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ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ قَدْ يُوهِمُ غَيْرَ الْمُتَبَحِّرِ فِي صِنَاعَةِ الْحَدِيثِ أَنَّ الْخَبَرَ الَّذِي ذَكَرْنَاهُ مَوْهُومٌ

ibnhibban:5893ʿUmar b. Muḥammad al-Hamdānī > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Muʿtamir b. Sulaymān > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > Nāfiʿ > Ibn Kaʿb b. Mālik Yukhbir ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar from his father

[Machine] He informed him that his neighbor had a servant girl who used to take care of their livestock. She saw a dead sheep from her flock, so she broke a stone and slaughtered it with it. He told his family not to eat from it until he goes to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and asks him. So he went to the Prophet ﷺ and asked him about it. He said, "O Messenger of Allah, we had a servant girl who used to take care of our livestock. She saw a dead sheep from her flock, so she broke a stone and slaughtered it with it." The Prophet ﷺ ordered him to eat it.  

ابن حبّان:٥٨٩٣أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُبَيْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ ابْنَ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ يُخْبِرُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ جَارِيَةً لَهُمْ كَانَتْ تَرْعَى بِسَلْعٍ فَرَأَتْ بِشَاةٍ مِنْ غَنَمِهَا مَوْتًا فَكَسَرَتْ حَجَرًا فَذَبَحَتْهَا بِهِ فَقَالَ لِأَهْلِهِ لَا تَأْكُلُوا مِنْهُ حَتَّى آتِيَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَسْأَلَهُ فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ جَارِيَةً لَنَا كَانَتْ تَرْعَى بِسَلْعٍ فَأَبْصَرَتْ بِشَاةٍ مِنْ غَنَمِهَا مَوْتًا فَكَسَرَتْ حَجَرًا فَذَبَحَتْهَا بِهِ فَأَمَرَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِأَكْلِهَا «  


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bukhari:2304Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > al-Muʿtamir > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn Kaʿb b. Mālik from his father

We had some sheep which used to graze at Sala'. One of our slavegirls saw a sheep dying and she broke a stone and slaughtered the sheep with it. My father said to the people, "Don't eat it till I ask the Prophet about it (or till I send somebody to ask the Prophet)." So, he asked or sent somebody to ask the Prophet, and the Prophet ﷺ permitted him to eat it. 'Ubaidullah (a sub-narrator) said, "I admire that girl, for though she was a slave-girl, she dared to slaughter the sheep . "  

البخاري:٢٣٠٤حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ سَمِعَ الْمُعْتَمِرَ أَنْبَأَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ ابْنَ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّهُ كَانَتْ لَهُمْ غَنَمٌ تَرْعَى بِسَلْعٍ فَأَبْصَرَتْ جَارِيَةٌ لَنَا بِشَاةٍ مِنْ غَنَمِنَا مَوْتًا فَكَسَرَتْ حَجَرًا فَذَبَحَتْهَا بِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ لاَ تَأْكُلُوا حَتَّى أَسْأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَوْ أُرْسِلَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مَنْ يَسْأَلُهُ وَأَنَّهُ سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنْ ذَاكَ أَوْ أَرْسَلَ فَأَمَرَهُ بِأَكْلِهَا قَالَ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ فَيُعْجِبُنِي أَنَّهَا أَمَةٌ وَأَنَّهَا ذَبَحَتْ  

تَابَعَهُ عَبْدَةُ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ
bukhari:5501Muḥammad b. Abū Bakr > Muʿtamir > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn Kaʿb b. Mālik Yukhbir Ibn ʿUmar from his father

that a slave girl of theirs used to shepherd some sheep at Si'a (a mountain near Medina). On seeing one of her sheep dying, she broke a stone and slaughtered it. Kaʿb said to his family, "Do not eat (of it) till I go to the Prophet ﷺ and ask him, or, till I send someone to ask him." So he went to the Prophet ﷺ or sent someone to him The Prophet ﷺ permitted (them) to eat it.  

البخاري:٥٥٠١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرٌ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ سَمِعَ ابْنَ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ يُخْبِرُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ جَارِيَةً لَهُمْ كَانَتْ تَرْعَى غَنَمًا بِسَلْعٍ فَأَبْصَرَتْ بِشَاةٍ مِنْ غَنَمِهَا مَوْتًا فَكَسَرَتْ حَجَرًا فَذَبَحَتْهَا فَقَالَ لأَهْلِهِ لاَ تَأْكُلُوا حَتَّى آتِيَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَسْأَلَهُ أَوْ حَتَّى أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْهِ مَنْ يَسْأَلُهُ فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَوْ بَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ فَأَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِأَكْلِهَا  

bayhaqi:19148Abū ʿAmr al-Adīb > Abū Bakr al-Ismāʿīlī > al-Qāsim b. Zakariyyā > Ibn ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > al-Muʿtamir b. Sulaymān > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > Nāfiʿ > Ibn Kaʿb b. Mālik Yukhbir ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar from his father

[Machine] He informed him that their female neighbor, who was grazing cattle, saw a sheep from her flock that had died. So, she broke a stone and slaughtered it with it. He said to his family, "Do not eat from it until I come to the Prophet ﷺ and ask him, or I will send someone to ask him." So, he went to the Prophet ﷺ and asked him about it, or he sent his messenger to ask him. He said, "O Prophet of Allah, our neighbor who was grazing cattle saw a sheep from her flock that had died. So, she broke a stone and slaughtered it with it." So, the Prophet ﷺ ordered him to eat it.  

البيهقي:١٩١٤٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَمْرٍو الْأَدِيبُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيُّ أَخْبَرَنِي الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا ثنا ابْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى ثنا الْمُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُبَيْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ ابْنَ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ يُخْبِرُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ ؓ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ جَارِيَةً لَهُمْ كَانَتْ تَرْعَى بِسَلْعٍ فَرَأَتْ شَاةً مِنْ غَنَمِهَا بِهَا مَوْتٌ فَكَسَرَتْ حَجَرًا فَذَبَحَتْهَا بِهِ فَقَالَ لِأَهْلِهِ لَا تَأْكُلُوا مِنْهَا حَتَّى آتِيَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَسْأَلَهُ أَوْ قَالَ أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْهِ مَنْ يَسْأَلُهُ فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ أَوْ رَسُولُهُ فَقَالَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ إِنَّ جَارِيَةً لَنَا كَانَتْ تَرْعَى بِسَلْعٍ فَأَبْصَرَتْ شَاةً مِنْ غَنَمِهَا بِهَا مَوْتٌ فَكَسَرَتْ حَجَرًا فَذَبَحَتْهَا بِهِ فَأَمَرَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِأَكْلِهَا  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ مُعْتَمِرِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ