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hakim:8275 – Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Shaybānī > Yaḥyá b. Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá al-Dhuhlī > Musaddad > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Sufyān > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Zāhid > Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. ʿĪsá > Muḥammad b. Kathīr And ʾAbū Ḥudhayfah > Sufyān > Muḥammad b. al-Munkadir > Abū Bakr b. Sulaymān b. Abū Ḥathmah > Ḥafṣah > Āmraʾah from Quraysh Yuqāl Lahā al-Shifāʾ Kānat Tarqī from al-Namlah

[Machine] It is said that healing used to descend from an ant, so the Prophet ﷺ said, "Teach it to Hafsah."  

الحاكم:٨٢٧٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ ثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الذُّهْلِيُّ ثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الزَّاهِدُ ثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ وَأَبُو حُذَيْفَةَ قَالَا ثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ عَنْ حَفْصَةَ أَنَّ امْرَأَةً مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ

يُقَالُ لَهَا الشِّفَاءُ كَانَتْ تَرْقِي مِنَ النَّمْلَةِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «عَلِّمِيهَا حَفْصَةَ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخْرِجَاهُ صحيح

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ahmad:26449 – Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Muḥammad b. al-Munkadir > Abū Bakr b. Sulaymān > Ḥafṣah

[Machine] That the Prophet ﷺ entered upon her and she was with a woman said to be called "Shaffa'atun Tarqi" and the Prophet ﷺ said, "Teach her Hafsah."  

أحمد:٢٦٤٤٩ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ حَفْصَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا وَعِنْدَهَا امْرَأَةٌ يُقَالُ لَهَا شَفَّاءُ تَرْقِي مِنَ النَّمْلَةِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلِّمِيهَا حَفْصَةَ  

ahmad:26450 – ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿAmr > Sufyān > Muḥammad b. al-Munkadir > Abū Bakr b. Sulaymān b. Abū Ḥathmah > Ḥafṣah > Āmraʾah from Quraysh Yuqāl Lahā al-Shaffāʾ Kānat Tarqī from al-Namlah

[Machine] It is said that healing came down from the ant, so the Prophet ﷺ said to her, "Teach Hafsah."  

أحمد:٢٦٤٥٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ عَنْ حَفْصَةَ أَنَّ امْرَأَةً مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ

يُقَالُ لَهَا الشَّفَّاءُ كَانَتْ تَرْقِي مِنَ النَّمْلَةِ فَقَالَ لَهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلِّمِيهَا حَفْصَةَ  

tabarani:19796 – Muḥammad b. Muḥammad b. ʿUqbah > al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī > Abū ʿĀmir al-ʿAqadī > Sufyān > Muḥammad b. al-Munkadir > Abū Bakr b. Sulaymān b. Abū Ḥathmah > Āmraʾah from Quraysh

[Machine] It is said that she (referring to Hafsah) used to heal and treat ants. So the Prophet ﷺ said to her, "Teach Hafsah."  

الطبراني:١٩٧٩٦ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ثنا أَبُو عَامِرٍ الْعَقَدِيُّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ أَنَّ امْرَأَةً مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ

يُقَالُ لَهَا الشِّفَاءُ كَانَتْ تَرْقِي فِي النَّمْلَةِ فَقَالَ لَهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «عَلِّمِيهَا حَفْصَةَ»  

tabarani:21263 – Fuḍayl b. Muḥammad al-Malṭī > Abū Nuʿaym > Sufyān > Muḥammad b. al-Munkadir > Abū Bakr b. Sulaymān b. Abū Ḥathmah > Ḥafṣah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ entered upon her and there was a woman with her. It is said that her name was "Ash-Shifa" and she was tending to a sick ant. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to her, "Teach her (the ant) Hafsah."  

الطبراني:٢١٢٦٣ – حَدَّثَنَا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَلْطِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ عَنْ حَفْصَةَ قَالَتْ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ يُقَالُ لَهَا الشِّفَاءُ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا هَارُونُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ عَنْ حَفْصَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا وَعِنْدَهَا امْرَأَةٌ يُقَالُ لَهَا الشِّفَاءُ تَرْقِي مِنَ النَّمْلَةِ فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «عَلِّمِيهَا حَفْصَةَ»