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ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الدَّالِّ عَلَى أَنَّ الْجُبْنَ الَّذِي أَكَلَهُ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ كَانَ مِنْ عَمَلِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ

ibnhibban:5242 – ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Madīnī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Zuhayr b. Muʿāwiyah > Mūsá b. ʿUqbah > Sālim b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] "About the Messenger of Allahﷺ he met Zaid ibn Amr ibn Nufail in the valley of Baladah. The Messenger of Allahﷺ offered him a dish containing food, but he refused to eat and said, 'We do not eat from animals that are slaughtered on your altars, nor do we eat except from that on which the name of Allah is mentioned.'"  

ابن حبّان:٥٢٤٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَدِينِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُقْبَةَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي سَالِمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ يُحَدِّثُ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ لَقِيَ زَيْدَ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ نُفَيْلٍ بِأَسْفَلَ بَلْدَحَ فَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ سُفْرَةً فِيهَا طَعَامٌ فَأَبَى أَنْ يَأْكُلَ وَقَالَ «إِنَّا لَا نَأْكُلُ مِمَّا تَذْبَحُونَ عَلَى أَنْصَابِكُمْ وَلَا نَأْكُلُ إِلَّا مِمَّا ذُكِرَ اسْمُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ»  

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Collected by Bukhārī, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī
bukhari:5499 – Muʿallá b. Asad > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz / Ibn al-Mukhtār > Mūsá b. ʿUqbah > Sālim > ʿAbdullāh

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said that he met Zaid bin ʿAmr Nufail at a place near Baldah and this had happened before Messenger of Allah ﷺ received the Divine Inspiration. Messenger of Allah ﷺ presented a dish of meat (that had been offered to him by the pagans) to Zaid bin ʿAmr, but Zaid refused to eat of it and then said (to the pagans), "I do not eat of what you slaughter on your stonealtars (Ansabs) nor do I eat except that on which Allah's Name has been mentioned on slaughtering."  

البخاري:٥٤٩٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مُعَلَّى بْنُ أَسَدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْمُخْتَارِ أَخْبَرَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ عُقْبَةَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي سَالِمٌ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ يُحَدِّثُ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ لَقِيَ زَيْدَ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ نُفَيْلٍ بِأَسْفَلِ بَلْدَحٍ وَذَاكَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُنْزَلَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْوَحْىُ فَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ سُفْرَةً فِيهَا لَحْمٌ فَأَبَى أَنْ يَأْكُلَ مِنْهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنِّي لاَ آكُلُ مِمَّا تَذْبَحُونَ عَلَى أَنْصَابِكُمْ وَلاَ آكُلُ إِلاَّ مِمَّا ذُكِرَ اسْمُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ  

ahmad:6110 – ʿAffān > Wuhayb > Mūsá b. ʿUqbah > Sālim > ʿAbdullāh

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said that he met Zaid bin ʿAmr Nufail at a place near Baldah and this had happened before Messenger of Allah ﷺ received the Divine Inspiration. Messenger of Allah ﷺ presented a dish of meat (that had been offered to him by the pagans) to Zaid bin ʿAmr, but Zaid refused to eat of it and then said (to the pagans), "I do not eat of what you slaughter on your stonealtars (Ansabs) nor do I eat except that on which Allah's Name has been mentioned on slaughtering." (Using translation from Bukhārī 5499)  

أحمد:٦١١٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنِي مُوسَى بْنُ عُقْبَةَ أَخْبَرَنِي سَالِمٌ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللهِ يُحَدِّثُ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ لَقِيَ زَيْدَ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ نُفَيْلٍ بِأَسْفَلِ بَلْدَحَ وَذَلِكَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَنْزِلَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْوَحْيُ فَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سُفْرَةً فِيهَا لَحْمٌ فَأَبَى أَنْ يَأْكُلَ مِنْهَا وَقَالَ إِنِّي لَا آكُلُ مِمَّا تَذْبَحُونَ عَلَى أَنْصَابِكُمْ وَلَا آكُلُ إِلَّا مِمَّا ذُكِرَ اسْمُ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ وَحَدَّثَ هَذَا عَبْدُ اللهِ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ  

ahmad:5631 – Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Zuhayr > Mūsá b. ʿUqbah > Sālim b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibn ʿUmar

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said that he met Zaid bin ʿAmr Nufail at a place near Baldah and this had happened before Messenger of Allah ﷺ received the Divine Inspiration. Messenger of Allah ﷺ presented a dish of meat (that had been offered to him by the pagans) to Zaid bin ʿAmr, but Zaid refused to eat of it and then said (to the pagans), "I do not eat of what you slaughter on your stonealtars (Ansabs) nor do I eat except that on which Allah's Name has been mentioned on slaughtering." (Using translation from Bukhārī 5499)  

أحمد:٥٦٣١ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ عُقْبَةَ أَخْبَرَنِي سَالِمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ ابْنَ عُمَرَ يُحَدِّثُ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ لَقِيَ زَيْدَ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ نُفَيْلٍ بِأَسْفَلِ بَلْدَحَ وَذَلِكَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَنْزِلَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْوَحْيُ فَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سُفْرَةً فِيهَا لَحْمٌ فَأَبَى أَنْ يَأْكُلَ مِنْهُ وَقَالَ إِنِّي لَا آكُلُ مِمَّا تَذْبَحُونَ عَلَى أَنْصَابِكُمْ وَلَا آكُلُ مِمَّا لَمْ يُذْكَرِ اسْمُ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ  

ahmad:5369 – ʿAffān > Wuhayb > Mūsá b. ʿUqbah > Sālimʾannah > ʿAbdullāh

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said that he met Zaid bin ʿAmr Nufail at a place near Baldah and this had happened before Messenger of Allah ﷺ received the Divine Inspiration. Messenger of Allah ﷺ presented a dish of meat (that had been offered to him by the pagans) to Zaid bin ʿAmr, but Zaid refused to eat of it and then said (to the pagans), "I do not eat of what you slaughter on your stonealtars (Ansabs) nor do I eat except that on which Allah's Name has been mentioned on slaughtering." (Using translation from Bukhārī 5499)  

أحمد:٥٣٦٩ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ عُقْبَةَ أَخْبَرَنِي سَالِمٌأَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللهِ يُحَدِّثُ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ لَقِيَ زَيْدَ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ نُفَيْلٍ بِأَسْفَلِ بَلْدَحَ وَذَلِكَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَنْزِلَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْوَحْيُ فَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سُفْرَةً فِيهَا لَحْمٌ فَأَبَى أَنْ يَأْكُلَ مِنْهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنِّي لَا آكُلُ مِمَّا تَذْبَحُونَ عَلَى أَنْصَابِكُمْ وَلَا آكُلُ إِلَّا مِمَّا ذُكِرَ اسْمُ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ حَدَّثَ هَذَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ  

tabarani:13169 – [Chain 1] Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr al-Azdī > Abū Ghassān Mālik b. Ismāʿīl > Zuhayr [Chain 2] ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Muʿallá b. Asad al-ʿAmmī > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. al-Mukhtār > Mūsá b. ʿUqbah > Sālim > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

[Machine] From the messenger of Allah ﷺ , it is narrated that he met Zaid ibn Amr ibn Nufayl in the valley of Balhadh before the revelation came to the messenger of Allah ﷺ . The messenger of Allah ﷺ presented to him a dish that had meat in it, but he refused to eat it and said, "I do not eat from what they slaughter in front of their idols. I only eat from that which has the name of Allah mentioned upon it."  

الطبراني:١٣١٦٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا أَبُو غَسَّانَ مَالِكُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ثنا زُهَيْرٌ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا مُعَلَّى بْنُ أَسَدٍ الْعَمِّيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ الْمُخْتَارِ قَالَا ثنا مُوسَى بْنُ عُقْبَةَ أَخْبَرَنِي سَالِمٌ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ يُحَدِّثُ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ لَقِيَ زَيْدَ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ نُفَيْلٍ بِأَسْفَلِ بَلْدَحَ وَذَلِكَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَنْزِلَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْوَحْيُ فَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سُفْرَةً فِيهَا لَحْمٌ فَأَبَى أَنْ يَأْكُلَ قَالَ لَا آكُلُ مِمَّا يَذْبَحُونَ عَلَى أَصْنَامِهِمْ أَنَا لَا آكُلُ إِلَّا مِمَّا ذُكِرَ اسْمُ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ  

nasai-kubra:8133 – Aḥmad b. Sulaymān > ʿAffān > Wuhayb > Mūsá b. ʿUqbah > Sālim > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said that he met Zaid bin ʿAmr Nufail at a place near Baldah and this had happened before Messenger of Allah ﷺ received the Divine Inspiration. Messenger of Allah ﷺ presented a dish of meat (that had been offered to him by the pagans) to Zaid bin ʿAmr, but Zaid refused to eat of it and then said (to the pagans), "I do not eat of what you slaughter on your stonealtars (Ansabs) nor do I eat except that on which Allah's Name has been mentioned on slaughtering." (Using translation from Bukhārī 5499)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٨١٣٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُوسَى بْنُ عُقْبَةَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا سَالِمٌ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ يُحَدِّثُ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ لَقِيَ زَيْدَ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ نُفَيْلٍ بِأَسْفَلِ بَلْدَحَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ الْوَحْيُ فَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سُفْرَةً فِيهَا لَحْمٌ فَأَبَى أَنْ يَأْكُلَ مِنْهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنِّي لَا آكِلُ مِمَّا تَذْبَحُونَ عَلَى أَصْنَامِكُمْ وَلَا آكُلُ إِلَّا مَا ذُكِرَ اسْمُ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ» حَدَّثَ بِهَذَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ  

bayhaqi:18951 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Muḥammad b. Sakhtawayh > ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Muʿallá b. Asad al-ʿAmmī > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. al-Mukhtār > Mūsá b. ʿUqbah > Sālim > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar Yuḥaddith

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said that he met Zaid bin ʿAmr Nufail at a place near Baldah and this had happened before Messenger of Allah ﷺ received the Divine Inspiration. Messenger of Allah ﷺ presented a dish of meat (that had been offered to him by the pagans) to Zaid bin ʿAmr, but Zaid refused to eat of it and then said (to the pagans), "I do not eat of what you slaughter on your stonealtars (Ansabs) nor do I eat except that on which Allah's Name has been mentioned on slaughtering." (Using translation from Bukhārī 5499)   

البيهقي:١٨٩٥١ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَخْتَوَيْهِ أنبأ عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ أنا مُعَلَّى بْنُ أَسَدٍ الْعَمِّيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ الْمُخْتَارِ ثنا مُوسَى بْنُ عُقْبَةَ أَخْبَرَنِي سَالِمٌ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ ؓ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ

رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ لَقِيَ زَيْدَ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ نُفَيْلٍ بِأَسْفَلِ بَلْدَحَ وَذَلِكَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَنْزِلَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْوَحْيُ فَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْهِ سُفْرَةً فِيهَا لَحْمٌ فَأَبَى أَنْ يَأْكُلَ مِنْهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنِّي لَا آكُلُ مِمَّا تَذْبَحُونَ عَلَى أَنْصَابِكُمْ وَلَا آكُلُ إِلَّا مِمَّا ذُكِرَ اسْمُ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ أَسَدٍ