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hakim:1314 – Aḥmad b. Jaʿfar al-Qaṭīʿī > ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal from my father > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Thawbān

An animal was brought to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was going with a funeral. He refused to ride on it. When the funeral was away, the animal was brought to him and he rode on it. He was asked about it. He said: The angels were on their feet. I was not to ride while they were walking. When they went away, I rode. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3177)   

الحاكم:١٣١٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْقَطِيعِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَنْبَأَ مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ

«أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ شَيَّعَ جِنَازَةً فَأُتِيَ بِدَابَّةٍ فَأَبَى أَنْ يَرْكَبُهَا فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ أُتِيَ بِدَابَّةٍ فَرَكِبَهَا» فَقِيلَ لَهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ كَانَتْ تَمْشِي فَلَمْ أَكُنْ لِأَرْكَبَ وَهُمْ يَمْشُونَ فَلَمَّا ذَهَبُوا أَوْ قَالَ عَرَجُوا رَكِبْتُ  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ وَلَهُ شَاهِدٌ بِلَفْظٍ أَشْفَى مِنْ هَذَا»

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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Bayhaqī
abudawud:3177 – Yaḥyá b. Mūsá al-Balkhī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAwf > Thawbān

An animal was brought to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was going with a funeral. He refused to ride on it. When the funeral was away, the animal was brought to him and he rode on it. He was asked about it. He said: The angels were on their feet. I was not to ride while they were walking. When they went away, I rode.  

أبو داود:٣١٧٧ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُوسَى الْبَلْخِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أُتِيَ بِدَابَّةٍ وَهُوَ مَعَ الْجَنَازَةِ فَأَبَى أَنْ يَرْكَبَهَا فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ أُتِيَ بِدَابَّةٍ فَرَكِبَ فَقِيلَ لَهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الْمَلاَئِكَةَ كَانَتْ تَمْشِي فَلَمْ أَكُنْ لأَرْكَبَ وَهُمْ يَمْشُونَ فَلَمَّا ذَهَبُوا رَكِبْتُ  

bayhaqi:6854 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Aḥmad b. Jaʿfar al-Qaṭīʿī > ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal from my father > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Thawbān > al-Nabī Ṣallá Allāh

An animal was brought to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was going with a funeral. He refused to ride on it. When the funeral was away, the animal was brought to him and he rode on it. He was asked about it. He said: The angels were on their feet. I was not to ride while they were walking. When they went away, I rode. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3177)   

البيهقي:٦٨٥٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْقَطِيعِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أنبأ مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺشَيَّعَ جِنَازَةً فَأُتِيَ بِدَابَّةٍ فَأَبَى أَنْ يَرْكَبَهَا فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ أُتِيَ بِدَابَّةٍ فَرَكِبَهَا فَقِيلَ لَهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ كَانَتْ تَمْشِي فَلَمْ أَكُنْ لِأَرْكَبُ وَهُمْ يَمْشُونَ فَلَمَّا ذَهَبُوا أَوْ قَالَ عَرَجُوا رَكِبْتُ