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ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَنِ انْجِلَاءِ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ عَنْهَا عِنْدَ وُقُوعِ الْفِتَنِ

ibnhibban:6772 – Ibn Qutaybah > Ḥarmalah b. Yaḥyá > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Abū Hurayrah

Its inhabitants will abandon it, whereas it is good for them and it will become the haunt of beasts and birds. (Imam Muslim said that Abu Safwan, one of the narrators whose name was 'Abdullah b. 'Abd al-Malik, was an orphan and I bn juraij took him under his care for ten years.) (Using translation from Muslim 1389a)  

ابن حبّان:٦٧٧٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِلْمَدِينَةِ «لَيَتْرُكَنَّهَا أَهْلُهَا عَلَى خَيْرِ مَا كَانَتْ مُذَلَّلَةً لِلْعَوَافِي السِّبَاعِ وَالطَّيْرِ»  

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muslim:1389a – [Chain 1] Zuhayr b. Ḥarb > Abū Ṣafwān > Yūnus b. Yazīd [Chain 2] Ḥarmalah b. Yaḥyá > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab > Abū Hurayrah

Its inhabitants will abandon it, whereas it is good for them and it will become the haunt of beasts and birds. (Imam Muslim said that Abu Safwan, one of the narrators whose name was 'Abdullah b. 'Abd al-Malik, was an orphan and I bn juraij took him under his care for ten years.)  

مسلم:١٣٨٩a – حَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو صَفْوَانَ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ ح وَحَدَّثَنِي حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِلْمَدِينَةِ لَيَتْرُكَنَّهَا أَهْلُهَا عَلَى خَيْرِ مَا كَانَتْ مُذَلَّلَةً لِلْعَوَافِي يَعْنِي السِّبَاعَ وَالطَّيْرَ قَالَ مُسْلِمٌ أَبُو صَفْوَانَ هَذَا هُوَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ يَتِيمُ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ عَشْرَ سِنِينَ كَانَ فِي حَجْرِهِ  

ahmad:8999 – ʿAlī > Abū Ṣafwān > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Al-Madina, "You will leave it for what is better than it used to be, humiliated by diseases, meaning wolves and birds."  

أحمد:٨٩٩٩ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيٌّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو صَفْوَانَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ عَنِ ابنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيِّبِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِلْمَدِينَةِ لَتَتْرُكَنَّهَا عَلَى خَيْرِ مَا كَانَتْ مُذَلَّلَةً لِلْعَوَافِي يَعْنِي السِّبَاعَ وَالطَّيْرَ