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hakim:7103Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Shaybānī > Yaḥyá b. Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá > Musaddad > Ismāʿīl > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Isḥāq > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Muʿāwiyah > ʿUthmān b. Abū Sulaymān > Ṣafwān b. Umayyah > Rānī

[Machine] I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and I was taking the meat from the bone with my hand. He said to me, "O Safwan!" I said, "Labbaik (Here I am), O Messenger of Allah." He said, "Bring the meat closer to your mouth, for it is more delicious and better for digestion."  

الحاكم:٧١٠٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ ثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى ثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ أَنْبَأَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ قَالَ

رَآنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا آخُذُ اللَّحْمَ مِنَ الْعَظْمِ بِيَدِي فَقَالَ لِي «يَا صَفْوَانُ» قُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ قَالَ «قَرِّبَ اللَّحْمَ مِنْ فِيكَ فَإِنَّهُ أَهْنَأُ وَأَمْرَأُ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ صحيح

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ahmad:27643Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Isḥāq > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Muʿāwiyah > ʿUthmān b. Abiá Sulaymān

[Machine] "Safwan bin Umayyah saw me with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while I was holding the meat with my hand close to the bone. He said, 'O Safwan, bring the meat closer to your mouth, for it is more delicious and tastier.'"  

أحمد:٢٧٦٤٣حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِى سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ قَالَ

صَفْوَانُ بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ رَآنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا آخُذُ اللَّحْمَ عَنِ الْعَظْمِ بِيَدِي فَقَالَ يَا صَفْوَانُ قُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ قَالَ قَرِّبِ اللَّحْمَ مِنْ فِيكَ فَإِنَّهُ أَهْنَأُ وَأَمْرَأُ  

ahmad:15309Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Isḥāq > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Muʿāwiyah > ʿUthmān b. Abū Sulaymān

[Machine] Safwan bin Umayyah saw me with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while I was taking meat off the bone with my hand. He said, "O Safwan, say 'Labbaik' (I am here in response to your call)." I said, "Labbaik." He said, "Bring the meat closer to you, for it is more pleasing and more beneficial."  

أحمد:١٥٣٠٩حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ قَالَ

صَفْوَانُ بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ رَآنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا آخُذُ اللَّحْمَ عَنِ الْعَظْمِ بِيَدِي فَقَالَ يَا صَفْوَانُ قُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ قَالَ قَرِّبِ اللَّحْمَ مِنْ فِيكَ فَإِنَّهُ أَهْنَأُ وَأَمْرَأُ  

tabarani:7333Maḥmūd b. Muḥammad al-Wāsiṭī > Whb b. Baqiyyah > Khālid > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Isḥāq > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Muʿāwiyah > ʿUthmān b. Abū Sulaymān > Ṣafwān b. Umayyah

[Machine] Safwan ibn Umayyah saw me in the presence of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while I was cutting meat off the bone. He said, "O Safwan!" and I replied, "Here I am." He said, "Bring the meat closer to you, for it is more tasty and enjoyable."  

الطبراني:٧٣٣٣حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْوَاسِطِيُّ ثنا وهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ ثنا خَالِدٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ قَالَ

صَفْوَانُ بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ رَآنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا أَجُزُّ اللَّحْمَ عَنِ الْعَظْمِ فَقَالَ «يَا صَفْوَانُ» قُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ قَالَ «قَرِّبِ اللَّحْمَ مِنْ فِيكَ فَإِنَّهُ أَهْنَأُ وَأَمْرَأُ»  

bayhaqi:14625Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Abū Saʿīd b. al-Aʿrābī > al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad al-Zaʿfarānī > Ribʿī b. ʿUlayyah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Isḥāq > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Muʿāwiyah > ʿUthmān b. Abū Sulaymān

[Machine] Safwan ibn Umayyah said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw me holding the meat with my hand close to the bone, so he said to me, 'O Safwan, bring the meat closer to you, as it is more delicious and wholesome.'"  

البيهقي:١٤٦٢٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أنا أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ الْأَعْرَابِيِّ نا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الزَّعْفَرَانِيُّ نا رِبْعِيُّ بْنُ عُلَيَّةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ نا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ

قَالَ صَفْوَانُ بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ رَآنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا آخُذُ اللَّحْمَ عَنِ الْعَظْمِ بِيَدِيَّ فَقَالَ لِي يَا صَفْوَانُ قُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ قَالَ قَرِّبِ اللَّحْمَ مِنْ فِيكَ إِنَّهُ أَهْنَأُ وَأَمْرَأُ