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ذِكْرُ إِيجَابِ الْجَنَّةِ لِلْمَرْءِ بِطِيبِ الْكَلَامِ، وَإِطْعَامِ الطَّعَامِ

ibnhibban:504 – ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Azdī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Yazīd b. al-Miqdām b. Shurayḥ b. Hāniʾ > al-Miqdām b. Hāniʾ > Ibn Hāniʾ

[Machine] "That Hane' came to the Messenger of Allahﷺ with his people and heard them calling him Hane' Abu Al-Hakam. So the Messenger of Allahﷺ called him and said, 'Indeed, Allah is the Judge and to Him belongs all judgment. So why do they call you Abu Al-Hakam?' He said, 'O Messenger of Allah, when my people differ in something, they accept my judgment, and I judge between them.' So he said, 'That is good. What is your status in regard to having children?' He said, 'Shurayh, Abdullah, and Muslim.' He said, 'Which of them is the eldest?' He said, 'Shurayh.' He said, 'Then you are Abu Shurayh.' So the Messenger of Allahﷺ supplicated for him and his children. When the people wanted to return to their lands, he gave each of them a piece of land wherever they liked in their lands. Abu Shurayh said, 'O Messenger of Allah, tell me something that will make me enter Paradise.' He said, 'Good speech, spreading peace, and feeding food.'"  

ابن حبّان:٥٠٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ الْمِقْدَامِ بْنِ شُرَيْحِ بْنِ هَانِئٍ عَنِ الْمِقْدَامِ بْنِ هَانِئٍ عَنِ ابْنِ هَانِئٍ

أَنَّ هَانِئًا لَمَّا وَفَدَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَعَ قَوْمِهِ فَسَمِعَهُمْ يُكَنُّونَ هَانِئًا أَبَا الْحَكَمِ فَدَعَاهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فقَالَ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْحَكَمُ وَإِلَيْهِ الْحُكْمُ فَلِمَ تُكَنَّى أَبَا الْحَكَمِ»؟ قَالَ قَوْمِي إِذَا اخْتَلَفُوا فِي شَيْءٍ رَضُوا بِي حَكَمًا فَأَحْكُمُ بَيْنَهُمْ فقَالَ «إِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَحَسَنٌ فَمَا لَكَ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ»؟ قَالَ شُرَيْحٌ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَمُسْلِمٌ قَالَ «فَأَيُّهُمْ أَكْبَرُ»؟ قَالَ شُرَيْحٌ قَالَ «فَأَنْتَ أَبُو شُرَيْحٍ» فَدَعَا لَهُ وَلِوَلَدِهِ فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ الْقَوْمُ الرُّجُوعَ إِلَى بِلَادِهِمْ أَعْطَى كُلَّ رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ أَرْضًا حَيْثُ أَحَبَّ فِي بِلَادِهِ قَالَ أَبُو شُرَيْحٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَخْبِرْنِي بِشَيْءٍ يُوجِبُ لِيَ الْجَنَّةَ قَالَ «طِيبُ الْكَلَامِ وَبَذْلُ السَّلَامِ وَإِطْعَامُ الطَّعَامِ»  

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Collected by Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Ḥākim
nasai:5387 – Qutaybah > Yazīd / Ibn al-Miqdām b. Shurayḥ from his father > Shurayḥ b. Hāniʾ > Abīh Hāniʾ

When he came to the Messenger of Allah [SAW] and he heard them calling Hani' by the nickname of Abu Al-Hakam, the Messenger of Allah [SAW] called him and said to him: "Allah is Al-Hakam (the Judge) and judgment is His. Why are you known as Abu Al-Hakam?" He said: "If my people differ concerning something, they come to me, and I pass judgment among them, and both sides accept it." He said: "How good this is. Do you have any children?" He said: "I have Shuraih, and 'Abdullah, and Muslim." He said: "Who is the eldest of them?" He said: "Shuraih." He said: "Then you are Abu Shuraih," and he supplicated for him and his son.  

النسائي:٥٣٨٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ الْمِقْدَامِ بْنِ شُرَيْحٍ {عَنْ أَبِيهِ} عَنْ شُرَيْحِ بْنِ هَانِئٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ هَانِئٍ

أَنَّهُ لَمَّا وَفَدَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَمِعَهُ وَهُمْ يَكْنُونَ هَانِئًا أَبَا الْحَكَمِ فَدَعَاهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَهُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْحَكَمُ وَإِلَيْهِ الْحُكْمُ فَلِمَ تُكَنَّى أَبَا الْحَكَمِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ قَوْمِي إِذَا اخْتَلَفُوا فِي شَىْءٍ أَتَوْنِي فَحَكَمْتُ بَيْنَهُمْ فَرَضِيَ كِلاَ الْفَرِيقَيْنِ قَالَ مَا أَحْسَنَ مِنْ هَذَا فَمَا لَكَ مِنَ الْوُلْدِ قَالَ لِي شُرَيْحٌ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَمُسْلِمٌ قَالَ فَمَنْ أَكْبَرُهُمْ قَالَ شُرَيْحٌ قَالَ فَأَنْتَ أَبُو شُرَيْحٍ فَدَعَا لَهُ وَلِوَلَدِهِ  

abudawud:4955 – al-Rabīʿ b. Nāfiʿ > Yazīd / Ibn al-Miqdām b. Shurayḥ from his father from his grandfather Shurayḥ > Abīh Hāniʾ

When Hani went with his people in a deputation to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he heard them calling him by his kunyah (surname), AbulHakam. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called him and said: Allah is the judge (al-Hakam), and to Him judgment belongs. Why are you given the kunyah AbulHakam? He replied: When my people disagree about a matter, they come to me, and I decide between them, and both parties are satisfied with my decision. He said: How good this is! What children have you? He replied: I have Shurayh, Muslim and Abdullah. He asked; Who is the oldest of them? I replied: Shurayh. He said: Then you are AbuShurayh. Abu Dawud said: This is Shuraib who broke the chain, and who entered Tustar. Abu Dawud said: I have been told that Shuraib broke the gate of Tustar, and he entered it through tunnel.  

أبو داود:٤٩٥٥ – حَدَّثَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْمِقْدَامِ بْنِ شُرَيْحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ شُرَيْحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ هَانِئٍ

أَنَّهُ لَمَّا وَفَدَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَعَ قَوْمِهِ سَمِعَهُمْ يَكْنُونَهُ بِأَبِي الْحَكَمِ فَدَعَاهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْحَكَمُ وَإِلَيْهِ الْحُكْمُ فَلِمَ تُكْنَى أَبَا الْحَكَمِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ قَوْمِي إِذَا اخْتَلَفُوا فِي شَىْءٍ أَتَوْنِي فَحَكَمْتُ بَيْنَهُمْ فَرَضِيَ كِلاَ الْفَرِيقَيْنِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا أَحْسَنَ هَذَا فَمَا لَكَ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ قَالَ لِي شُرَيْحٌ وَمُسْلِمٌ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ فَمَنْ أَكْبَرُهُمْ قُلْتُ شُرَيْحٌ قَالَ فَأَنْتَ أَبُو شُرَيْحٍ  

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ شُرَيْحٌ هَذَا هُوَ الَّذِي كَسَرَ السِّلْسِلَةَ وَهُوَ مِمَّنْ دَخَلَ تُسْتَرَ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَبَلَغَنِي أَنَّ شُرَيْحًا كَسَرَ بَابَ تُسْتَرَ وَذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ مِنْ سِرْبٍ
hakim:62 – Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad b. Nuṣayr al-Khuldī > ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū Nuʿaym > Yazīd b. al-Miqdām b. Shurayḥ from his father > Shurayḥ b. Hāniʾ > Abū Hāniʾ b. Yazīd

[Machine] He came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and the Prophet ﷺ heard them referring to him as "Abu al-Hakam" (the father of wisdom). The Prophet ﷺ said, "Indeed, Allah is the Wisest. Why do you call him 'Abu al-Hakam'?" They replied, "Whenever my people have a dispute, I judge between them, and both parties are satisfied with my judgment." The Prophet ﷺ asked, "Do you have children?" He replied, "Shurayh, Abdullah, Musli, sons of Hanif." The Prophet ﷺ then asked, "Who among them is the oldest?" He replied, "Shurayh." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Then you are Abu Shurayh," and he prayed for him and his children. "I have mentioned in the book of knowledge in the mention of the Makhzumites, Shurayh bin Hanif, who lived in the Jahiliyyah era and embraced Islam, but did not see the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . He belonged to the generation that followed." Al-Dhahabi remained silent about him in his summary.  

الحاكم:٦٢ – كَمَا حَدَّثَنَاهُ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نُصَيْرٍ الْخُلْدِيِّ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ الْمِقْدَامِ بْنِ شُرَيْحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ شُرَيْحِ بْنِ هَانِئٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي هَانِئِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ

أَنَّهُ وَفَدَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَسَمِعَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُكَنُّونَهُ بِأَبِي الْحَكَمِ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْحَكَمُ لِمَ تُكَنَّى بِأَبِي الْحَكَمِ؟» قَالَ إِنَّ قَوْمِي إِذَا اخْتَلَفُوا حَكَمْتُ بَيْنَهُمْ فَرَضِيَ الْفَرِيقَانِ قَالَ «هَلْ لَكَ وَلَدٌ؟» قَالَ شُرَيْحٌ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَمُسْلِمٌ بَنُو هَانِئٍ قَالَ «فَمَنْ أَكْبَرُهُمْ؟» قَالَ شُرَيْحٌ قَالَ «فَأَنْتَ أَبُو شُرَيْحٍ فَدَعَا لَهُ وَلِوَلَدِهِ» «وَقَدْ ذَكَرْتُ فِي كِتَابِ الْمَعْرِفَةِ فِي ذِكْرِ الْمُخَضْرَمِينَ شُرَيْحَ بْنَ هَانِئٍ فَإِنَّهُ أَدْرَكَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةَ وَالْإِسْلَامَ وَلَمْ يَرَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَصَارَ عِدَادُهُ فِي التَّابِعِينَ» سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص