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ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ ثَانٍ يُصَرِّحُ بِأَنَّ اسْتِعْمَالَ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ مَا وَصَفْنَاهُ كَانَ عَلَى سَبِيلِ التَّفَاؤُلِ لَا التَّطَيُّرِ

ibnhibban:5827 – Abū Yaʿlá > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm Abū Isrāʾīl > ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Hishām b. Abū ʿAbdullāh > Qatādah > Ibn Buraydah from his father

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to not disdain anything except that when he wanted to go to a land, he would inquire about its name. If its name was good, it would reflect on his face, and if it was bad, it would show on his face."  

ابن حبّان:٥٨٢٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَا يَتَطَيَّرُ مِنَ شَيْءٍ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ أَرْضًا سَأَلَ عَنِ اسْمِهَا فَإِنْ كَانَ حَسَنًا رُئِيَ الْبِشْرُ فِي وَجْهِهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ قَبِيحًا رُئِيَ ذَلِكَ فِي وَجْهِهِ»  

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ahmad:22946 – ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Hishām > Qatādah > ʿAbdullāh b. Buraydah from his father

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not despise anything, but when he wanted to visit a land, he would ask about its name. If the name was good, it showed on his face, and if it was bad, it also showed on his face. And when he sent a man, he would ask about his name. If the name was good, it showed on his face, and if it was bad, it also showed on his face.  

أحمد:٢٢٩٤٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَتَطَيَّرُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ وَلَكِنَّهُ كَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ أَرْضًا سَأَلَ عَنْ اسْمِهَا فَإِنْ كَانَ حَسَنًا رُئِيَ الْبِشْرُ فِي وَجْهِهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ قَبِيحًا رُئِيَ ذَلِكَ فِي وَجْهِهِ وَكَانَ إِذَا بَعَثَ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ عَنْ اسْمِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ حَسَنَ الِاسْمِ رُئِيَ الْبِشْرُ فِي وَجْهِهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ قَبِيحًا رُئِيَ ذَلِكَ فِي وَجْهِهِ