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bukhari:7210ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd > Saʿīd > Ibn Abū Ayyūb > Abū ʿAqīl Zuhrah b. Maʿbad

who was born during the lifetime of the Prophet ﷺ that his mother, Zainab bint Humaid had taken him to Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! Take his Pledge of allegiance (for Islam)." The Prophet ﷺ said, "He (ʿAbdullah bin Hisham) is a little child," and passed his hand over his head and invoked Allah for him. ʿAbdullah bin Hisham used to slaughter one sheep as a sacrifice on behalf of all of his family.  

البخاري:٧٢١٠حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ هُوَ ابْنُ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَقِيلٍ زُهْرَةُ بْنُ مَعْبَدٍ

عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ وَكَانَ قَدْ أَدْرَكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَذَهَبَتْ بِهِ أُمُّهُ زَيْنَبُ ابْنَةُ حُمَيْدٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بَايِعْهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ هُوَ صَغِيرٌ فَمَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ وَدَعَا لَهُ وَكَانَ يُضَحِّي بِالشَّاةِ الْوَاحِدَةِ عَنْ جَمِيعِ أَهْلِهِ  


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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Ḥākim, Ṭabarānī, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
abudawud:2942ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar b. Maysarah > ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd > Saʿīd b. Abū Ayyūb > Abū ʿAqīl Zuhrah b. Maʿbad from his grandfather ʿAbdullāh b. Hishām

who was a Companion, reported that his mother Zainab daughter of Humain went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: Messenger of Allah, receive the oath of allegiance from him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: He is Minor. He then wiped his head.  

أبو داود:٢٩٤٢حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَقِيلٍ زُهْرَةُ بْنُ مَعْبَدٍ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ قَالَ

وَكَانَ قَدْ أَدْرَكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَذَهَبَتْ بِهِ أُمُّهُ زَيْنَبُ بِنْتُ حُمَيْدٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بَايِعْهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ هُوَ صَغِيرٌ فَمَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ  

ahmad:18046ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd > Saʿīd / Ibn Abū Ayyūb > Abū ʿAqīl Zuhrah b. Maʿbad al-Taymī

who was born during the lifetime of the Prophet ﷺ that his mother, Zainab bint Humaid had taken him to Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! Take his Pledge of allegiance (for Islam)." The Prophet ﷺ said, "He (ʿAbdullah bin Hisham) is a little child," and passed his hand over his head and invoked Allah for him. ʿAbdullah bin Hisham used to slaughter one sheep as a sacrifice on behalf of all of his family. (Using translation from Bukhārī 7210)  

أحمد:١٨٠٤٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَقِيلٍ زُهْرَةُ بْنُ مَعْبَدٍ التَّيْمِيُّ

عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ وَكَانَ قَدْ أَدْرَكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَذَهَبَتْ بِهِ أُمُّهُ زَيْنَبُ ابْنَةُ حُمَيْدٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ بَايِعْهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ هُوَ صَغِيرٌ فَمَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ وَدَعَا لَهُ وَكَانَ يُضَحِّي بِالشَّاةِ الْوَاحِدَةِ عَنْ جَمِيعِ أَهْلِهِ  

hakim:5921al-Ḥusayn b. al-Ḥasan b. Ayyūb > ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Zakariyyā b. Abū Masarrah > ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd al-Muqriʾ > Saʿīd b. Abū Ayyūb > Abū ʿAqīl Zuhrah b. Maʿbad

[Machine] Translation: Abdullah ibn Hisham narrated that the Prophet ﷺ discovered that his mother brought him to him, so he wiped his head and prayed for him. As a result, he would sacrifice one sheep for the sake of his entire family.  

الحاكم:٥٩٢١حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ ثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ أَبِي مَسَرَّةَ ثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الْمُقْرِئُ ثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي عَقِيلٍ زُهْرَةَ بْنِ مَعْبَدٍ

عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ وَقَدْ أَدْرَكَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَنَّ أُمَّهُ أَتَتْ بِهِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَمَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ وَدَعَا لَهُ» فَكَانَ يُضَحِّي بِالشَّاةِ الْوَاحِدَةِ عَنْ جَمِيعِ أَهْلِهِ  

hakim:7555Muḥammad b. Ṣāliḥ b. Hāniʾ > al-Sarī b. Khuzaymah > ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd al-Muqriʾ > Saʿīd b. Abū Ayyūb > Abū ʿAqīl Zuhrah b. Maʿbad

[Machine] From his grandfather Abdullah bin Hisham, who had witnessed the Prophet ﷺ , his mother Zainab bint Hameed took him to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he was young. The Prophet ﷺ wiped his head and prayed for him saying, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to sacrifice one sheep on behalf of his entire family." All of these hadiths are authentic in terms of their chains of narrators regarding the permissibility of offering one sheep as a sacrifice on behalf of a group that is too numerous to count, contrary to those who assume that it is only permissible for an individual. There are narrations that indicate the permissibility of offering a sacrifice on behalf of the deceased as well.  

الحاكم:٧٥٥٥وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ صَالِحِ بْنِ هَانِئٍ ثَنَا السَّرِيُّ بْنُ خُزَيْمَةَ ثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الْمُقْرِئُ ثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَقِيلٍ زُهْرَةُ بْنُ مَعْبَدٍ

عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ وَكَانَ قَدْ أَدْرَكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ ذَهَبَتْ بِهِ أُمُّهُ زَيْنَبُ بِنْتُ حُمَيْدٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ صَغِيرٌ فَمَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ وَدَعَا لَهُ قَالَ «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُضَحِّي بِالشَّاةِ الْوَاحِدَةِ عَنْ جَمِيعِ أَهْلِهِ» هَذِهِ الْأَحَادِيثُ كُلُّهَا صَحِيحَةُ الْأَسَانِيدِ فِي الرُّخْصَةِ فِي الْأُضْحِيَّةِ بِالشَّاةِ الْوَاحِدَةِ عَنِ الْجَمَاعَةِ الَّتِي لَا يُحْصَى عَدَدُهُمْ خِلَافَ مَنْ يَتَوَهَّمُ أَنَّهَا لَا تُجْزِئُ إِلَّا عَنِ الْوَاحِدِ وَقَدْ رُوِيَتْ أَخْبَارٌ فِي الْأُضْحِيَّةِ عَنِ الْأَمْوَاتِ صحيح  

tabarani:21202Hārūn b. Malūl al-Miṣrī > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Muqriʾ > Saʿīd b. Abū Ayyūb > Abū ʿAqīl Zuhrah b. Maʿbad

[Machine] About his grandfather Abdullah bin Hisham, he had met the Prophet ﷺ and his mother Zainab bint Humeid took him to the Prophet ﷺ. She said, "O Messenger of Allah, he is young." So the Prophet ﷺ wiped his head and prayed for him.  

الطبراني:٢١٢٠٢حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ مَلُولٍ الْمِصْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمُقْرِئُ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَقِيلٍ زُهْرَةُ بْنُ مَعْبَدٍ

عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ وَكَانَ قَدْ أَدْرَكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَذَهَبَتْ بِهِ أُمُّهُ زَيْنَبُ بِنْتُ حُمَيْدٍ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هُوَ صَغِيرٌ «فَمَسَحَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ وَدَعَا لَهُ»  

bayhaqi:16569Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Isḥāq al-Fākihī > Abū Yaḥyá b. Abū Masarrah > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Muqrī > Saʿīd b. Abū Ayyūb > Abū ʿAqīl

who was born during the lifetime of the Prophet ﷺ that his mother, Zainab bint Humaid had taken him to Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! Take his Pledge of allegiance (for Islam)." The Prophet ﷺ said, "He (ʿAbdullah bin Hisham) is a little child," and passed his hand over his head and invoked Allah for him. ʿAbdullah bin Hisham used to slaughter one sheep as a sacrifice on behalf of all of his family. (Using translation from Bukhārī 7210)   

البيهقي:١٦٥٦٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أَنْبَأَ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ الْفَاكِهِيُّ ثَنَا أَبُو يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي مَسَرَّةَ ثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمُقْرِيُّ ثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَقِيلٍ

عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ وَكَانَ قَدْ أَدْرَكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَذَهَبَتْ بِهِ أُمُّهُ زَيْنَبُ بِنْتُ حُمَيْدٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ بَايِعْهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ هُوَ صَغِيرٌ وَمَسَحَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ وَدَعَا لَهُ وَكَانَ يُضَحِّي بِالشَّاةِ الْوَاحِدَةِ عَنْ جَمِيعِ أَهْلِهِ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْمُقْرِيِّ
bayhaqi:19052Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdullāh b. Yaḥyá b. ʿAbd al-Jabbār al-Sukkarī > Ismāʿīl b. Muḥammad al-Ṣaffār

who was born during the lifetime of the Prophet ﷺ that his mother, Zainab bint Humaid had taken him to Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! Take his Pledge of allegiance (for Islam)." The Prophet ﷺ said, "He (ʿAbdullah bin Hisham) is a little child," and passed his hand over his head and invoked Allah for him. ʿAbdullah bin Hisham used to slaughter one sheep as a sacrifice on behalf of all of his family. (Using translation from Bukhārī 7210)   

البيهقي:١٩٠٥٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ السُّكَّرِيُّ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا عَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ التَّرْقُفِيُّ ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمُقْرِئُ ثنا سَعِيدٌ هُوَ ابْنُ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَقِيلٍ زُهْرَةُ بْنُ مَعْبَدٍ

عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ هِشَامٍ وَكَانَ قَدْ أَدْرَكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَذَهَبَتْ بِهِ أُمُّهُ زَيْنَبُ بِنْتُ حُمَيْدٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ بَايِعْهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ هُوَ صَغِيرٌ فَمَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ وَدَعَا لَهُ قَالَ وَكَانَ يُضَحِّي بِالشَّاةِ الْوَاحِدَةِ عَنْ جَمِيعِ أَهْلِهِ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنِ الْمُقْرِئِ
suyuti:431-6bAbiá ʿAqīl Zuhrah b. Maʿbad from his father
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السيوطي:٤٣١-٦b

"عَنْ أَبِى عَقِيلٍ زُهْرَةَ بْنِ مَعْبَدٍ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ هِشَامٍ وَكَانَ قَدْ أَدْرَكَ النَّبِىَّ ﷺ وَذهَبَتْ بِهِ أُمُّهُ زَيْنَبُ بِنْتُ حُمَيْد إِلَى رَسُولِ الله ﷺ فَقَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ الله بَايِعْهُ - فَقَالَ النَّبِىُّ ﷺ : هَذَا صَغِيرٌ وَمَسَحَ رَأسَهُ وَدَعَا لَهُ، وَكَانَ يُضَحِّى بِالشَّاةِ الْوَاحِدَة عَنْ جَمِيعِ أَهْلِهِ".  

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