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ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ مُجَاهِدًا لَمْ يَسْمَعْ مِنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ شَيْئًا

ibnhibban:5854ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Azdī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Ḥanẓalī > al-Naḍr b. Shumayl > Yūnus b. Abū Isḥāq > Mujāhid > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Jibreel came to me yesterday and said, 'I visited you yesterday but I was prevented from entering the house you were in except that there was a statue of a man in the house, and there were curtains with statues on them, and there was a dog in the house.' So he commanded that the head of the statue be cut off, and he commanded that the curtain with the statue on it be cut off, and he ordered the dog to be taken out. The dog was a guard for Al-Hassan and Al-Hussein while they were under a bed.' He said, 'Then Jibreel continued to advise me about being good to neighbors until I thought he would make them inheritors.'"  

ابن حبّان:٥٨٥٤أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْحَنْظَلِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُجَاهِدًا يَقُولُ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَتَانِي جِبْرِيلُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَتَيْتُكَ الْبَارِحَةَ فَلَمْ يَمْنَعْنِي أَنْ أَدْخُلَ الْبَيْتَ الَّذِي كُنْتَ فِيهِ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ كَانَ فِي الْبَيْتِ تِمْثَالُ رَجُلٍ وَكَانَ فِي الْبَيْتِ سِتْرٌ فِيهِ تَمَاثِيلُ وَكَانَ فِي الْبَيْتِ كَلْبٌ فَأَمَرَ بِرَأْسِ التِّمْثَالِ أَنْ يُقْطَعَ وَأَمَرَ بِالسِّتْرِ الَّذِي فِيهِ التِّمْثَالُ أَنْ يُقْطَعَ رَأْسُ التِّمْثَالِ وَجُعِلَ مِنْهُ وِسَادَتانِ وَأَمَرَ بِالْكَلْبِ فَأُخْرِجَ وَكَانَ الْكَلْبُ جَرْوًا لِلْحَسَنِ وَالْحُسَيْنِ تَحْتَ نَضَدٍ لَهُمْ قَالَ ثُمَّ أَتَانِي جِبْرِيلُ فَمَا زَالَ يُوصِينِي بِالْجَارِ حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ سَيُوَرِّثُهُ»  


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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
abudawud:4158Abū Ṣāliḥ Maḥbūb b. Mūsá > Abū Isḥāq al-Fazārī > Yūnus b. Abū Isḥāq > Mujāhid > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Gabriel ﷺ came to me and said: I came to you last night and was prevented from entering simply because there were images at the door, for there was a decorated curtain with images on it in the house, and there was a dog in the house. So order the head of the image which is in the house to be cut off so that it resembles the form of a tree; order the curtain to be cut up and made into two cushions spread out on which people may tread; and order the dog to be turned out. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then did so. The dog belonged to al-Hasan or al-Husayn and was under their couch. So he ordered it to be turned out. Abu Dawud said: Al-Nadd means a thing on which clothes are placed like a couch.  

أبو داود:٤١٥٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو صَالِحٍ مَحْبُوبُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الْفَزَارِيُّ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَتَانِي جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ فَقَالَ لِي أَتَيْتُكَ الْبَارِحَةَ فَلَمْ يَمْنَعْنِي أَنْ أَكُونَ دَخَلْتُ إِلاَّ أَنَّهُ كَانَ عَلَى الْبَابِ تَمَاثِيلُ وَكَانَ فِي الْبَيْتِ قِرَامُ سِتْرٍ فِيهِ تَمَاثِيلُ وَكَانَ فِي الْبَيْتِ كَلْبٌ فَمُرْ بِرَأْسِ التِّمْثَالِ الَّذِي فِي الْبَيْتِ يُقْطَعُ فَيَصِيرُ كَهَيْئَةِ الشَّجَرَةِ وَمُرْ بِالسِّتْرِ فَلْيُقْطَعْ فَلْيُجْعَلْ مِنْهُ وِسَادَتَيْنِ مَنْبُوذَتَيْنِ تُوطَآنِ وَمُرْ بِالْكَلْبِ فَلْيُخْرَجْ فَفَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَإِذَا الْكَلْبُ لِحَسَنٍ أَوْ حُسَيْنٍ كَانَ تَحْتَ نَضَدٍ لَهُمْ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ فَأُخْرِجَ  

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَالنَّضَدُ شَىْءٌ تُوضَعُ عَلَيْهِ الثِّيَابُ شِبْهُ السَّرِيرِ
tirmidhi:2806Sūwayd > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Yūnus b. Abū Isḥāq > Mujāhid > Abū Hurayrah

that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Jibra'il came to me and said: "Indeed I had come to you last night, and nothing prevented me from entering upon you at the house you were in, except that there were images of men at the door of the house, and there was a curtain screen with imagines on it, and there was a dog in the house. So go and sever the head of the image that is at the door so that it will become like a tree stump, and go and cut the screen and make two throw-cushions to be sat upon, and go and expel the dog." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did so, and the dog was a puppy belonging to Al-Husain or Al-Hasan which was under his belongings, so he ordered him to expel it.  

الترمذي:٢٨٠٦حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدٌ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَنَا مُجَاهِدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَتَانِي جِبْرِيلُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَتَيْتُكَ الْبَارِحَةَ فَلَمْ يَمْنَعْنِي أَنْ أَكُونَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَيْكَ الْبَيْتَ الَّذِي كُنْتَ فِيهِ إِلاَّ أَنَّهُ كَانَ فِي بَابِ الْبَيْتِ تِمْثَالُ الرِّجَالِ وَكَانَ فِي الْبَيْتِ قِرَامُ سِتْرٍ فِيهِ تَمَاثِيلُ وَكَانَ فِي الْبَيْتِ كَلْبٌ فَمُرْ بِرَأْسِ التِّمْثَالِ الَّذِي بِالْبَابِ فَلْيُقْطَعْ فَيَصِيرَ كَهَيْئَةِ الشَّجَرَةِ وَمُرْ بِالسِّتْرِ فَلْيُقْطَعْ وَيُجْعَلْ مِنْهُ وِسَادَتَيْنِ مُنْتَبَذَتَيْنِ يُوَطَآنِ وَمُرْ بِالْكَلْبِ فَيُخْرَجْ فَفَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَكَانَ ذَلِكَ الْكَلْبُ جَرْوًا لِلْحَسَنِ أَوِ الْحُسَيْنِ تَحْتَ نَضَدٍ لَهُ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ فَأُخْرِجَ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ وَأَبِي طَلْحَةَ
bayhaqi:14576Abū al-Ḥusayn b. Bishrān > Abū ʿAlī Ismāʿīl b. Muḥammad al-Ṣaffār > ʿAbbās b. Muḥammad > Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd al-Ṭanāfisī > Yūnus b. Abū Isḥāq > Mujāhid > Abū Hurayrah ؓ > Rasūl

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Gabriel ﷺ came to me and said: I came to you last night and was prevented from entering simply because there were images at the door, for there was a decorated curtain with images on it in the house, and there was a dog in the house. So order the head of the image which is in the house to be cut off so that it resembles the form of a tree; order the curtain to be cut up and made into two cushions spread out on which people may tread; and order the dog to be turned out. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then did so. The dog belonged to al-Hasan or al-Husayn and was under their couch. So he ordered it to be turned out. Abu Dawud said: Al-Nadd means a thing on which clothes are placed like a couch. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4158)   

البيهقي:١٤٥٧٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ بِشْرَانَ أنا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّفَّارُ نا عَبَّاسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ نا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الطَّنَافِسِيُّ نا يُونُسُ بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ أَنَّ رَسُولَ

اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَتَانِي جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَتَيْتُكَ الْبَارِحَةَ فَلَمْ يَمْنَعْنِي مِنْ أَنْ أَدْخُلَ عَلَيْكَ الْبَيْتَ الَّذِي كُنْتَ فِيهِ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَدْ كَانَ فِي بَابِ الْبَيْتِ تِمْثَالُ رَجُلٍ وَسِتْرٌ فِيهِ تِمْثَالٌ وَكَانَ فِي الْبَيْتِ جِرْوٌ فَمُرْ بِرَأْسِ التِّمْثَالِ الَّذِي فِي الْبَيْتِ فَلْيُقْطَعْ وَمُرْ بِالسِّتْرِ فَلْيُقْطَعْ وَلْتَجْعَلْ مِنْهُ وِسَادَتَيْنِ تُبْتَذَلَانِ وَتُوطَآنِ وَمُرْ بِالْكَلْبِ فَلْيُخْرَجْ فَفَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَإِذَا كَلْبٌ أَوْ جِرْوٌ لِلْحَسَنِ وَالْحُسَيْنِ ؓ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَأُخْرِجَ  

suyuti:258a

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Gabriel ﷺ came to me and said: I came to you last night and was prevented from entering simply because there were images at the door, for there was a decorated curtain with images on it in the house, and there was a dog in the house. So order the head of the image which is in the house to be cut off so that it resembles the form of a tree; order the curtain to be cut up and made into two cushions spread out on which people may tread; and order the dog to be turned out. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then did so. The dog belonged to al-Hasan or al-Husayn and was under their couch. So he ordered it to be turned out. Abu Dawud said: Al-Nadd means a thing on which clothes are placed like a couch. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4158)   

السيوطي:٢٥٨a

"أتانى جبريلُ فقال لى: إنْ كنت أتيتُك البارحة فلم يمنعنى أن أكون

دخلتُ عليكَ البيتَ الذى كنتَ فيه إلا أنه كان على البابِ تماثيلُ، وكان في البيتِ قِرَام سترٍ فيه تماثيل، وكان في البيت كلبٌ، فمُر برأس التمثالِ الذى في البيتِ فليُقطع فيصيرَ كهيئة الشجرة، ومُز بالستر فليُقطع فيجعل منه وسادتين منبوذتين توطآن، ومر بالكلب فليخرج".  

[حم] أحمد [د] أبو داود [ت] الترمذي حسن صحيح، [ن] النسائي [ق] البيهقى في السنن عن أبى هريرة