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ibnhibban:2551aʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Azdī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Ḥanẓalī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Qatādah > Zurārah b. Awfá

[Machine] Regarding the character of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, she said, "Don't you read the Quran?" I said, "Yes, I do." She said, "The character of the Prophet of Allah ﷺ was the Quran." He said, "So, I decided to stand up and not ask her about anything."  

ابن حبّان:٢٥٥١aأَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْحَنْظَلِيُّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ هِشَامِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ وَكَانَ جَارًا لَهُ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِعَائِشَةَ أَخْبِرِينِي عَنْ خُلُقِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَتْ أَلَسْتَ تَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ؟ قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَتْ «خُلُقُ نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ الْقُرْآنَ» قَالَ فَهَمَمْتُ أَنْ أَقُومَ وَلَا أَسْأَلُهَا عَنْ شَيْءٍ  


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hakim:4222Aḥmad b. Jaʿfar al-Qaṭīʿī > ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal from my father > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > Zurārah b. Awfá > Saʿīd b. Hishām

[Machine] About the character of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , she said, "Don't you read the Quran?" He said, "Indeed, yes." She said, "Verily, the character of the Prophet of Allah ﷺ is the Quran."  

الحاكم:٤٢٢٢أَخْبَرَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْقَطِيعِي ثنا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ

أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ مَعَ حَكِيمِ بْنِ أَفْلَحَ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ فَسَأَلَهَا فَقَالَ يَا أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنْبِئِينِي عَنْ خُلُقِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَتْ أَلَيْسَ تَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ؟ قَالَ بَلَى قَالَتْ فَإِنَّ خُلُقَ نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْقُرْآنُ  

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