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ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ هَذَا الْخَبَرَ حَدَّثَ بِهِ مَعْمَرٌ بِالْبَصْرَةِ

ibnhibban:4157Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Abū ʿAwn > Abū ʿAmmār > al-Faḍl b. Mūsá > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Sālim > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] Ghaylan Al-Thaqafi embraced Islam, and he had ten women with him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Keep four of them and separate from the rest."  

ابن حبّان:٤١٥٧أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَوْنٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَمَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

أَسْلَمَ غَيْلَانُ الثَّقَفِيُّ وَعِنْدَهُ عَشْرُ نِسْوَةٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَمْسِكْ أَرْبَعًا وَفَارِقْ سَائِرَهُنَّ»  


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malik:29-84Yaḥyá > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Balaghanī

Yahya related to me from Malik that Ibn Shihab said, "I have heard that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to a man from Thaqif who had ten wives when he became muslim, 'Take four and separate from the rest.' "  

مالك:٢٩-٨٤وَحَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ بَلَغَنِي

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ ثَقِيفٍ أَسْلَمَ وَعِنْدَهُ عَشْرُ نِسْوَةٍ حِينَ أَسْلَمَ الثَّقَفِيُّ أَمْسِكْ مِنْهُنَّ أَرْبَعًا وَفَارِقْ سَائِرَهُنَّ  

ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ ثَانٍ يُصَرِّحُ بِصِحَّةِ مَا ذَكَرْنَاهُ

ibnhibban:4158ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Azdī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Sālim from his father

[Machine] "Gaylan bin Salamah Al-Thaqafi embraced Islam and he had ten women with him. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded him to choose four of them and leave the rest."  

ابن حبّان:٤١٥٨أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

أَسْلَمَ غَيْلَانُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ الثَّقَفِيُّ وَعِنْدَهُ عَشْرُ نِسْوَةٍ «فَأَمَرَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَتَخَيَّرَ مِنْهُنَّ أَرْبَعًا وَيَتْرُكَ سَائِرَهُنَّ»  

bayhaqi:14045Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Bakr Aḥmad b. al-Ḥasan Waʾabū Zakariyyā b. Abū Isḥāq > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-Rabīʿ b. Sulaymān > al-Shāfiʿī > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to a man from Thaqif, who had embraced Islam and had ten wives, "Keep four of them and separate from the rest, and do likewise."  

البيهقي:١٤٠٤٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ وَأَبُو زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالُوا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أنبأ الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ أنبأ الشَّافِعِيُّ أنبأ مَالِكٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ ثَقِيفٍ أَسْلَمَ وَعِنْدَهُ عَشْرُ نِسْوَةٍ أَمْسِكْ أَرْبَعًا وَفَارِقْ سَائِرَهُنَّ وَكَذَلِكَ  

رَوَاهُ سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ