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hakim:5284 – Maʿmar > Ibn Khuthaym > Muḥammad b. al-Aswad b. Khalaf from his father

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ took Hussain and kissed him. Then, he approached them (the people) and said, 'Verily, this child is a source of stinginess, cowardice, ignorance, and sadness.'"  

الحاكم:٥٢٨٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ ابْنِ خُثَيْمٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ خَلَفٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَخَذَ حُسَيْنًا فَقَبَّلَهُ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ الْوَلَدَ مَبْخَلَةٌ مَجْبَنَةٌ مَجْهَلَةٌ مَحْزَنَةٌ»  

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suyuti:59-2b – Muḥammad b. al-Swad > Abīh n al-Nabi ﷺ Khadh Ḥusayn Faqabbalah Thum Qbal ʿAlayhim
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السيوطي:٥٩-٢b –

"عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الأسْوَدِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ أنَّ النَّبِىَّ ﷺ أخَذَ حُسَيْنًا فَقَبَّلَهُ ثُمَّ أقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ الوَلَدَ مَبْخَلَةٌ مَجْبَنَةٌ".  

البغوى، وابن السكن، [قط] الدارقطنى في السنن في الأفراد، [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك [كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه قال البغوى وابن السكن: ليس للأسود غير هذين الحديثين، قال في الإصابة: وجدت له ثالثا ورابعا