُوهُ»  

nasai-kubra:4571Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm And Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Mālik > al-Zuhrī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibn ʿAbbās > Maymūnah

the Prophet was asked about a mouse that had fallen into some solid cooking fat. He said. "Take it, and whatever is around it, and throw it away." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4259)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٥٧١أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنْ فَأْرَةٍ وَقَعَتْ فِي سَمْنٍ فَقَالَ «خُذُوهَا وَمَا حَوْلَهَا فَأَلْقُوهُ»  

bayhaqi:19619Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf al-Aṣbahānī > Abū Saʿīd Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Ziyād al-Baṣrī Bimakkah > al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad al-Zaʿfarānī > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibn ʿAbbās > Maymūnah

The Prophet ﷺ was asked about a mouse that had fallen into butter-fat (and died). He said, "Throw away the mouse and the portion of butter-fat around it, and eat the rest." (Using translation from Bukhārī 5540)   

البيهقي:١٩٦١٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ الْبَصْرِيُّ بِمَكَّةَ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الزَّعْفَرَانِيُّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ ؓ أَنَّ

النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنْ فَأْرَةٍ وَقَعَتْ فِي سَمْنٍ فَمَاتَتْ فِيهِ فَقَالَ أَلْقُوهَا وَمَا حَوْلَهَا وَكُلُوهُ