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ibnhibban:1652ʿUmar b. Muḥammad al-Hamdānī > Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muʾammal b. Ismāʿīl > Sufyān > ʿAlqamah b. Marthad > Sulaymān b. Buraydah from his father

"The Messenger of Allah performed prayer, then a man said: 'Who was looking for the red camel?' The Prophet said: 'May you not find it! The mosques were built for that for which they were built.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 765)  

ابن حبّان:١٦٥٢أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُؤَمَّلُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مَنْ دَعَا إِلَى الْجَمَلِ الْأَحْمَرِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا وَجَدْتَ إِنَّمَا بُنِيَتِ الْمَسَاجِدُ لِمَا بُنِيَتْ لَهُ»  


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muslim:569aḤajjāj b. al-Shāʿir > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > al-Thawrī > ʿAlqamah b. Marthad > Sulaymān b. Buraydah from his father

Who had called out for the red camel? Upon this the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: May it not be restored to you! The mosques are built for what they are meant.  

مسلم:٥٦٩aوَحَدَّثَنِي حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الشَّاعِرِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا الثَّوْرِيُّ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ رَجُلاً نَشَدَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَقَالَ

مَنْ دَعَا إِلَى الْجَمَلِ الأَحْمَرِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لاَ وَجَدْتَ إِنَّمَا بُنِيَتِ الْمَسَاجِدُ لِمَا بُنِيَتْ لَهُ  

muslim:569bAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ > Abū Sinān > ʿAlqamah b. Marthad > Sulaymān b. Buraydah from his father

Who called for a red camel? (Upon this) the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: May it not be restored to you! The mosques are built for what they are meant.  

مسلم:٥٦٩bحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ أَبِي سِنَانٍ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَمَّا صَلَّى قَامَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ مَنْ دَعَا إِلَى الْجَمَلِ الأَحْمَرِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لاَ وَجَدْتَ إِنَّمَا بُنِيَتِ الْمَسَاجِدُ لِمَا بُنِيَتْ لَهُ  

ibnmajah:765ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > Wakīʿ > Abū Sinān Saʿīd b. Sinān > ʿAlqamah b. Marthad > Sulaymān b. Buraydah from his father

"The Messenger of Allah performed prayer, then a man said: 'Who was looking for the red camel?' The Prophet said: 'May you not find it! The mosques were built for that for which they were built.'"  

ابن ماجة:٧٦٥حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ أَبِي سِنَانٍ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مَنْ دَعَا إِلَى الْجَمَلِ الأَحْمَرِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لاَ وَجَدْتَهُ إِنَّمَا بُنِيَتِ الْمَسَاجِدُ لِمَا بُنِيَتْ لَهُ  

ahmad:23044ʿAbdullāh b. al-Walīd And Muʾammal > Sufyān > ʿAlqamah b. Marthad > Sulaymān b. Buraydah from his father > Aʿrābī

[Machine] "Who prayed for the red camel after Fajr in the mosque?" so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "No, you did not find it, you did not find it, you did not find it. These houses were only built, and these mosques were only built for it."  

أحمد:٢٣٠٤٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ وَمُؤَمَّلٌ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ حَدَّثَنَا عَلْقَمَةُ بْنُ مَرْثَدٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا قَالَ

فِي الْمَسْجِدِ مَنْ دَعَا لِلْجَمَلِ الْأَحْمَرِ بَعْدَ الْفَجْرِ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا وَجَدْتَهُ لَا وَجَدْتَهُ لَا وَجَدْتَهُ إِنَّمَا بُنِيَتْ هَذِهِ الْبُيُوتُ وَقَالَ مُؤَمَّلٌ هَذِهِ الْمَسَاجِدُ لِمَا بُنِيَتْ لَهُ  

ahmad:23051Wakīʿ > Saʿīd b. Sinān Wahū Abū Sinān > ʿAlqamah b. Marthad > Sulaymān b. Buraydah from his father

"The Messenger of Allah performed prayer, then a man said: 'Who was looking for the red camel?' The Prophet said: 'May you not find it! The mosques were built for that for which they were built.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 765)   

أحمد:٢٣٠٥١حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ وَهُوَ أَبُو سِنَانٍ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

صَلَّى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ مَنْ دَعَا لِلْجَمَلِ الْأَحْمَرِ؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَا وَجَدْتَ إِنَّمَا بُنِيَتِ الْمَسَاجِدُ لِمَا بُنِيَتْ لَهُ  

bayhaqi:12105Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad al-Ṣaydalānī > Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Jarīr > Muḥammad b. Shaybah > ʿAlqamah b. Marthad > Ibn Buraydah from his father

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ heard an Arab man or a person saying, "Whoever calls to the red camel." The Prophet ﷺ said, "No, you have not found (meaning the mosques were not built) except for what they were built for."  

البيهقي:١٢١٠٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّيْدَلَانِيُّ ثنا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ثنا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ شَيْبَةَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سَمِعَ أَعْرَابِيًّا أَوْ رَجُلًا يَقُولُ مَنْ دَعَا إِلَى الْجَمَلِ الْأَحْمَرِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَا وَجَدْتَ إِنَّمَا بُنِيَتْ هَذِهِ الْمَسَاجِدُ لِمَا بُنِيَتْ لَهُ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ قُتَيْبَةَ
bayhaqi:4344Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > ʿAlī b. al-Ḥasan > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Walīd > Sufyān > ʿAlqamah b. Marthad > Sulaymān b. Buraydah from his father

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ heard a man saying in the mosque, "Whoever calls to the red camel?" So the Prophet ﷺ said, "No, you have not found it. Mosques were only built for the purpose they were built for."  

البيهقي:٤٣٤٤أنبأ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سَمِعَ رَجُلًا يَقُولُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ مَنْ دَعَا إِلَى الْجَمَلِ الْأَحْمَرِ؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَا وَجَدْتَ إِنَّمَا بُنِيَتِ الْمَسَاجِدُ لِمَا بُنِيَتْ لَهُ  

أَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ مِنْ حَدِيثِ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنِ الثَّوْرِيِّ
bayhaqi:20263Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad al-Ṣaydalānī > Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Jarīr > Muḥammad b. Shaybah > ʿAlqamah b. Marthad > Ibn Buraydah from his father

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ heard an Arab or a man saying, "Whoever invites me to the red camel?" So the Prophet ﷺ said, "No, you will not find them except that these mosques were built for what they were built for."  

البيهقي:٢٠٢٦٣وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّيْدَلَانِيُّ ثنا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ثنا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ شَيْبَةَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سَمِعَ أَعْرَابِيًّا أَوْ رَجُلًا يَقُولُ مَنْ دَعَا إِلَيَّ الْجَمَلِ الْأَحْمَرِ؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَا وَجَدْتَ إِنَّمَا بُنِيَتْ هَذِهِ الْمَسَاجِدُ لِمَا بُنِيَتْ لَهُ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ قُتَيْبَةَ