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hakim:39Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ḥamdān al-Jallāb Bihamdān > Abū Ḥātim al-Rāzī > Saʿīd b. Abū Maryam > Ibn Abū al-Zinād from my father > Rabīʿah b. ʿIbād al-Duʾalī

[Machine] I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during the pre-Islamic period at the market of Dhi Majaaz, saying, "O people, say there is no god but Allah, you will succeed." He repeated it multiple times, and people gathered around him, following him. Behind him was a man with tangled hair and a glowing face, saying, "He is a lying magician!" So I asked, "Who is this?" They said, "His uncle, Abu Lahab." "I only mentioned 'Abdul Rahman ibn Abi Al-Zinad as my source of testimony because I wanted to follow their example, as they both testified by him," they said. But indeed, I had only testified by Ibn Abi Al-Zinad, for they both testified by him.  

الحاكم:٣٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ حَمْدَانَ الْجَلَّابُ بِهَمْدَانَ ثنا أَبُو حَاتِمٍ الرَّازِيُّ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ ثنا ابْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنِي رَبِيعَةُ بْنُ عِبَادٍ الدُّؤَلِيُّ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ بِسُوقِ ذِي الْمَجَازِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ قُولُوا لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ تُفْلِحُوا» قَالَ يُرَدِّدُهَا مِرَارًا وَالنَّاسُ مُجْتَمِعُونَ عَلَيْهِ يَتَّبِعُونَهُ وَإِذَا وَرَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ أَحْوَلُ ذُو غَدِيرَتَيْنِ وَضِيءُ الْوَجْهِ يَقُولُ إِنَّهُ صَابِئٌ كَاذِبٌ فَسَأَلْتُ مَنْ هَذَا؟ فَقَالُوا عَمُّهُ أَبُو لَهَبٍ «وَإِنَّمَا اسْتَشْهَدْتُ بِعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ اقْتِدَاءً بِهِمَا فَقَدِ اسْتَشْهَدَا جَمِيعًا بِهِ» وإنما استشهدت بابن أبي الزناد فقد استشهدا به  


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ahmad:19004Ibrāhīm b. Abū al-ʿAbbās > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū al-Zinād from his father > a man

[Machine] I saw the Prophet ﷺ in the pre-Islamic era at the market of Thul-Majaz, saying, "O people, say, 'There is no deity but Allah,' and you will prosper." The people were gathered around him, and behind him was a man who had shining face and was accompanied by two men with curly hair. He was saying, "He (the Prophet) is a lying sorcerer, and he is followed wherever he goes." I asked about him and they informed me about the lineage of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and told me that he was his uncle, Abu Lahab.  

أحمد:١٩٠٠٤حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي رَجُلٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ رَبِيعَةُ بْنُ عِبَادٍ مِنْ بَنِي الدِّيلِ وَكَانَ جَاهِلِيًّا قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فِي سُوقِ ذِي الْمَجَازِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ قُولُوا لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ تُفْلِحُوا وَالنَّاسُ مُجْتَمِعُونَ عَلَيْهِ وَوَرَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ وَضِيءُ الْوَجْهِ أَحْوَلُ ذُو غَدِيرَتَيْنِ يَقُولُ إِنَّهُ صَابِئٌ كَاذِبٌ يَتْبَعُهُ حَيْثُ ذَهَبَ فَسَأَلْتُ عَنْهُ فَذَكَرُوا لِي نَسَبَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَالُوا لِي هَذَا عَمُّهُ أَبُو لَهَبٍ  

tabarani:4582[Chain 1] Bishr b. Mūsá > Muḥammad b. Saʿīd al-Aṣbahānī [Chain 2] Abū Yazīd al-Qarāṭīsī And Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb al-ʿAllāf > Saʿīd b. Abū Maryam > Ibn Abū al-Zinād from my father > Rabīʿah b. ʿIbād al-Dīlī

[Machine] I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the time of ignorance in the market of Thul-Majaz, and he was saying, "O people, say, 'There is no God but Allah' and you will prosper." He kept repeating it multiple times while the people gathered around him and followed him. And there was a man walking behind him, having a thinner face and brighter complexion, saying, "He is a liar, a deity worshiper, twice." So, I asked who this was, and they said, "This is his uncle, Abu Lahab."  

الطبراني:٤٥٨٢حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَزِيدَ الْقَرَاطِيسِيُّ وَيَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ الْعَلَّافُ قَالَا ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ ثنا ابْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي أَخْبَرَنِي رَبِيعَةُ بْنُ عِبَادٍ الدِّيلِيُّ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ بِسُوقِ ذِي الْمَجَازِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ قُولُوا لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ تُفْلِحُوا فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يُرَدِّدُهَا مِرَارًا وَالنَّاسُ مُتَصَفُّونَ عَلَيْهِ يَتَّبِعُونَهُ وَإِذَا وَرَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ أَحْوَلُ ذُو غَدِيرَتَيْنِ وَضِيءُ الْوَجْهِ يَقُولُ إِنَّهُ صَابِئٌ كَاذِبٌ مَرَّتَيْنِ فَسَأَلْتُ مَنْ هَذَا فَقَالُوا هَذَا عَمُّهُ أَبُو لَهَبٍ