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ذِكْرُ وَصْفِ لِينِ يَدَيِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَطِيبِ عَرَقِهِ

ibnhibban:6303Abū Khalīfah > Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Thābit > Anas

[Machine] "I have never touched silk or brocade softer than the palm of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and I have never smelled a fragrance more beautiful than the sweat of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ."  

ابن حبّان:٦٣٠٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

«مَا مَسَسْتُ حَرِيرًا قَطُّ وَلَا دِيبَاجًا أَلْيَنَ مِنْ كَفِّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَلَا شَمَمْتُ رِيحًا قَطُّ وَلَا عَرَقًا أَطْيَبَ مِنْ رِيحِ عَرَقِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Aḥmad
bukhari:3561Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Ḥammād > Thābit > Anas

I have never touched silk or Dibaj (i.e. thick silk) softer than the palm of the Prophet ﷺ nor have I smelt a perfume nicer than the sweat of the Prophet.  

البخاري:٣٥٦١حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ قَالَ

مَا مَسِسْتُ حَرِيرًا وَلاَ دِيبَاجًا أَلْيَنَ مِنْ كَفِّ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَلاَ شَمِمْتُ رِيحًا قَطُّ أَوْ عَرْفًا قَطُّ أَطْيَبَ مِنْ رِيحِ أَوْ عَرْفِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ  

ahmad:13374Yūnus > Ḥammād > Thābit > Anas

[Machine] "What I have never touched with my hands, as soft as the hand of the Messenger of Allah, nor have I ever smelled a fragrance sweeter than the fragrance of the Messenger of Allah."  

أحمد:١٣٣٧٤حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

مَا مَسِسْتُ بِيَدَيَّ دِيبَاجًا وَلَا حَرِيرًا أَلْيَنَ مِنْ كَفِّ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَا شَمِمْتُ رَائِحَةً كَانَتْ أَطْيَبَ مِنْ رَائِحَةِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ  

ahmad:13074Yazīd > Ḥumayd > Anas

[Machine] I have never smelled a fragrance more delightful than the scent of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , neither musk nor amber. Nor have I ever touched a fabric softer than the palm of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , neither silk nor velvet.  

أحمد:١٣٠٧٤حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

مَا شَمِمْتُ رِيحًا قَطُّ مِسْكًا وَلَا عَنْبَرًا أَطْيَبَ مِنْ رِيحِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَا مَسِسْتُ قَطُّ خَزًّا وَلَا حَرِيرًا أَلْيَنَ مِنْ كَفِّ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ