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ذِكْرُ الْقَصْدِ الَّذِي كَانَ لِأَهْلِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فِي اسْتِعْمَالِهِمُ الْخَيْرَ فِي أَنْسَابِهِمْ

ibnhibban:332Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > ʿAlī b. al-Jaʿd al-Jawharī > Shuʿbah > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Murrī b. Qaṭarī > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

[Machine] I said, "O Messenger of Allah, my father used to maintain good relations with his relatives and continue to do so." He said, "If your father intended a matter, he would accomplish it, meaning the remembrance of Allah." I then said, "O Messenger of Allah, I ask you about a type of food that I do not avoid except with difficulty." He said, "Do not leave anything that the Christians consider prohibited." I said, "I send my dog to hunt, but I cannot find anything to slaughter the prey with except for Al-Marwah or Al-Asa (a type of wood used for hunting)." He said, "Command the blood (to flow) as you wish and mention the name of Allah."  

ابن حبّان:٣٣٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْجَعْدِ الْجَوْهَرِيُّ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُرِّيَّ بْنَ قَطَرِيٍّ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أَبِي كَانَ يَصِلُ الرَّحِمَ وَكَانَ يَفْعَلُ وَيَفْعَلُ قَالَ «إِنَّ أَبَاكَ أَرَادَ أَمْرًا فَأَدْرَكَهُ يَعْنِي الذِّكْرَ» قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ طَعَامٍ لَا أَدَعُهُ إِلَّا تَحَرُّجًا قَالَ «لَا تَدَعْ شَيْئًا ضَارَعْتَ النَّصْرَانِيَّةَ فِيهِ» قَالَ قُلْتُ إِنِّي أُرْسِلُ كَلْبِي فَيَأْخُذُ صَيْدًا وَلَا أَجِدُ مَا أَذْبَحُ بِهِ إِلَّا الْمَرْوَةَ أَوِ الْعَصَا؟ قَالَ «أَمِرَّ الدَّمَ بِمَا شِئْتَ وَاذْكُرِ اسْمَ اللَّهِ»  


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ahmad:19374Yaḥyá > Shuʿbah > Simāk > Muray b. Qaṭarī > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

[Machine] I said, "O Messenger of Allah, my father used to maintain family ties, host guests, and do such and such." He said, "If your father intended something, he achieved it." I said, "O Messenger of Allah, I throw arrows but I cannot find anything to sharpen them with except 'marwah' and a stick." He said, "Sharpen them with whatever you want, then mention the name of Allah." I said, "I have never left any food except out of bashfulness." He said, "You did not harm it by doing so in a Christian way, so do not leave it."  

أحمد:١٩٣٧٤حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا سِمَاكٌ عَنْ مُرَيِّ بْنِ قَطَرِيٍّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ أَبِي كَانَ يَصِلُ الرَّحِمَ وَيَقْرِي الضَّيْفَ وَيَفْعَلُ كَذَا قَالَ إِنَّ أَبَاكَ أَرَادَ شَيْئًا فَأَدْرَكَهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَرْمِي الصَّيْدَ وَلَا أَجِدُ مَا أُذَكِّيهِ بِهِ إِلَّا الْمَرْوَةَ وَالْعَصَا قَالَ أَمَرَّ الدَّمَ بِمَا شِئْتَ ثُمَّ اذْكُرْ اسْمَ اللهِ ﷻ قُلْتُ طَعَامٌ مَا أَدَعُهُ إِلَّا تَحَرُّجًا قَالَ مَا ضَارَعْتَ فِيهِ نَصْرَانِيَّةً فَلَا تَدَعْهُ  

ahmad:18262Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Muray b. Qaṭarī > ʿAdi b. Ḥātim

[Machine] I said, "O Messenger of Allah, my father used to maintain ties of kinship and do such and such." He said, "If your father intended something, then he accomplished it." I said, "I ask you about food that I do not leave except out of embarrassment." He said, "Do not leave anything that you desire due to the embarrassment of asking for it." I said, "I send my dog to retrieve my hunt, and I do not have anything with which to slaughter it except a reed and a stick." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Command the dog and slaughter with whatever you want, and mention the name of Allah."  

أحمد:١٨٢٦٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُرَيَّ بْنَ قَطَرِيٍّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَدِىَّ بْنَ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ أَبِي كَانَ يَصِلُ الرَّحِمَ وَيَفْعَلُ كَذَا وَكَذَا قَالَ إِنَّ أَبَاكَ أَرَادَ أَمْرًا فَأَدْرَكَهُ يَعْنِي الذِّكْرَ قَالَ قُلْتُ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ طَعَامٍ لَا أَدَعُهُ إِلَّا تَحَرُّجًا قَالَ لَا تَدَعْ شَيْئًا ضَارَعْتَ فِيهِ نَصْرَانِيَّةً قُلْتُ أُرْسِلُ كَلْبِي فَيَأْخُذُ الصَّيْدَ وَلَيْسَ مَعِي مَا أُذَكِّيهِ بِهِ فَأَذْبَحَهُ بِالْمَرْوَةِ وَالْعَصَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَرَّ الدَّمَ بِمَا شِئْتَ وَاذْكُرْ اسْمَ اللهِ ﷻ  

bayhaqi:14623Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Saʿīd b. Abū ʿAmr > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Ibrāhīm b. Marzūq > Rawḥ b. ʿUbādah al-Qaysī > Shuʿbah > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Murrī b. Qaṭarī a man from Ṭay from Banī Thuʿal > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim > Qult Yā Rasūl

[Machine] I said, "O Messenger of Allah, my father used to maintain ties of kinship and do good deeds, but he died during the time of Jahiliyyah (ignorance). The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Your father intended something, and he achieved it," meaning mentioning Allah. I said, "I want to ask you about a type of food that I do not leave except out of shyness." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not be shy of anything that brings forth benefit or prevents harm." I said, "I send my dog to catch game, and I do not slaughter for it except a Marwah tree branch and a wooden staff." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Order your dog with whatever you want and mention the name of Allah."  

البيهقي:١٤٦٢٣وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالَا نا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ نا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ نا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ الْقَيْسِيُّ نا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ مُرِّيِّ بْنِ قَطَرِيٍّ رَجُلٍ مِنْ طَيٍّ مِنْ بَنِي ثُعَلٍ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ أَبِي كَانَ يَصِلُ الرَّحِمَ وَيَفْعَلُ وَيَفْعَلُ وَإِنَّهُ مَاتَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ أَبَاكَ أَرَادَ أَمْرًا فَأَدْرَكَهُ يَعْنِي الذِّكْرَ قَالَ قُلْتُ إِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَكَ عَنْ طَعَامٍ لَا أَدَعُهُ إِلَّا تَحَرُّجًا قَالَ فَلَا تَحَرَّجْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ ضَارَعْتَ فِيهِ النَّصْرَانِيَّةَ قَالَ قُلْتُ أُرْسِلُ كَلْبِي فَيَأْخُذُ الصَّيْدَ فَلَا يَكُونُ مَعِي مَا أُذَكِّيهِ إِلَّا الْمَرْوَةَ وَالْعَصَا فَقَالَ أَمِرَّ الدَّمَ بِمَا شِئْتَ وَاذْكُرِ اسْمَ اللهِ ﷻ