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bukhari:5631Abū ʿĀṣim And ʾAbū Nuʿaym > ʿAzrah b. Thābit > Thumāmah b. ʿAbdullāh

Anas used to breathe twice or thrice in the vessel (while drinking) and used to say that the Prophet; used to take three breaths while drinking.  

البخاري:٥٦٣١حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ وَأَبُو نُعَيْمٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عَزْرَةُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ثُمَامَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

كَانَ أَنَسٌ يَتَنَفَّسُ فِي الإِنَاءِ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلاَثًا وَزَعَمَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَتَنَفَّسُ ثَلاَثًا  


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Collected by Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Dārimī
ibnmajah:3416Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Ibn Mahdī > ʿAzrah b. Thābit al-Anṣārī > Thumāmah b. ʿAbdullāh > Anas

It was narrated from Anas that he used to drink from a vessel in three draughts, and Anas said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to drink from a vessel in three draughts.  

ابن ماجة:٣٤١٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا عَزْرَةُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ الأَنْصَارِيُّ عَنْ ثُمَامَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَتَنَفَّسُ فِي الإِنَاءِ ثَلاَثًا وَزَعَمَ أَنَسٌ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَتَنَفَّسُ فِي الإِنَاءِ ثَلاَثًا  

ahmad:12924ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿAzrah b. Thābit al-Anṣārī > Thumāmah b. ʿAbdullāh b. Anas

[Machine] It means: "Anas used to breathe into the (container) two or three times."  

أحمد:١٢٩٢٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنَا عَزْرَةُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ عَنْ ثُمَامَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ أَنَسًا كَانَ يَتَنَفَّسُ فِي الْإِنَاءِ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا  

ahmad:12295Abū ʿUbaydah > ʿAzrah b. Thābit > Thumāmah b. ʿAbdullāh b. Anasʿan Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] It has been reported that the Prophet ﷺ used to take two or three breaths after drinking, and Anas used to take three breaths.  

أحمد:١٢٢٩٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ عَزْرَةَ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ ثُمَامَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَنَسٍعَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ إِذَا شَرِبَ تَنَفَّسَ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا وَكَانَ أَنَسٌ يَتَنَفَّسُ ثَلَاثًا  

ahmad:12133Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > ʿAzrah b. Thābit > Thumāmah b. ʿAbdullāh > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to breathe three times in his utensil, and Anas used to breathe three times.  

أحمد:١٢١٣٣حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَزْرَةُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ ثُمَامَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَتَنَفَّسُ فِي إِنَائِهِ ثَلَاثًا وَكَانَ أَنَسٌ يَتَنَفَّسُ ثَلَاثًا  

darimi:2166Abū Nuʿaym > ʿAzrah b. Thābit > Thumāmah

It was narrated from Anas that he used to drink from a vessel in three draughts, and Anas said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to drink from a vessel in three draughts. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3416)   

الدارمي:٢١٦٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَزْرَةُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ ثُمَامَةَ قَالَ

كَانَ أَنَسٌ يَتَنَفَّسُ فِي الْإِنَاءِ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا وَزَعَمَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ «يَتَنَفَّسُ فِي الْإِنَاءِ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا»