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ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَنْ نَفْيِ دُخُولِ الْمَلَائِكَةِ الْبُيُوتَ الَّتِي فِيهَا الصُّوَرُ

ibnhibban:5858 – ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Salm > Ḥarmalah b. Yaḥyá > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > Bukayr > Kurayb a freed slave of Ibn ʿAbbās > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he entered the house and found in it a picture of Ibrahim and a picture of Mary, he said, "As for them, they have heard that the angels do not enter a house with a picture; however, this is an image of Ibrahim, and what is the matter with him? Why does he divide?"  

ابن حبّان:٥٨٥٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَلْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ أَنَّ بُكَيْرًا حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ حِينَ دَخَلَ الْبَيْتَ وَجَدَ فِيهِ صُورَةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَصُورَةَ مَرْيَمَ قَالَ «أَمَّا هُمْ لَقَدْ سَمِعُوا أَنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ لَا تَدْخُلُ بَيْتًا فِيهِ صُورَةٌ هَذَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ مُصَوِّرٌ فَمَا بَالُهُ يَسْتَقْسِمُ؟ »  

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Collected by Bukhārī, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
bukhari:3351 – Yaḥyá b. Sulaymān > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr > Bukayr > Kurayb a freed slave of Ibn ʿAbbās > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ entered the Kaʿba and found in it the pictures of (Prophet) Abraham and Mary. On that he said' "What is the matter with them ( i.e. Quraish)? They have already heard that angels do not enter a house in which there are pictures; yet this is the picture of Abraham. And why is he depicted as practicing divination by arrows?"  

البخاري:٣٣٥١ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرٌو أَنَّ بُكَيْرًا حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

دَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْبَيْتَ فَوَجَدَ فِيهِ صُورَةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَصُورَةَ مَرْيَمَ فَقَالَ أَمَا لَهُمْ فَقَدْ سَمِعُوا أَنَّ الْمَلاَئِكَةَ لاَ تَدْخُلُ بَيْتًا فِيهِ صُورَةٌ هَذَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ مُصَوَّرٌ فَمَا لَهُ يَسْتَقْسِمُ  

ahmad:2508 – Hārūn b. Maʿrūf > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > Bukayr > Kurayb a freed slave of Ibn ʿAbbās > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ entered the Kaʿba and found in it the pictures of (Prophet) Abraham and Mary. On that he said' "What is the matter with them ( i.e. Quraish)? They have already heard that angels do not enter a house in which there are pictures; yet this is the picture of Abraham. And why is he depicted as practicing divination by arrows?" (Using translation from Bukhārī 3351)  

أحمد:٢٥٠٨ – حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ مَعْرُوفٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ أَنَّ بُكَيْرًا حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ دَخَلَ الْبَيْتَ وَجَدَ فِيهِ صُورَةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَصُورَةَ مَرْيَمَ فَقَالَ أَمَّا هُمْ فَقَدْ سَمِعُوا أَنَّ الْمَلائِكَةَ لَا تَدْخُلُ بَيْتًا فِيهِ صُورَةٌ هَذَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ مُصَوَّرًا فَمَا بَالُهُ يَسْتَقْسِمُ؟  

tabarani:12171 – Aḥmad b. Rishdīn al-Miṣrī > Aḥmad b. Ṣāliḥ > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > Bukayr b. ʿAbdullāh > Kurayb > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered the house and found a picture of Ibrahim and Maryam in it, so he said, "As for them, they know that the angels do not enter a house with a picture. This is Ibrahim portrayed, so what is the matter with him that he is splitting?"  

الطبراني:١٢١٧١ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ رِشْدِينَ الْمِصْرِيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ دَخَلَ الْبَيْتَ وَجَدَ فِيهِ صُورَةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمَرْيَمَ فَقَالَ «أَمَّا هُمْ فَقَدْ عَلِمُوا أَنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ لَا تَدْخُلُ بَيْتًا فِيهِ صُورَةٌ هَذَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ مُصَوَّرٌ فَمَا بَالُهُ يَسْتَقْسِمُ»  

tabarani:12198 – Yaḥyá b. ʿUthmān b. Ṣāliḥ > Saʿīd b. Abū Maryam > Ibn Lahīʿah > Bukayr b. ʿAbdullāh > Kurayb > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ entered the Kaʿba and found in it the pictures of (Prophet) Abraham and Mary. On that he said' "What is the matter with them ( i.e. Quraish)? They have already heard that angels do not enter a house in which there are pictures; yet this is the picture of Abraham. And why is he depicted as practicing divination by arrows?" (Using translation from Bukhārī 3351)  

الطبراني:١٢١٩٨ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ أَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْبَيْتَ فَوَجَدَ فِيهِ صُورَةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَصُورَةَ مَرْيَمَ فَقَالَ «أَمَّا هُمْ قَدْ سَمِعُوا أَنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ لَا يَدْخُلُونَ بَيْتًا فِيهِ صُورَةٌ هَذَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ مُصَوَّرٌ فَمَا بَالُهُ يَسْتَقْسِمُ»  

nasai-kubra:9687 – And Hb b. Bayān > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > Bukayr > Kurayb > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ entered the Kaʿba and found in it the pictures of (Prophet) Abraham and Mary. On that he said' "What is the matter with them ( i.e. Quraish)? They have already heard that angels do not enter a house in which there are pictures; yet this is the picture of Abraham. And why is he depicted as practicing divination by arrows?" (Using translation from Bukhārī 3351)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٦٨٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ أَنَّ بُكَيْرًا حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ دَخَلَ الْبَيْتَ وَجَدَ فِيهِ صُورَةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَصُورَةَ مَرْيَمَ فَقَالَ «أَمَّا هُمْ فَقَدْ سَمِعُوا أَنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ لَا تَدْخُلُ بَيْتًا فِيهِ صُورَةٌ وَهَذَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ مُصَوَّرٌ فَمَا بَالُهُ يَسْتَقْسِمُ»  

bayhaqi:9724 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Zakariyyā b. Abū Isḥāq al-Muzakkī > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Baḥr b. Naṣr > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr > Bukayr > Kurayb a freed slave of Ibn ʿAbbās > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ entered the Kaʿba and found in it the pictures of (Prophet) Abraham and Mary. On that he said' "What is the matter with them ( i.e. Quraish)? They have already heard that angels do not enter a house in which there are pictures; yet this is the picture of Abraham. And why is he depicted as practicing divination by arrows?" (Using translation from Bukhārī 3351)   

البيهقي:٩٧٢٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الْمُزَكِّي قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا بَحْرُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ ثنا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرٌو أَنَّ بُكَيْرًا حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ دَخَلَ الْبَيْتَ فَوَجَدَ فِيهِ صُورَةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمَرْيَمَ فَقَالَ أَمَّا هُمْ فَقَدْ سَمِعُوا أَنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ لَا تَدْخُلُ بَيْتًا فِيهِ صُورَةٌ هَذَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ مُصَوَّرٌ فَمَا بَالُهُ يَسْتَقْسِمُ؟  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ وَهْبٍ
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السيوطي:٤٣٣٤a –

"أما هم فَقَدْ سَمِعُوا أن الملائكة لا تدخل بيتًا فيه صُورَة هذا إبرَاهِيمُ مُصَوَّر، فما لَهُ يسْتقسم".

خ عن ابن عباس.  

"قال دخل النبيُّ ﷺ البيت، فوجد فيه صورة إبراهيم بِيَدهِ الأزلامُ قال: فذكره