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bukhari:496ʿAmr b. Zurārah > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Abū Ḥāzim from his father > Sahl

The distance between the Musalla of Messenger of Allah ﷺ and the wall was just sufficient for a sheep to pass through .  

البخاري:٤٩٦حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَهْلٍ قَالَ

كَانَ بَيْنَ مُصَلَّى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَبَيْنَ الْجِدَارِ مَمَرُّ الشَّاةِ  


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muslim:508Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm al-Dawraqī > Ibn Abū Ḥāzim from my father > Sahl b. Saʿd al-Sāʿidī

Between the place of worship where the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed and the wall, there was a gap through which a goat could pass.  

مسلم:٥٠٨حَدَّثَنِي يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّوْرَقِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ قَالَ

كَانَ بَيْنَ مُصَلَّى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَبَيْنَ الْجِدَارِ مَمَرُّ الشَّاةِ  

abudawud:1082Makhlad b. Khālid > Abū ʿĀṣim > Yazīd b. Abū ʿUbayd > Salamah b. al-Akwaʿ

The space between the pulpit of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and the wall (of the mosque) was such that a goat could pass.  

أبو داود:١٠٨٢حَدَّثَنَا مَخْلَدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الأَكْوَعِ قَالَ

كَانَ بَيْنَ مِنْبَرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَبَيْنَ الْحَائِطِ كَقَدْرِ مَمَرِّ الشَّاةِ  

ذِكْرُ وَصْفِ الْفُرْجَةِ الَّتِي يَجِبُ أَنْ تَكُونَ بَيْنَ الْمُصَلِّي وَبَيْنَ الْجِدَارِ إِذَا صَلَّى إِلَيْهِ

ibnhibban:1762Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Sāmī > Aḥmad b. Abū Bakr al-Zuhrī > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Abū Ḥāzim from his father > Sahl b. Saʿd al-Sāʿidī

The distance between the Musalla of Messenger of Allah ﷺ and the wall was just sufficient for a sheep to pass through . (Using translation from Bukhārī 496)  

ابن حبّان:١٧٦٢أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السَّامِيُّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الزُّهْرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ قَالَ

«كَانَ بَيْنَ مُصَلَّى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَبَيْنَ الْجِدَارِ مَمَرُّ الشَّاةِ»  

ذِكْرُ وَصْفِ الْقَدْرِ الَّذِي يَجِبُ أَنْ يَكُونَ بَيْنَ الْمُصَلِّي وَبَيْنَ السُّتْرَةِ إِذَا صَلَّى إِلَيْهَا

ibnhibban:2374Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Abū ʿAwn al-Rayyānī > Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm al-Dawraqī > Ibn Abū Ḥāzim from his father > Sahl b. Saʿd

The distance between the Musalla of Messenger of Allah ﷺ and the wall was just sufficient for a sheep to pass through . (Using translation from Bukhārī 496)  

ابن حبّان:٢٣٧٤أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَوْنٍ الرَّيَّانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّوْرَقِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

«كَانَ بَيْنَ مُصَلَّى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَبَيْنَ الْجِدَارِ مَمَرُّ الشَّاةِ»  

tabarani:5896[Chain 1] Abū Ḥuṣayn al-Qāḍī > Yaḥyá al-Ḥimmānī [Chain 2] al-Faḍl b. Abū Rawḥ al-Baṣrī > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar b. Abān > Ibn Abū Ḥāzim > Abū > Sahl b. Saʿd

The distance between the Musalla of Messenger of Allah ﷺ and the wall was just sufficient for a sheep to pass through . (Using translation from Bukhārī 496)  

الطبراني:٥٨٩٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حُصَيْنٍ الْقَاضِي ثنا يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيُّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ أَبِي رَوْحٍ الْبَصْرِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ أَبَانَ قَالَا ثنا ابْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

«كَانَ بَيْنَ مُصَلَّى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَبَيْنَ الْجِدَارِ قَدْرُ مَمَرِّ شَاةٍ»