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ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنِ اشْتِمَالِ الصَّمَّاءِ وَعَنِ الِاحْتِبَاءِ فِي الثَّوْبِ الْوَاحِدِ

ibnhibban:5426ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Azdī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbdah b. Sulaymān > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah [SAW] forbade Ishtimal As-Samma' and wrapping oneself in a single garment (that did not cover the private parts)." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5342)   

ابن حبّان:٥٤٢٦أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ «نَهَى عَنِ اشْتِمَالِ الصَّمَّاءِ وَأَنْ يَحْتَبِيَ الرَّجُلُ فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Nasāʾī, Mālik, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
bukhari:367Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Layth > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade Ishtimal-As-Samma' (wrapping one's body with a garment so that one cannot raise its end or take one's hand out of it). He also forbade Al-Ihtiba' (sitting on buttocks with knees close to ʿAbdomen and feet apart with the hands circling the knees) while wrapping oneself with a single garment, without having a part of it over the private parts.  

البخاري:٣٦٧حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ اشْتِمَالِ الصَّمَّاءِ وَأَنْ يَحْتَبِيَ الرَّجُلُ فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ لَيْسَ عَلَى فَرْجِهِ مِنْهُ شَىْءٌ  

bukhari:368Qabīṣah b. ʿUqbah > Sufyān > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ forbade two kinds of sales i.e. Al-Limais and An-Nibadh (the former is a kind of sale in which the deal is completed if the buyer touches a thing, without seeing or checking it properly and the latter is a kind of a sale in which the deal is completed when the seller throws a thing towards the buyer giving him no opportunity to see, touch or check it) and (the Prophet ﷺ forbade) also Ishtimal-As- Samma' and Al-Ihtiba' in a single garment.  

البخاري:٣٦٨حَدَّثَنَا قَبِيصَةُ بْنُ عُقْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

نَهَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَنْ بَيْعَتَيْنِ عَنِ اللِّمَاسِ وَالنِّبَاذِ وَأَنْ يَشْتَمِلَ الصَّمَّاءَ وَأَنْ يَحْتَبِيَ الرَّجُلُ فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ  

bukhari:5822Muḥammad > Makhlad > Ibn Jurayj > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

The Prophet ﷺ forbade Ishtimal-as-Samma' and that a man should sit in an Ihtiba' posture in one garment, nothing of which covers his private parts.  

البخاري:٥٨٢٢حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدٌ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي مَخْلَدٌ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ؓ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَهَى عَنِ اشْتِمَالِ الصَّمَّاءِ وَأَنْ يَحْتَبِيَ الرَّجُلُ فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ لَيْسَ عَلَى فَرْجِهِ مِنْهُ شَىْءٌ  

nasai:5340Qutaybah > al-Layth > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Abū Saʿīd

"The Messenger of Allah [SAW] forbade Ishtimal As-Samma' and wrapping oneself in a single garment (that did not cover the private parts)."  

النسائي:٥٣٤٠أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ اشْتِمَالِ الصَّمَّاءِ وَأَنْ يَحْتَبِيَ فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ لَيْسَ عَلَى فَرْجِهِ مِنْهُ شَىْءٌ  

nasai:5341al-Ḥusayn b. Ḥurayth > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yazīd > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

"The Messenger of Allah [SAW] forbade Ishtimal As-Samma' and wrapping oneself in a single garment (that did not cover the private parts)."  

النسائي:٥٣٤١أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حُرَيْثٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ اشْتِمَالِ الصَّمَّاءِ وَأَنْ يَحْتَبِيَ الرَّجُلُ فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ لَيْسَ عَلَى فَرْجِهِ مِنْهُ شَىْءٌ  

nasai:5342Qutaybah > al-Layth > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

"The Messenger of Allah [SAW] forbade Ishtimal As-Samma' and wrapping oneself in a single garment (that did not cover the private parts)."  

النسائي:٥٣٤٢حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَهَى عَنِ اشْتِمَالِ الصَّمَّاءِ وَأَنْ يَحْتَبِيَ فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ  

malik:49-5Mālik > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh al-Salamī

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu'z-Zubayr from Jabir ibn Abdullah as-Salami that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade a man to eat with his left hand or walk in one sandal or wrap a single garment around his drawn-up legs exposing his genitals.  

مالك:٤٩-٥وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ السَّلَمِيِّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَهَى أَنْ يَأْكُلَ الرَّجُلُ بِشِمَالِهِ أَوْ يَمْشِيَ فِي نَعْلٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَأَنْ يَشْتَمِلَ الصَّمَّاءَ وَأَنْ يَحْتَبِيَ فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ كَاشِفًا عَنْ فَرْجِهِ  

ahmad:14770Ḥujayn And Yūnus > Layth > Yūnus > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

Jabir reported that Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade the wrapping of oneself completely leaving no room for the arm and supporting oneself when sitting with a single garment wrapped round one's knees and a person raising one of his feet and placing it on the other while lying on his back. (Using translation from Muslim 2099c)  

أحمد:١٤٧٧٠حَدَّثَنَا حُجَيْنٌ وَيُونُسُ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ قَالَ يُونُسُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ نَهَى عَنْ اشْتِمَالِ الصَّمَّاءِ وَالِاحْتِبَاءِ فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ وَأَنْ يَرْفَعَ الرَّجُلُ إِحْدَى رِجْلَيْهِ عَلَى الْأُخْرَى وَهُوَ مُسْتَلْقٍ عَلَى ظَهْرِهِ  

ahmad:14546Abū Aḥmad > Sufyān > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. ʿAqīl > Jābir

"The Messenger of Allah [SAW] forbade Ishtimal As-Samma' and wrapping oneself in a single garment (that did not cover the private parts)." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5341)   

أحمد:١٤٥٤٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ نَهَى أَنْ يَشْتَمِلَ الرَّجُلُ الصَّمَّاءَ وَأَنْ يَحْتَبِيَ فِي الثَّوْبِ الْوَاحِدِ لَيْسَ عَلَى فَرْجِهِ مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ  

ahmad:14705Isḥāq b. ʿĪsá > Mālik b. Anas > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

Jabir reported that Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade that a man should eat with the left hand or walk with one sandal or wrap himself completely leaving no opening for the arms (to draw out) or support himself when sitting with a single garment wrapped round his knees which may expose his private parts. (Using translation from Muslim 2099a)  

أحمد:١٤٧٠٥حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عِيسَى أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَى أَنْ يَأْكُلَ الرَّجُلُ بِشِمَالِهِ أَوْ يَمْشِيَ فِي نَعْلٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَأَنْ يَشْتَمِلَ الصَّمَّاءَ وَأَنْ يَحْتَبِيَ فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ كَاشِفًا عَنْ فَرْجِهِ  

ahmad:11421Ḥajjāj > Ibn Jurayj > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade Ishtimal-As-Samma' (wrapping one's body with a garment so that one cannot raise its end or take one's hand out of it). He also forbade Al-Ihtiba' (sitting on buttocks with knees close to ʿAbdomen and feet apart with the hands circling the knees) while wrapping oneself with a single garment, without having a part of it over the private parts. (Using translation from Bukhārī 367)  

أحمد:١١٤٢١حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَهَى عَنْ اشْتِمَالِ الصَّمَّاءِ وَأَنْ يَحْتَبِيَ الرَّجُلُ فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ لَيْسَ عَلَى فَرْجِهِ مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ  

ahmad:11422Yūnus And Hāshim > Layth > Hāshim > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

"The Messenger of Allah [SAW] forbade Ishtimal As-Samma' and wrapping oneself in a single garment (that did not cover the private parts)." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5340)  

أحمد:١١٤٢٢حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ وَهَاشِمٌ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ قَالَ هَاشِمٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ اشْتِمَالِ الصَّمَّاءِ وَأَنْ يَحْتَبِيَ الرَّجُلُ فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ لَيْسَ عَلَى فَرْجِهِ مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ  

ahmad:11023Hāshim > Layth > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbahaʿan Abū Saʿīd

"The Messenger of Allah [SAW] forbade Ishtimal As-Samma' and wrapping oneself in a single garment (that did not cover the private parts)." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5340)  

أحمد:١١٠٢٣حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمٌ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَعَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ اشْتِمَالِ الصَّمَّاءِ وَأَنْ يَحْتَبِيَ الرَّجُلُ فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ لَيْسَ عَلَى فَرْجِهِ مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ  

ahmad:11094Rawḥ > Ibn Jurayj > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade Ishtimal-As-Samma' (wrapping one's body with a garment so that one cannot raise its end or take one's hand out of it). He also forbade Al-Ihtiba' (sitting on buttocks with knees close to ʿAbdomen and feet apart with the hands circling the knees) while wrapping oneself with a single garment, without having a part of it over the private parts. (Using translation from Bukhārī 367)  

أحمد:١١٠٩٤حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَهَى عَنْ اشْتِمَالِ الصَّمَّاءِ وَأَنْ يَحْتَبِيَ الرَّجُلُ فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ لَيْسَ عَلَى فَرْجِهِ مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ  

ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ أَنْ يَبُولَ الْمَرْءُ فِي الْمَاءِ الَّذِي لَا يَجْرِي، إِذَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ دُونَ قُلَّتَيْنِ

ibnhibban:1250Ibn Qutaybah > Yazīd b. Mawhab > al-Layth > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

The Messenger of Allah forbade urinating into standing water. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 343)  

ابن حبّان:١٢٥٠أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ مَوْهَبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَنَّهُ نَهَى عَنْ أَنْ يُبَالَ فِي الْمَاءِ الرَّاكِدِ»  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الدَّالِّ عَلَى أَنَّ الْفِعْلَ الْمَجْزُورَ عَنْهُ إِنَّمَا أُرِيدَ بِذَلِكَ رَفْعُ إِحْدَى الرِّجْلَيْنِ عَلَى الْأُخْرَى لَا وَضْعُهَا عَلَيْهَا

ibnhibban:5553Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. Qutaybah > Yazīd b. Mawhab > al-Layth b. Saʿd > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

Jabir reported that Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade the wrapping of oneself completely leaving no room for the arm and supporting oneself when sitting with a single garment wrapped round one's knees and a person raising one of his feet and placing it on the other while lying on his back. (Using translation from Muslim 2099c)  

ابن حبّان:٥٥٥٣أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ مَوْهَبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

«عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ نَهَى عَنِ اشْتِمَالِ الصَّمَّاءِ وَالِاحْتِبَاءِ فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ وَأَنْ يَرْفَعَ الرَّجُلُ إِحْدَى رِجْلَيْهِ عَلَى الْأُخْرَى وَهُوَ مُسْتَلْقٍ عَلَى ظَهْرِهِ»  

nasai-kubra:9663Qutaybah > al-Layth > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade Ishtimal-As-Samma' (wrapping one's body with a garment so that one cannot raise its end or take one's hand out of it). He also forbade Al-Ihtiba' (sitting on buttocks with knees close to ʿAbdomen and feet apart with the hands circling the knees) while wrapping oneself with a single garment, without having a part of it over the private parts. (Using translation from Bukhārī 367)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٦٦٣أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ

«نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ اشْتِمَالِ الصَّمَّاءِ وَأَنْ يَحْتَبِيَ الرَّجُلُ فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ لَيْسَ عَلَى فَرْجِهِ مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ»