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bukhari:2908Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Thābit > Anas

The 'Prophet was the best and the bravest amongst the people. Once the people of Medina got terrified at night, so they went in the direction of the noise (that terrified them). The Prophet ﷺ met them (on his way back) after he had found out the truth. He was riding an unsaddled horse belonging to Abu Talha and a sword was hanging by his neck, and he was saying, "Don't be afraid! Don't be afraid!" He further said, "I found it (i.e. the horse) very fast," or said, "This horse is very fast." (Qastala-ni)  

البخاري:٢٩٠٨حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَحْسَنَ النَّاسِ وَأَشْجَعَ النَّاسِ وَلَقَدْ فَزِعَ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ لَيْلَةً فَخَرَجُوا نَحْوَ الصَّوْتِ فَاسْتَقْبَلَهُمُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَقَدِ اسْتَبْرَأَ الْخَبَرَ وَهْوَ عَلَى فَرَسٍ لأَبِي طَلْحَةَ عُرْىٍ وَفِي عُنُقِهِ السَّيْفُ وَهْوَ يَقُولُ لَمْ تُرَاعُوا لَمْ تُرَاعُوا ثُمَّ قَالَ وَجَدْنَاهُ بَحْرًا أَوْ قَالَ إِنَّهُ لَبَحْرٌ  


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bukhari:3040Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Ḥammād > Thābit > Anas

Messenger of Allah ﷺ was the (most handsome), most generous and the bravest of all the people. Once the people of Medina got frightened having heard an uproar at night. So, the Prophet ﷺ met the people while he was riding an unsaddled horse belonging to Abu Talha and carrying his sword (slung over his shoulder). He said (to them), "Don't get scared, don't get scared." Then he added, "I found it (i.e the horse) very fast."  

البخاري:٣٠٤٠حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَحْسَنَ النَّاسِ وَأَجْوَدَ النَّاسِ وَأَشْجَعَ النَّاسِ قَالَ وَقَدْ فَزِعَ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ لَيْلَةً سَمِعُوا صَوْتًا قَالَ فَتَلَقَّاهُمُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى فَرَسٍ لأَبِي طَلْحَةَ عُرْىٍ وَهُوَ مُتَقَلِّدٌ سَيْفَهُ فَقَالَ لَمْ تُرَاعُوا لَمْ تُرَاعُوا ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَجَدْتُهُ بَحْرًا يَعْنِي الْفَرَسَ  

bukhari:6033ʿAmr b. ʿAwn > Ḥammād > Ibn Zayd > Thābit > Anas

The Prophet ﷺ was the best among the people (both in shape and character) and was the most generous of them, and was the bravest of them. Once, during the night, the people of Medina got afraid (of a sound). So the people went towards that sound, but the Prophet ﷺ having gone to that sound before them, met them while he was saying, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid." (At that time) he was riding a horse belonging to Abu Talha and it was naked without a saddle, and he was carrying a sword slung at his neck. The Prophet ﷺ said, "I found it (the horse) like a sea, or, it is the sea indeed."  

البخاري:٦٠٣٣حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَوْنٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ هُوَ ابْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَحْسَنَ النَّاسِ وَأَجْوَدَ النَّاسِ وَأَشْجَعَ النَّاسِ وَلَقَدْ فَزِعَ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَانْطَلَقَ النَّاسُ قِبَلَ الصَّوْتِ فَاسْتَقْبَلَهُمُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ قَدْ سَبَقَ النَّاسَ إِلَى الصَّوْتِ وَهْوَ يَقُولُ لَنْ تُرَاعُوا لَنْ تُرَاعُوا وَهْوَ عَلَى فَرَسٍ لأَبِي طَلْحَةَ عُرْىٍ مَا عَلَيْهِ سَرْجٌ فِي عُنُقِهِ سَيْفٌ فَقَالَ لَقَدْ وَجَدْتُهُ بَحْرًا أَوْ إِنَّهُ لَبَحْرٌ  

muslim:2307aYaḥyá b. Yaḥyá al-Tamīmī And Saʿīd b. Manṣūr Waʾabū al-Rabīʿ al-ʿAtakī Waʾabū Kāmil Wa-al-Lafẓ Liyaḥyá > Yaḥyá > al-Ākharān > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Thābit > Anas b. Mālik

There was nothing to be afraid of, and he also said: We found it (this horse) like a torrent of water (indicating its swift-footedness), whereas the horse had been slow before that time.  

مسلم:٢٣٠٧aحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى التَّمِيمِيُّ وَسَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ وَأَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الْعَتَكِيُّ وَأَبُو كَامِلٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لِيَحْيَى قَالَ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا وَقَالَ الآخَرَانِ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَحْسَنَ النَّاسِ وَكَانَ أَجْوَدَ النَّاسِ وَكَانَ أَشْجَعَ النَّاسِ وَلَقَدْ فَزِعَ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَانْطَلَقَ نَاسٌ قِبَلَ الصَّوْتِ فَتَلَقَّاهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَاجِعًا وَقَدْ سَبَقَهُمْ إِلَى الصَّوْتِ وَهُوَ عَلَى فَرَسٍ لأَبِي طَلْحَةَ عُرْىٍ فِي عُنُقِهِ السَّيْفُ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ لَمْ تُرَاعُوا لَمْ تُرَاعُوا قَالَ وَجَدْنَاهُ بَحْرًا أَوْ إِنَّهُ لَبَحْرٌ قَالَ وَكَانَ فَرَسًا يُبَطَّأُ  

tirmidhi:1687Qutaybah > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Thābit > Anas

"The Prophet ﷺ was the nicest person among the people, the most generous of the people, and the bravest among the people." He said: "The inhabitants of Al-Madinah became freightened one night upon hearing a loud noise." He said: "So the Prophet ﷺ met them upon an unsaddled horse belonging to Abu Talhah, with a sword hanging around his neck. He said: 'I found him to be (quick) like the sea.'" - meaning the horse.  

[Abu 'Eisa said:] This Hadith is Hasan Sahih.
الترمذي:١٦٨٧حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مِنْ أَجْرَإِ النَّاسِ وَأَجْوَدِ النَّاسِ وَأَشْجَعِ النَّاسِ قَالَ وَقَدْ فَزِعَ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ لَيْلَةً سَمِعُوا صَوْتًا قَالَ فَتَلَقَّاهُمُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى فَرَسٍ لأَبِي طَلْحَةَ عُرْىٍ وَهُوَ مُتَقَلِّدٌ سَيْفَهُ فَقَالَ لَمْ تُرَاعُوا لَمْ تُرَاعُوا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَجَدْتُهُ بَحْرًا يَعْنِي الْفَرَسَ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ
ahmad:12922ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Thābit > Anas And ʾAbū Kāmil > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Thābit > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was the best among people, the bravest among people, and the most generous among people. There was a commotion in the city, so the people went out before the sound and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ faced them, preceded them, and calmed the commotion on a horse that belonged to Abu Talha, which had no saddle on its neck and a sword. He said, "Why didn't you wait?" He said to the horse, "We found it like a sea or indeed it is a sea."  

أحمد:١٢٩٢٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ وَأَبُو كَامِلٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَحْسَنَ النَّاسِ وَأَشْجَعَ النَّاسِ وَأَجْوَدَ النَّاسِ كَانَ فَزَعٌ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَخَرَجَ النَّاسُ قِبَلَ الصَّوْتِ فَاسْتَقْبَلَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ سَبَقَهُمْ فَاسْتَبْرَأَ الْفَزَعَ عَلَى فَرَسٍ لِأَبِي طَلْحَةَ عُرْيٍ مَا عَلَيْهِ سَرْجٌ فِي عُنُقِهِ السَّيْفُ فَقَالَ لَمْ تُرَاعُوا وَقَالَ لِلْفَرَسِ وَجَدْنَاهُ بَحْرًا أَوْ إِنَّهُ لَبَحْرٌ  

ahmad:13865ʿAffān > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Thābit > Anas b. Mālik

There was nothing to be afraid of, and he also said: We found it (this horse) like a torrent of water (indicating its swift-footedness), whereas the horse had been slow before that time. (Using translation from Muslim 2307a)   

أحمد:١٣٨٦٥حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ثَابِتًا يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَشْجَعَ النَّاسِ وَأَحْسَنَ النَّاسِ وَأَجْوَدَ النَّاسِ قَالَ فُزِّعَ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ لَيْلَةً قَالَ فَانْطَلَقَ النَّاسُ قِبَلَ الصَّوْتِ فَتَلَقَّاهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَدْ سَبَقَهُمْ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ لَمْ تُرَاعُوا؟ قَالَ وَهُوَ عَلَى فَرَسٍ لِأَبِي طَلْحَةَ عُرْيٍ فِي عُنُقِهِ السَّيْفُ فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ لِلنَّاسِ لَمْ تُرَاعُوا؟ قَالَ وَقَالَ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَاهُ بَحْرًا أَوْ إِنَّهُ لَبَحْرٌ يَعْنِي الْفَرَسَ  

ahmad:12494Yūnus > Ḥammād / Ibn Zayd > Thābit > Anas

There was nothing to be afraid of, and he also said: We found it (this horse) like a torrent of water (indicating its swift-footedness), whereas the horse had been slow before that time. (Using translation from Muslim 2307a)   

أحمد:١٢٤٩٤حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ زَيْدٍ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَحْسَنَ النَّاسِ وَكَانَ أَجْوَدَ النَّاسِ وَكَانَ أَشْجَعَ النَّاسِ قَالَ وَلَقَدْ فَزِعَ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ لَيْلَةً فَانْطَلَقَ قِبَلَ الصَّوْتِ فَرَجَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رَاجِعًا قَدِ اسْتَبْرَأَلَهُمُ الصَّوْتَ وَهُوَ عَلَى فَرَسٍ لِأَبِي طَلْحَةَ عُرْيٍ مَا عَلَيْهِ سَرْجٌ وَفِي عُنُقِهِ السَّيْفُ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ لِلنَّاسِ لَمْ تُرَاعُوا لَمْ تُرَاعُوا وَقَالَ لِلْفَرَسِ وَجَدْنَاهُ بَحْرًا وَإِنَّهُ لَبَحْرٌ قَالَ أَنَسٌ وَكَانَ الْفَرَسُ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ يُبَطَّأُ قَالَ مَا سُبِقَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ كَانَ مِنْ أَجْوَدِ النَّاسِ وَأَشْجَعِهِمْ

ibnhibban:6369al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd b. Ḥisāb > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Thābit > Anas

“He was the best of people, the most generous of people, the most courageous of people. The people of Al-Madinah became alarmed one night, and he was the first of them to investigate the noise and din. He was riding a horse belonging to Abu Talhah, bareback, with no saddle. His sword was hanging from his neck and he was saying: ‘O people, do not be afraid,’ sending them back to their houses. Then he said of the horse, ‘We found it like a sea,’ or, ‘It is a sea.’”* (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2772)   

ابن حبّان:٦٣٦٩أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ حِسَابٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّهُ ذَكَرَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ كَانَ خَيْرَ النَّاسِ وَكَانَ أَجْوَدَ النَّاسِ وَكَانَ أَشْجَعَ النَّاسِ وَلَقَدْ فَزِعَ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ فَانْطَلَقُوا قِبَلَ الصَّوْتِ فَتَلَقَّاهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَدْ سَبَقَهُمْ إِلَى الصَّوْتِ وَهُوَ عَلَى فَرَسٍ لِأَبِي طَلْحَةَ عُرْيٍ مَا عَلَيْهِ سَرْجٌ وَفِي عُنُقِهِ السَّيْفُ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ لِلنَّاسِ «لَمْ تُرَاعُوا» يَرُدُّهُمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِلْفَرَسِ «وَجَدْنَاهُ بَحْرًا وَإِنَّهُ لَبَحْرٌ»  

nasai-kubra:10837Abū Ṣāliḥ Muḥammad b. Zunbūr al-Makkī > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Thābit > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had the most beautiful face, the most courageous chest, and the bravest heart. The people of the city were alarmed one night, so he came out and rode a bare horse for Abu Talha. He said, "Why are you not concerned? Why are you not concerned? I found it to be a sea."  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٨٣٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو صَالِحٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ زُنْبُورٍ الْمَكِّيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَجْمَلَ النَّاسِ وَجْهًا وَأَجْرَأَ النَّاسِ صَدْرًا وَأَشْجَعَ النَّاسِ قَلْبًا وَلَقَدْ فَزَعَ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ لَيْلًا فَخَرَجَ فَرَكِبَ فَرَسًا لِأَبِي طَلْحَةَ عُرْيًا فَقَالَ «لَمْ تُرَاعُوا لَمْ تُرَاعُوا إِنِّي وَجَدْتُهُ بَحْرًا»  

nasai-kubra:8778Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Ḥammād > Thābit > Anas

Messenger of Allah ﷺ was the (most handsome), most generous and the bravest of all the people. Once the people of Medina got frightened having heard an uproar at night. So, the Prophet ﷺ met the people while he was riding an unsaddled horse belonging to Abu Talha and carrying his sword (slung over his shoulder). He said (to them), "Don't get scared, don't get scared." Then he added, "I found it (i.e the horse) very fast." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3040)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٧٧٨أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَحْسَنُ النَّاسِ وَأَجْوَدُ النَّاسِ وَأَشْجَعُ النَّاسِ قَالَ «وَقَدْ فَزِعَ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ لَيْلَةً سَمِعُوا صَوْتًا فَتَلَقَّاهُمُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى فَرَسٍ لِأَبِي طَلْحَةَ عُرْيٍ وَهُوَ مُتَقَلِّدٌ سَيْفَهُ» فَقَالَ «لَمْ تُرَاعُوا لَمْ تُرَاعُوا» ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «وَجَدْتُهُ بَحْرًا يَعْنِي الْفَرَسَ»