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hakim:4256Aḥmad b. Salmān al-Faqīh> Ismāʿīl b. Isḥāq al-Qāḍī > Ḥajjāj b. Minhāl > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAmmār b. Abū ʿAmmār > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ stayed in Makkah for fifteen years, seven of which he could see the light and hear the sound. He stayed in Madinah for ten years.  

الحاكم:٤٢٥٦حَدَّثَنَاهُ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلْمَانَ الْفَقِيهُ بِبَغْدَادَ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْقَاضِي ثنا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ أَبِي عَمَّارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

«أَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً بِمَكَّةَ سَبْعًا وَثَمَانِيًا يَرَى الضَّوْءَ وَيَسْمَعُ الصَّوْتَ وَأَقَامَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ عَشْرًا» على شرط مسلم  


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muslim:2353eIsḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Ḥanẓalī > Rawḥ > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAmmār b. Abū ʿAmmār > Ibn ʿAbbās

Ibn 'Abbas reported that Messenger of Allah ﷺ stayed in Mecca for fifteen years (after his advent as a Prophet) and he heard the voice of Gabriel and saw his radiance for seven years but did not see any visible form, and then received revelation for ten years, and he stayed in Medina for ten years.  

مسلم:٢٣٥٣eوَحَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْحَنْظَلِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ أَبِي عَمَّارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

أَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِمَكَّةَ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً يَسْمَعُ الصَّوْتَ وَيَرَى الضَّوْءَ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ وَلاَ يَرَى شَيْئًا وَثَمَانَ سِنِينَ يُوحَى إِلَيْهِ وَأَقَامَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ عَشْرًا  

ahmad:2399Ḥasan b. Mūsá > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAmmār b. Abū ʿAmmār > Ibn ʿAbbās

Ibn 'Abbas reported that Messenger of Allah ﷺ stayed in Mecca for fifteen years (after his advent as a Prophet) and he heard the voice of Gabriel and saw his radiance for seven years but did not see any visible form, and then received revelation for ten years, and he stayed in Medina for ten years. (Using translation from Muslim 2353e)   

أحمد:٢٣٩٩حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ أَبِي عَمَّارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَقَامَ بِمَكَّةَ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً ثَمَانِ سِنِينَ أَوْ سَبْعًا يَرَى الضَّوْءَ وَيَسْمَعُ الصَّوْتَ وَثَمَانِيًا أَوْ سَبْعًا يُوحَى إِلَيْهِ وَأَقَامَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ عَشْرًا  

ahmad:2680Ḥasan > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAmmār b. Abū ʿAmmār > Ibn ʿAbbās

Ibn 'Abbas reported that Messenger of Allah ﷺ stayed in Mecca for fifteen years (after his advent as a Prophet) and he heard the voice of Gabriel and saw his radiance for seven years but did not see any visible form, and then received revelation for ten years, and he stayed in Medina for ten years. (Using translation from Muslim 2353e)   

أحمد:٢٦٨٠حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ أَبِي عَمَّارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَقَامَ بِمَكَّةَ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً ثَمَانِ سِنِينَ أَوْ سَبْعًا يَرَى الضَّوْءَ وَيَسْمَعُ الصَّوْتَ وَثَمَانِيًا أَوْ سَبْعًا يُوحَى إِلَيْهِ وَأَقَامَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ عَشْرًا  

ahmad:2523ʿAffān > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAmmār b. Abū ʿAmmār > Ibn ʿAbbās

Ibn 'Abbas reported that Messenger of Allah ﷺ stayed in Mecca for fifteen years (after his advent as a Prophet) and he heard the voice of Gabriel and saw his radiance for seven years but did not see any visible form, and then received revelation for ten years, and he stayed in Medina for ten years. (Using translation from Muslim 2353e)   

أحمد:٢٥٢٣حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَمَّارُ بْنُ أَبِي عَمَّارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

أَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِمَكَّةَ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً سَبْعَ سِنِينَ يَرَى الضَّوْءَ وَيَسْمَعُ الصَّوْتَ وَثَمَانِي سِنِينَ يُوحَى إِلَيْهِ وَأَقَامَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ عَشْرَ سِنِينَ  

ahmad:2846Abū Kāmil > Ḥammād > ʿAmmār b. Abū ʿAmmār > Ibn ʿAbbās

Ibn 'Abbas reported that Messenger of Allah ﷺ stayed in Mecca for fifteen years (after his advent as a Prophet) and he heard the voice of Gabriel and saw his radiance for seven years but did not see any visible form, and then received revelation for ten years, and he stayed in Medina for ten years. (Using translation from Muslim 2353e)   

أحمد:٢٨٤٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ أَخْبَرَنَا عَمَّارُ بْنُ أَبِي عَمَّارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

أَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِمَكَّةَ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً سَبْعَ سِنِينَ يَرَى الضَّوْءَ وَالنُّورَ وَيَسْمَعُ الصَّوْتَ وَثَمَانِيَ سِنِينَ يُوحَى إِلَيْهِ وَأَقَامَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ عَشْرًا  

tabarani:12840ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Ḥajjāj b. al-Minhāl > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAmmār b. Abū ʿAmmār > Ibn ʿAbbās Fīmā Aḥsab Shak Ḥammād

[Machine] The Prophet (PBUH) stayed in Mecca for fifteen or eighteen years, seeing the light and hearing the voice, and for eight years receiving inspiration. He lived in Medina for ten years.  

الطبراني:١٢٨٤٠حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ أَبِي عَمَّارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فِيمَا أَحْسَبُ شَكَّ حَمَّادٌ قَالَ

أَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِمَكَّةَ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً سَبْعًا أَوْ ثَمَانِيًا يَرَى الضَّوْءَ وَيَسْمَعَ الصَّوْتَ وَثَمَانِيًا يُوحَى إِلَيْهِ وَأَقَامَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ عَشْرًا