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hakim:2758 – Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-Rabīʿ b. Sulaymān > Asad b. Mūsá > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Saʿīd b. Jumhān > Safīnah > ʿAlī Aḍāf a man And Ṣanaʿ Lah Ṭaʿām

[Machine] Ali invited a man and made food for him. Then he said, "Let us invite the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to eat with us." So they invited the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and he came and saw a bed that had been struck in one corner of the house. He went back and Fatima said to Ali, "Go and tell him why he turned back, O Messenger of Allah!" So he went and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "It is not befitting for a Prophet to enter a luxurious house."  

الحاكم:٢٧٥٨ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ ثنا أَسَدُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُمْهَانَ عَنْ سَفِينَةَ

أَنَّ عَلِيًّا أَضَافَ رَجُلًا وَصَنَعَ لَهُ طَعَامًا فَقَالَ لَوْ دَعَوْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَكَلَ مَعَنَا فَدَعَوْا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَجَاءَ فَرَأَى فِرَاشًا قَدْ ضُرِبَ فِي نَاحِيَةِ الْبَيْتِ فَرَجَعَ فَقَالَتْ فَاطِمَةُ ارْجِعْ فَقُلْ لَهُ مَا رَجَعَكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ فَذَهَبَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَيْسَ لِنَبِيٍّ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بَيْتًا مُزَوَّقًا»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ صحيح

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abudawud:3755 – Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Ḥammād > Saʿīd b. Jumhān > Safīnah Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman > a man Aḍāf ʿAlī b. Abū Ṭālib Faṣanaʿ Lah Ṭaʿām

Safinah AbuAbdurRahman said that a man prepared food for Ali ibn AbuTalib who was his guest, and Fatimah said: I wish we had invited the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he had eaten with us. They invited him, and when he came he put his hands on the side-ports of the door, but when he saw the figured curtain which had been put at the end of the house, he went away. So Fatimah said to Ali: Follow him and see what turned him back. I (Ali) followed him and asked: What turned you back, Messenger of Allah? He replied: It is not fitting for me or for any Prophet to enter a house which is decorated.  

أبو داود:٣٧٥٥ – حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ أَخْبَرَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُمْهَانَ عَنْ سَفِينَةَ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّ رَجُلاً أَضَافَ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَصَنَعَ لَهُ طَعَامًا فَقَالَتْ

فَاطِمَةُ لَوْ دَعَوْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَكَلَ مَعَنَا فَدَعَوْهُ فَجَاءَ فَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى عِضَادَتَىِ الْبَابِ فَرَأَى الْقِرَامَ قَدْ ضُرِبَ بِهِ فِي نَاحِيَةِ الْبَيْتِ فَرَجَعَ فَقَالَتْ فَاطِمَةُ لِعَلِيٍّ الْحَقْهُ فَانْظُرْ مَا رَجَعَهُ فَتَبِعْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا رَدَّكَ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ لِي أَوْ لِنَبِيٍّ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بَيْتًا مُزَوَّقًا  

ibnmajah:3360 – ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAbdullāh al-Jazarī > ʿAffān b. Muslim > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Saʿīd b. Jumhān > Safīnah Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman > a man Aḍāf ʿAlī b. Abū Ṭālib Faṣanaʿ Lah Ṭaʿām

“Why don’t we invite the Prophet ﷺ to eat with us?” So they invited him and he came. He put his hand on the doorpost of the house and saw a thin curtain in the corner of the house, so he went back. Fatimah said to ‘Ali: “Go and catch up with him, and ask him: ‘What made you go back, O Messenger of Allah?” He said: “I do not enter a well-decorated house.”  

ابن ماجة:٣٣٦٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْجَزَرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ جُمْهَانَ حَدَّثَنَا سَفِينَةُ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّ رَجُلاً أَضَافَ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَصَنَعَ لَهُ طَعَامًا فَقَالَتْ

فَاطِمَةُ لَوْ دَعَوْنَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَكَلَ مَعَنَا فَدَعَوْهُ فَجَاءَ فَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى عِضَادَتَىِ الْبَابِ فَرَأَى قِرَامًا فِي نَاحِيَةِ الْبَيْتِ فَرَجَعَ فَقَالَتْ فَاطِمَةُ لِعَلِيٍّ الْحَقْ فَقُلْ لَهُ مَا رَجَعَكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ لِي أَنْ أَدْخُلَ بَيْتًا مُزَوَّقًا  

ahmad:21922 – Abū Kāmil > Ḥammād / Ibn Salamah > Saʿīd b. Jumhān > Safīnah > a man Ḍāf ʿAlī b. Abū Ṭālib Faṣanaʿūā Lah Ṭaʿām

Safinah AbuAbdurRahman said that a man prepared food for Ali ibn AbuTalib who was his guest, and Fatimah said: I wish we had invited the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he had eaten with us. They invited him, and when he came he put his hands on the side-ports of the door, but when he saw the figured curtain which had been put at the end of the house, he went away. So Fatimah said to Ali: Follow him and see what turned him back. I (Ali) followed him and asked: What turned you back, Messenger of Allah? He replied: It is not fitting for me or for any Prophet to enter a house which is decorated. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3755)   

أحمد:٢١٩٢٢ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُمْهَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَفِينَةَ يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّ رَجُلًا ضَافَ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَصَنَعُوا لَهُ طَعَامًا فَقَالَتْ

فَاطِمَةُ لَوْ دَعْونَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَكَلَ مَعَنَا فَأَرْسَلُوا إِلَيْهِ فَجَاءَ فَأَخَذَ بِعِضَادَتَيِ الْبَابِ فَإِذَا قِرَامٌ قَدْ ضُرِبَ بِهِ فِي نَاحِيَةِ الْبَيْتِ فَلَمَّا رَآهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رَجَعَ فَقَالَتْ فَاطِمَةُ لِعَلِيٍّ اتْبَعْهُ فَقُلْ لَهُ مَا رَجَعَكَ؟ فَتَبِعَهُ فَقَالَ مَا رَجَعَكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ لِي أَوْ لَيْسَ لِنَبِيٍّ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بَيْتًا مُزَوَّقًا  

bayhaqi:14560 – Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Abū Bakr b. Dāsah > Abū Dāwud > Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Ḥammād > Saʿīd b. Jamhān > Safīnah Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman > a man Ḍāf ʿAlī b. Abū Ṭālib Faṣanaʿ Lah Ṭaʿām > Fāṭimah

Safinah AbuAbdurRahman said that a man prepared food for Ali ibn AbuTalib who was his guest, and Fatimah said: I wish we had invited the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he had eaten with us. They invited him, and when he came he put his hands on the side-ports of the door, but when he saw the figured curtain which had been put at the end of the house, he went away. So Fatimah said to Ali: Follow him and see what turned him back. I (Ali) followed him and asked: What turned you back, Messenger of Allah? He replied: It is not fitting for me or for any Prophet to enter a house which is decorated. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3755)   

البيهقي:١٤٥٦٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ دَاسَةَ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ثنا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جَمْهَانَ عَنْ سَفِينَةَ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّ رَجُلًا ضَافَ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ فَصَنَعَ لَهُ طَعَامًا فَقَالَتْ فَاطِمَةُ ؓ

لَوْ دَعَوْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَكَلَ مَعَنَا فَدَعَوْهُ فَجَاءَ فَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى عِضَادَتَيِ الْبَابِ فَرَأَى الْقِرَامَ قَدْ ضُرِبَ مِنْ نَاحِيَةِ الْبَيْتِ فَرَجَعَ فَقَالَتْ فَاطِمَةُ لِعَلِيٍّ ؓ الْحَقْهُ فَانْظُرْ مَا رَجَعَهُ فَتَبِعْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا رَدَّكَ؟ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ لِي أَوْ لِنَبِيٍّ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بَيْتًا مُزَوَّقًا