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hakim:6829 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ṣaffār > Aḥmad b. Mihrān > ʿUbaydullāh b. Mūsá > Isrāʾīl > Zayd b. Jubayr > Abū Yazīd al-Ḍabbī

[Machine] From Maymuna bint Saad, a slave woman of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , she said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about the offspring of adultery. He replied, "Two sandals that I strive with them are more beloved to me than freeing the offspring of adultery." Al-Dhahabi remained silent about it in his summary.  

الحاكم:٦٨٢٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّفَّارُ ثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مِهْرَانَ ثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى أنبأ إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي يَزِيدَ الضَّبِّيِّ

عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ بِنْتِ سَعْدٍ مَوْلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَتْ سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ وَلَدِ الزِّنَا قَالَ «نَعْلَانِ أُجَاهِدُ بِهِمَا أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أُعْتِقَ وَلَدَ الزِّنَا» سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص  

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ibnmajah:2531 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > al-Faḍl b. Dukayn > Isrāʾīl > Zayd b. Jubayr > Abū Yazīd al-Ḍinnī

the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about illegitimate children. He said: “Two sandals in which I wage Jihad are better than freeing an illegitimate child.”  

ابن ماجة:٢٥٣١ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ دُكَيْنٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي يَزِيدَ الضِّنِّيِّ

عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ بِنْتِ سَعْدٍ مَوْلاَةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنْ وَلَدِ الزِّنَا فَقَالَ نَعْلاَنِ أُجَاهِدُ فِيهِمَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ أُعْتِقَ وَلَدَ الزِّنَا  

ahmad:27624 – Ḥusayn And ʾAbū Nuʿaym > Isrāʾīl > Zayd b. Jubayr > Abū Yazīd al-Ḍannī

[Machine] Narrated Ma imuna bint Saad, a slave woman of the Prophet ﷺ : The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about the child of fornication. He said, "There is no good in him. Two shoes I fight with for the sake of Allah are dearer to me than freeing the child of fornication."  

أحمد:٢٧٦٢٤ – حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ وَأَبُو نُعَيْمٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي يَزِيدَ الضَّنِّيِّ

عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ بِنْتِ سَعْدٍ مَوْلَاةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ وَلَدِ الزِّنَا قَالَ لَا خَيْرَ فِيهِ نَعْلَانِ أُجَاهِدُ بِهِمَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أُعْتِقَ وَلَدَ زِنا  

tabarani:21619 – [Chain 1] Fuḍayl b. Muḥammad al-Malṭī > Abū Nuʿaym > Isrāʾīl [Chain 2] ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar al-Ḍabbī > ʿAbdullāh b. Rajāʾ > Isrāʾīl > Zayd b. Jubayr > Abū Yazīd al-Ḍannī

[Machine] Narrated by Maymunah bint Sa'd, the freed slave woman of the Prophet ﷺ , that the Prophet ﷺ was asked about the child born out of wedlock, and he said, "There is no goodness in them. Two sandals that I use in fighting are dearer to me than freeing a child born out of wedlock."  

الطبراني:٢١٦١٩ – حَدَّثَنَا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَلْطِيُّ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا إِسْرَائِيلُ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الضَّبِّيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ رَجَاءٍ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي يَزِيدَ الضَّنِّيِّ

عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ بِنْتِ سَعْدٍ مَوْلَاةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنْ وَلَدِ الزِّنَا فَقَالَ «لَا خَيْرَ فِيهِ نَعْلَانِ أُجَاهِدُ بِهِمَا أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أُعْتِقَ وَلَدَ زِنًا»