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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقَ ؓ حَيْثُ صَحِبَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الْغَارِ لَمْ يَكُنْ مَعَهُمَا مِنَ الْبَشَرِ ثَالِثٌ

ibnhibban:6869 – ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Azdī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAffān > Hammām > Thābit > Anas b. Mālik > Abū Bakr > Lilnnabī ﷺ Law > Aḥadahum Naẓar Taḥt Qadamih Laʾabṣaranā from Taḥt Qadamih

[Machine] I said to the Prophet ﷺ , "If one of them were to look beneath his feet, we would see what is beneath his feet." So the Prophet ﷺ said, "What do you think of two, with Allah as their third?"  

ابن حبّان:٦٨٦٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ لَوْ أَنَّ أَحَدَهُمْ نَظَرَ تَحْتَ قَدَمِهِ لَأَبْصَرَنَا مِنْ تَحْتِ قَدَمِهِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «مَا ظَنُّكَ بِاثْنَيْنِ اللَّهُ ثَالِثُهُمَا»  

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bukhari:3653 – Muḥammad b. Sinān > Hammām > Thābit > Anas > Abū Bakr > Lilnnabī ﷺ

I said to the Prophet ﷺ while I was in the Cave. "If any of them should look under his feet, he would see us." He said, "O Abu Bakr! What do you think of two (persons) the third of whom is Allah?"  

البخاري:٣٦٥٣ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَأَنَا فِي الْغَارِ لَوْ أَنَّ أَحَدَهُمْ نَظَرَ تَحْتَ قَدَمَيْهِ لأَبْصَرَنَا فَقَالَ مَا ظَنُّكَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ بِاثْنَيْنِ اللَّهُ ثَالِثُهُمَا  

muslim:2381 – Zuhayr b. Ḥarb And ʿAbd b. Ḥumayd Waʿabd Allāh b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Dārimī > ʿAbdullāh > al-Ākharān > Ḥabbān b. Hilāl > Hammām > Thābit > Anas b. Mālik > Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq

I saw the feet of the polytheists very close to us as we were in the cave. I said: Messenger of Allah, if one amongst them were to see at his feet he would have surely seen us. Thereupon he said: Abu Bakr, what can befall two who have Allah as the third One with them.  

مسلم:٢٣٨١ – حَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ وَعَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الدَّارِمِيُّ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ أَخْبَرَنَا وَقَالَ الآخَرَانِ حَدَّثَنَا حَبَّانُ بْنُ هِلاَلٍ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقَ حَدَّثَهُ

قَالَ نَظَرْتُ إِلَى أَقْدَامِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ عَلَى رُءُوسِنَا وَنَحْنُ فِي الْغَارِ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَوْ أَنَّ أَحَدَهُمْ نَظَرَ إِلَى قَدَمَيْهِ أَبْصَرَنَا تَحْتَ قَدَمَيْهِ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ مَا ظَنُّكَ بِاثْنَيْنِ اللَّهُ ثَالِثُهُمَا  

ahmad:11 – ʿAffān > Hammām > Thābit > Anas > Abū Bakr

I said to the Prophet ﷺ when he was in the cave - on one occasion he said: when we were in the cave -: If one of them looks at his feet, he will see us beneath his feet. He said: ʿO Abu Bakr, what do you think of two, of whom Allah is the third?ʿ  

أحمد:١١ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ثَابِتٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍأَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَهُ

قَالَ قُلْتُ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَهُوَ فِي الْغَارِ وَقَالَ مَرَّةً وَنَحْنُ فِي الْغَارِ لَوْ أَنَّ أَحَدَهُمْ نَظَرَ إِلَى قَدَمَيْهِ لَأَبْصَرَنَا تَحْتَ قَدَمَيْهِقَالَ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ مَا ظَنُّكَ بِاثْنَيْنِ اللهُ ثَالِثُهُمَا  

ذِكْرُ مَا خَاطَبَ الصِّدِّيقُ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ وَهُمَا فِي الْغَارِ

ibnhibban:6278 – Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm a freed slave of Thaqīf > Yaʿqūb al-Dawraqī > ʿAffān > Hammām > Thābit > Anas > Abū Bakr

I said to the Prophet ﷺ when he was in the cave - on one occasion he said: when we were in the cave -: If one of them looks at his feet, he will see us beneath his feet. He said: ʿO Abu Bakr, what do you think of two, of whom Allah is the third?ʿ (Using translation from Aḥmad 11)   

ابن حبّان:٦٢٧٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مَوْلَى ثَقِيفٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ الدَّوْرَقِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ حَدَّثَهُمْ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَنَحْنُ فِي الْغَارِ لَوْ أَرَادَ أَحَدُهُمْ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى قَدَمَيْهِ لَأَبْصَرَنَا تَحْتَ قَدَمِهِ فَقَالَ ﷺ «مَا ظَنُّكَ بِاثْنَيْنِ اللَّهُ ثَالِثُهُمَا؟ »  

suyuti:1-6b – Abiá Bakr > lnnabi ﷺ / Fiá al-Ghār Law > Ḥadahum Naẓar > Qadamayh Lʾabṣaranā Taḥt Qadamayh
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السيوطي:١-٦b –

"عَنْ أَبِى بَكْر قَالَ: قُلتُ لِلنَّبِىِّ ﷺ وَهُوَ فِى الْغَارِ: لَوْ أَنَّ أحَدَهُمْ نَظَرَ إِلَى قَدَمَيْهِ لأَبْصَرَنَا تَحتَ قَدَمَيْهِ فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ! مَا ظَنُّكَ بِاثْنَيْنِ اللهُ ثَالِثهُمَا".  

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