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ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ أَنْ يُخْبِرَ الْمَرْءُ أَحَدًا إِذَا رَأَى فِي نَوْمِهِ بِتَلَعُّبِ الشَّيْطَانِ بِهِ

ibnhibban:6056Ibn Qutaybah > Yazīd b. Mawhab > al-Layth > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

There came to him (the Holy Prophet) a desert Arab and said: I saw in a dream that I had been beheaded and I had been following it (the severed head). Allah's Apostle ﷺ reprimanded him saying: Do not inform about the vain sporting of devil with you during the night. (Using translation from Muslim 2268c)  

ابن حبّان:٦٠٥٦أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ مَوْهَبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا جَاءَهُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي حَلُمْتُ أَنَّ رَأْسِيَ قُطِعَ فَأَنَا أَتْبَعُهُ فَزَجَرَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَقَالَ «لَا تُخْبِرْ بِتَلَعُّبِ الشَّيْطَانِ بِكَ فِي الْمَنَامِ»  


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muslim:2268c[Chain 1] Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Layth [Chain 2] Ibn Rumḥ > al-Layth > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

There came to him (the Holy Prophet) a desert Arab and said: I saw in a dream that I had been beheaded and I had been following it (the severed head). Allah's Apostle ﷺ reprimanded him saying: Do not inform about the vain sporting of devil with you during the night.  

مسلم:٢٢٦٨cحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ رُمْحٍ أَخْبَرَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لأَعْرَابِيٍّ جَاءَهُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي حَلَمْتُ أَنَّ رَأْسِي قُطِعَ فَأَنَا أَتَّبِعُهُ فَزَجَرَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَقَالَ لاَ تُخْبِرْ بِتَلَعُّبِ الشَّيْطَانِ بِكَ فِي الْمَنَامِ  

hakim:8182Abū al-Naḍr al-Faqīh > ʿUthmān b. Saʿīd al-Dārimī > Saʿīd b. ʿUfayr And ʿAbd Allāh b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Layth b. Saʿd > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

There came to him (the Holy Prophet) a desert Arab and said: I saw in a dream that I had been beheaded and I had been following it (the severed head). Allah's Apostle ﷺ reprimanded him saying: Do not inform about the vain sporting of devil with you during the night. (Using translation from Muslim 2268c)   

الحاكم:٨١٨٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ الْفَقِيهُ ثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الدَّارِمِيُّ ثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عُفَيْرٍ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ قَالَا ثَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا جَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي حَلَمْتُ أَنَّ رَأْسِي قُطِعَ وَأَنَا أَتْبَعُهُ فَزَجَرَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَقَالَ «لَا تُخْبِرْ بِتَلَعُّبِ الشَّيْطَانِ بِكَ فِي الْمَنَامِ» على شرط البخاري ومسلم  

nasai-kubra:7610Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Layth > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

There came to him (the Holy Prophet) a desert Arab and said: I saw in a dream that I had been beheaded and I had been following it (the severed head). Allah's Apostle ﷺ reprimanded him saying: Do not inform about the vain sporting of devil with you during the night. (Using translation from Muslim 2268c)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٦١٠أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِأَعْرَابِيٍّ جَاءَهُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي حَلُمْتُ أَنَّ رَأْسِي قُطِعَ فَزَجَرَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا تُخْبِرْ بِتَلَعُّبِ الشَّيْطَانِ فِي الْمَنَامِ»  

nasai-kubra:10682Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Layth > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

There came to him (the Holy Prophet) a desert Arab and said: I saw in a dream that I had been beheaded and I had been following it (the severed head). Allah's Apostle ﷺ reprimanded him saying: Do not inform about the vain sporting of devil with you during the night. (Using translation from Muslim 2268c)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٦٨٢أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِأَعْرَابِيٍّ جَاءَهُ قَالَ إِنِّي حَلَمْتُ أَنَّ رَأْسِي قُطِعَ فَأَنَا أَتْبَعَهُ؟ فَزَجَرَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «لَا تُخْبِرْ بِتَلَعُّبِ الشَّيْطَانِ بِكَ فِي الْمَنَامِ»