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ذِكْرُ إِبَاحَةِ الْمُسَابَقَةِ بِالْأَقْدَامِ إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ بَيْنَ الْمُتَسَابِقِينَ رِهَانٌ

ibnhibban:4691ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. Saʿīd Bihamadhān > Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd b. ʿAbd al-Malik al-Asadī > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ passed me, so I rushed ahead of him, and we stayed together until my flesh became tired. Then he passed me again, so I rushed ahead of him. Then the Prophet ﷺ said, "This is how it should be."  

ابن حبّان:٤٦٩١أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ بِهَمَذَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ الْأَسَدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

سَابَقَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَسَبَقْتُهُ فَلَبِثْنَا حَتَّى إِذَا أَرْهَقَنِي اللَّحْمُ سَابَقَنِي فَسَبَقَنِي فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «هَذِهِ بِتِلْكَ»  


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Collected by Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
ahmad:24118Sufyān > Hishām from his father > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ overtook me, so I overtook him, and we continued like this until my flesh became weary. Then he overtook me once again and said, "This is the end of your journey."  

أحمد:٢٤١١٨حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

سَابَقَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَسَبَقْتُهُ فَلَبِثْنَا حَتَّى إِذَا رَهِقَنِي اللَّحْمُ سَابَقَنِي فَسَبَقَنِي فَقَالَ هَذِهِ بِتِيكِ  

tabarani:19522Bishr b. Mūsá > al-Ḥumaydī > Sufyān > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] "I preceded the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and I outpaced him. But when I became pregnant with meat, he overtook me and outpaced me. He said, 'O Aisha, this is for that.'"  

الطبراني:١٩٥٢٢حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ ثنا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

سَابَقْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَسَبَقْتُهُ فَلَمَّا حَمَلْتُ مِنَ اللَّحْمِ سَابَقَنِي فَسَبَقَنِي فَقَالَ «يَا عَائِشَةُ هَذِهِ بِتِلْكَ»  

nasai-kubra:8893Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd al-Muqriʾ > Sufyān > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ preceded me, so I preceded him until our flesh became exhausted. He preceded me, and then he preceded me again, and he said, "This is your recompense."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٨٩٣أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْمُقْرِئُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

سَابَقَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَسَبَقْتُهُ حَتَّى إِذَا رَهِقَنَا اللَّحْمُ سَابَقَنِي فَسَبَقَنِي فَقَالَ «هَذِهِ بِتِيكِ»