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ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنِ افْتِخَارِ الْمَرْءِ بِأَهْلِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، وَإِنْ كَانُوا لَهُ أَقْرَبَ الْقَرَابَةِ

ibnhibban:5775 – Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm a freed slave of Thaqīf > Hārūn b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥammāl > Abū Dāwud al-Ṭayālisī > Hishām > Ayyūb > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: "Do not boast about your fathers during the pre-Islamic period. By the One in Whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad, a whip on the face of one of you is better than his father who died in the pre-Islamic period."

ابن حبّان:٥٧٧٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مَوْلَى ثَقِيفٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْحَمَّالُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا تَفْتَخِرُوا بِآبَائِكُمْ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ لَمَّا يُدَهْدِهُ الْجُعَلُ بِمَنْخِرَيْهِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ آبَائِكُمُ الَّذِينَ مَاتُوا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ»

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ahmad:2739 – Sulaymān b. Dāwud > Hishām / al-Dastuwāʾī > Ayyūb > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] Indeed, the Prophet ﷺ said, "Do not boast about your fathers who died during the Age of Ignorance. By He in Whose Hand my soul is, not even a morsel that someone consumes while being grateful is better than your fathers who died during the Age of Ignorance."

أحمد:٢٧٣٩ – حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ يَعْنِي الدَّسْتُوَائِيَّ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا تَفْتَخِرُوا بِآبَائِكُمِ الَّذِينَ مَاتُوا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَمَا يُدَهْدِهُ الْجُعَلُ بِمَنْخَرَيْهِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ آبَائِكُمِ الَّذِينَ مَاتُوا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ

tabarani:11861 – ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > al-Ḥasan b. Abū Jaʿfar > Ayyūb > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said: "Do not boast about your fathers who lived in ignorance, for I swear by the One in whose hand my soul is, even the dung beetle is better in the sight of Allah than them."

الطبراني:١١٨٦١ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا تَفْتَخِرُوا بِآبَائِكُمِ الَّذِينَ مَضَوْا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَلْخُرْءُ يُدَهْدِهُ الْجُعَلُ بِأَنْفِهِ خَيْرٌ مِنْهُمْ»

tabarani:11862 – Abū Muslim al-Kashhī > Ḥajjāj b. Nuṣayr > Hishām al-Dastuwāʾī > Ayyūb > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not boast about your fathers who died in the era of ignorance. By the One in whose hand is my soul, a dung beetle rolling dung with its nose is better than your fathers who died in the era of ignorance."

الطبراني:١١٨٦٢ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْكَشِّيُّ ثنا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ نُصَيْرٍ ثنا هِشَامُ الدَّسْتُوَائِيُّ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا تَفْتَخِرُوا بِآبَائِكُمِ الَّذِينَ مُوِّتُوا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَمَا يُدَحْرِجُ الْجُعَلُ بِأَنْفِهِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ آبَائِكُمِ الَّذِينَ مُوِّتُوا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ»

suyuti:25107a –
Translation not available.
السيوطي:٢٥١٠٧a –

"لا تَفْتَخِرُوا بآَبَائِكُمْ الَّذين مَاتُوا فِي الْجَاهِليَّةِ، فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَلْخُرءُ يُدَهْدِهُ الْجُعْلانُ بأَنْفهِ خَيرٌ مِنْهُمْ".

[حم] أحمد [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن ابن عباس

suyuti:25108a –
Translation not available.
السيوطي:٢٥١٠٨a –

"لا تَفْتَخِرُوا بآبَائِكُمْ الَّذِينَ مَاتُوا فِي الْجَاهليَّة، فَوَالَّذِي {نَفْسِي} (*) بِيَدِهِ لمَا يُدَهْدهُ الْجُعْلُ بِمِنْخَرَيه خَيرٌ منْ آبَائِكُمُ الَّذينَ مَاتُوا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ".

[ط] الطيالسي [حم] أحمد عن ابن عباس