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ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنِ اسْتِعْمَالِ هَذَا الْفِعْلِ الَّذِي ذَكَرْنَاهُ حَذَرَ أَنْ يُحَوَّلَ رَأْسُهُ رَأْسَ كَلْبٍ

ibnhibban:2283al-Haytham b. Khalaf al-Dūrī > al-Rabīʿ b. Thaʿlab > Abū Ismāʿīl al-Muʾaddib > Muḥammad b. Maysarah > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Doesn't the person who raises his head before the Imam fear that Allah will turn his head into the head of a dog?"  

ابن حبّان:٢٢٨٣أَخْبَرَنَا الْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ الدُّورِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ ثَعْلَبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْمَاعِيلَ الْمُؤَدِّبُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «أَمَا يَخْشَى الَّذِي يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ قَبْلَ الْإِمَامِ أَنْ يُحَوِّلَ اللَّهُ رَأْسَهُ رَأْسَ الْكَلْبِ»  


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Collected by Muslim, Nasāʾī, Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
muslim:427aKhalaf b. Hishām And ʾAbū al-Rabīʿ al-Zahrānī Waqutaybah b. Saʿīd > Ḥammād > Khalaf > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Does the man who lifts his head ahead of the Imam (from prostration) not fear that Allah may change his head into the head of an ass?  

مسلم:٤٢٧aحَدَّثَنَا خَلَفُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ وَأَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ وَقُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ كُلُّهُمْ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ قَالَ خَلَفٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ

مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ أَمَا يَخْشَى الَّذِي يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ قَبْلَ الإِمَامِ أَنْ يُحَوِّلَ اللَّهُ رَأْسَهُ رَأْسَ حِمَارٍ  

nasai:828Qutaybah > Ḥammād > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

"Muhammad ﷺ said: 'Does the one who raises his head before the Imam not fear that Allah may turn his head into the head of a donkey?"'  

النسائي:٨٢٨أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ

مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ أَلاَ يَخْشَى الَّذِي يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ قَبْلَ الإِمَامِ أَنْ يُحَوِّلَ اللَّهُ رَأْسَهُ رَأْسَ حِمَارٍ  

tirmidhi:582Qutaybah > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Muḥammad b. Ziyād / Abū al-Ḥārith al-Baṣrī Thiqah > Abū Hurayrah

"Muhammad said: 'Does not the one who raises his head before the Imam fear that Allah will transform his head into a donkey's head?'"  

الترمذي:٥٨٢حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ وَهُوَ أَبُو الْحَارِثِ الْبَصْرِيُّ ثِقَةٌ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ

مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ أَمَا يَخْشَى الَّذِي يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ قَبْلَ الإِمَامِ أَنْ يُحَوِّلَ اللَّهُ رَأْسَهُ رَأْسَ حِمَارٍ قَالَ قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَمَّادٌ قَالَ لِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ وَإِنَّمَا قَالَ أَمَا يَخْشَى  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ هُوَ بَصْرِيٌّ ثِقَةٌ وَيُكْنَى أَبَا الْحَارِثِ
ibnmajah:961Ḥumayd b. Masʿadah And Sūwayd b. Saʿīd > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Does not the one who raises his head before the Imam fear that Allah may turn his head into the head of a donkey?’”  

ابن ماجة:٩٦١حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ وَسُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ

رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَلاَ يَخْشَى الَّذِي يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ قَبْلَ الإِمَامِ أَنْ يُحَوِّلَ اللَّهُ رَأْسَهُ رَأْسَ حِمَارٍ؟  

ahmad:7534ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Maʿmar > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, or Abu Al-Qasim ﷺ said, "Shouldn't the one who lifts his head while the imam is in prostration fear that Allah will turn his head into the head of a donkey?"  

أحمد:٧٥٣٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَوْ قَالَ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ ﷺ أَمَا يَخَافُ الَّذِي يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ وَالْإِمَامُ سَاجِدٌ أَنْ يُحَوِّلَ اللهُ رَأْسَهُ رَأْسَ حِمَارٍ  

ahmad:7668ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "The one who raises his head before the imam finishes (the prayer) will have his head transformed into that of a donkey by Allah."  

أحمد:٧٦٦٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَا يُؤْمِنُ الَّذِي يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ قَبْلَ الْإِمَامِ أَنْ يَرُدَّ اللهُ رَأْسَهُ رَأْسَ حِمَارٍ؟  

ahmad:10546Yazīd > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying; Does he who raises his head while the Imam is prostrating not fear that Allah may change his head into a donkey’s or his face into a donkey’s face. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 623)   

أحمد:١٠٥٤٦حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أَمَا يَخْشَى أَحَدُكُمْ إِذَارَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ وَالْإِمَامُ سَاجِدٌ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ اللهُ رَأْسَهُ رَأْسَ حِمَارٍ أَوْ صُورَتَهُ صُورَةَ حِمَارٍ؟  

ahmad:10104Wakīʿ > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Does not the one who raises his head before the Imam fear that Allah may turn his head into the head of a donkey?’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 961)   

أحمد:١٠١٠٤حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَا يَخَافُ الَّذِي يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ قَبْلَ الْإِمَامِ أَنْ يُحَوَّلَ رَأْسُهُ رَأْسَ حِمَارٍ  

ibnhibban:2282ʿImrān b. Mūsá b. Mujāshiʿ > Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad b. al-ʿAbbās al-Shāfiʿī And ʿUbayd Allāh b. ʿUmar al-Qawārīrī And Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd b. Ḥisāb Washaybān b. Farrūkh > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Does not the one who raises his head before the Imam fear that Allah may turn his head into the head of a donkey?’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 961)  

ابن حبّان:٢٢٨٢أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ مُجَاشِعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ الشَّافِعِيُّ وَعُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ حِسَابٍ وَشَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخٍ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَمَا يَخْشَى الَّذِي يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ قَبْلَ الْإِمَامِ أَنْ يُحَوِّلَ اللَّهُ رَأْسَهُ رَأْسَ حِمَارٍ»  

nasai-kubra:904Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Ḥammād > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Does not the one who raises his head before the Imam fear that Allah may turn his head into the head of a donkey?’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 961)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٠٤أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ «أَلَا يَخْشَى الَّذِي يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ قَبْلَ الْإِمَامِ أَنْ يُحَوِّلَ اللهُ رَأْسَهُ رَأْسَ حِمَارٍ؟»  

bayhaqi:2599Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf al-Aṣbahānī > Abū Saʿīd Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Ziyād al-Baṣrī Bimakkah > al-Haytham b. Sahl al-Tustarī > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Does not the one who raises his head before the Imam fear that Allah may turn his head into the head of a donkey?’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 961)   

البيهقي:٢٥٩٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ ثنا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ الْبَصْرِيُّ بِمَكَّةَ ثنا الْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَا يَخْشَى الَّذِي يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ قَبْلَ الْإِمَامِ أَنْ يَحُوِّلَ اللهُ رَأْسَهُ رَأْسَ حِمَارٍ  

bayhaqi:2601Abū al-Ḥasan Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn b. Dāwud al-ʿAlawī Imlāʾ > Abū Ḥammād b. al-Sharqī > Muḥammad b. ʿAqīl from Kitābih And from Ḥifẓih > Ḥafṣ b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibrāhīm b. Ṭahmān > Ayyūb > Muḥammad / Ibn Sīrīn > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] "He (Prophet Muhammad ﷺ) said: 'Doesn't anyone of you fear that when he raises his head from prostration before the Imam, Allah will transform his head into the head of a donkey?'"  

البيهقي:٢٦٠١وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ دَاوُدَ الْعَلَوِيُّ إِمْلَاءً أنبأ أَبُو حَمَّادِ بْنُ الشَّرْقِيِّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَقِيلٍ مِنْ كِتَابِهِ وَمِنْ حِفْظِهِ أنبأ حَفْصُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ طَهْمَانَ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَا يَخَافُ أَحَدُكُمْ إِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ السُّجُودِ قَبْلَ الْإِمَامِ أَنْ يُحَوِّلَ اللهُ رَأْسَهُ رَأْسَ حِمَارٍ  

suyuti:4282a

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Does not the one who raises his head before the Imam fear that Allah may turn his head into the head of a donkey?’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 961)   

السيوطي:٤٢٨٢a

"إما يخشى الذي يرفعُ رأسَهُ قبلَ الإِمام ويضعُه قبلَ الإِمامِ أن يُبَدِّل اللهُ رأسَهُ رأسَ حمارٍ؟ ".  

الخطيب عن بهز بن حكيم عن أبيه عن جده (وإسناده حسن)