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ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ هَذَا الْخَبَرَ تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ

ibnhibban:6872Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Abū ʿAwn > Abū Marwān al-ʿUthmānay Muḥammad b. ʿUthmān > Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd from his father > Muḥammad b. Jubayr b. Muṭʿim from his father

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ once had a conversation with a woman and then instructed her to come back to him. She asked, 'O Messenger of Allah, what if I come back and cannot find you?' It was as if she meant death. He replied, 'If you cannot find me, then go to Abu Bakr.'"  

ابن حبّان:٦٨٧٢أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَوْنٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَرْوَانَ الْعُثْمَانَيُّ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ امْرَأَةٌ فَكَلَّمَتْهُ فِي شَيْءٍ فَأَمَرَهَا أَنْ تَرْجِعَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ رَجَعْتُ فَلَمْ أَجِدْكَ كَأَنَّهَا تَعْنِي الْمَوْتَ قَالَ «فَإِنْ لَمْ تَجِدِينِي فَائْتِ* أَبَا بَكْرٍ»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
bukhari:3659al-Ḥumaydī And Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd from his father > Muḥammad b. Jubayr b. Muṭʿim from his father

A woman came to the Prophet ﷺ who ordered her to return to him again. She said, "What if I came and did not find you?" as if she wanted to say, "If I found you dead?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "If you should not find me, go to Abu Bakr."  

البخاري:٣٦٥٩حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

أَتَتِ امْرَأَةٌ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَمَرَهَا أَنْ تَرْجِعَ إِلَيْهِ قَالَتْ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ جِئْتُ وَلَمْ أَجِدْكَ كَأَنَّهَا تَقُولُ الْمَوْتَ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ إِنْ لَمْ تَجِدِينِي فَأْتِي أَبَا بَكْرٍ  

bukhari:7360ʿUbaydullāh b. Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm > Abū And ʿAmmī from my father from his father > Muḥammad b. Jubayr > Abāh Jubayr b. Muṭʿim

A lady came to Messenger of Allah ﷺ and she talked to him about something, and he gave her some order. She said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! If I should not find you?" He said, "If you should not find me, then go to Abu Bakr." Ibrahim bin Saʿd said, "As if she meant the death (of the Prophet).  

البخاري:٧٣٦٠حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي وَعَمِّي قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جُبَيْرٍ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ جُبَيْرَ بْنَ مُطْعِمٍ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ امْرَأَةً أَتَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَكَلَّمَتْهُ فِي شَىْءٍ فَأَمَرَهَا بِأَمْرٍ فَقَالَتْ أَرَأَيْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنْ لَمْ أَجِدْكَ قَالَ إِنْ لَمْ تَجِدِينِي فَأْتِي أَبَا بَكْرٍ زَادَ الْحُمَيْدِيُّ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ كَأَنَّهَا تَعْنِي الْمَوْتَ  

bukhari:7220ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd from his father > Muḥammad b. Jubayr b. Muṭʿim from his father

A woman came to the Prophet ﷺ and spoke to him about something and he told her to return to him. She said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! If I come and do not find you?" (As if she meant, "...if you die?") The Prophet said, "If you should not find me, then go to Abu Bakr."  

البخاري:٧٢٢٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ امْرَأَةٌ فَكَلَّمَتْهُ فِي شَىْءٍ فَأَمَرَهَا أَنْ تَرْجِعَ إِلَيْهِ قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ جِئْتُ وَلَمْ أَجِدْكَ كَأَنَّهَا تُرِيدُ الْمَوْتَ قَالَ إِنْ لَمْ تَجِدِينِي فَأْتِي أَبَا بَكْرٍ  

tirmidhi:3676ʿAbd b. Ḥumayd > Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd from my father from his father > Muḥammad b. Jubayr b. Muṭʿim > Abīh Jubayr b. Muṭʿim

that a woman came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to speak to him about something. Then he ordered her with something, and she said: "What should I do O Messenger of Allah if I do not find you?" He said: "If you do not find me, then go to Abu Bakr."  

الترمذي:٣٦٧٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَتَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ فَكَلَّمَتْهُ فِي شَيْءٍ وَأَمَرَهَا بِأَمْرٍ فَقَالَتْ أَرَأَيْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنْ لَمْ أَجِدْكَ قَالَ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَجِدِينِي فَأْتِ أَبَا بَكْرٍ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ
ahmad:16755Yaʿqūb from my father from his father > Muḥammad b. Jubayr > Abāh Jubayr b. Muṭʿim

that a woman came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to speak to him about something. Then he ordered her with something, and she said: "What should I do O Messenger of Allah if I do not find you?" He said: "If you do not find me, then go to Abu Bakr." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3676)  

أحمد:١٦٧٥٥حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جُبَيْرٍ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ جُبَيْرَ بْنَ مُطْعِمٍ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ امْرَأَةً أَتَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺفَكَلَّمَتْهُ فِي شَيْءٍ فَأَمَرَهَا بِأَمْرٍ فَقَالَتْ أَرَأَيْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنْ لَمْ أَجِدْكَ؟ قَالَ إِنْ لَمْ تَجِدِينِي فَأْتِي أَبَا بَكْرٍ  

ahmad:16767Yazīd b. Hārūn > Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd from his father > Ibn Jubayr b. Muṭʿim from his father

[Machine] A woman came to the Prophet ﷺ asking him something. He told her to come back to him. She said, "What if I come back and do not find you, O Messenger of Allah?" She was threatened with death. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to her, "If you come back and do not find me, then go to Abu Bakr."  

أحمد:١٦٧٦٧حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ تَسْأَلُهُ شَيْئًا فَقَالَ لَهَا ارْجِعِي إِلَيَّ فَقَالَتْ فَإِنْ رَجَعْتُ فَلَمْ أَجِدْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ تُعَرِّضُ بِالْمَوْتِ فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَإِنْ رَجَعْتِ فَلَمْ تَجِدِينِي فَالْقَيْ أَبَا بَكْرٍ  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الدَّالِّ عَلَى أَنَّ الْخَلِيفَةَ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقَ ؓ

ibnhibban:6871Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná Bi-al-Mawṣil > Abū Khaythamah > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd from his father > Muḥammad b. Jubayr b. Muṭʿim from his father

[Machine] That a woman came to Prophet Muhammad ﷺ asking him for something, and he said to her, "Go back to me." She said to him, "O Messenger of Allah, if I go back and do not find you alive, then who should I turn to?" He ﷺ said, "If you do not find me, turn to Abu Bakr."  

ابن حبّان:٦٨٧١أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى بِالْمَوْصِلِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَخْبَرَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ تَسْأَلُهُ شَيْئًا فَقَالَ لَهَا «ارْجِعِي إِلَيَّ» فَقَالَتْ لَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَإِنْ رَجَعْتُ فَلَمْ أَجِدْكَ تُعَرِّضُ بِالْمَوْتِ قَالَ ﷺ «إِنَّ لَمْ تَجِدِينِي فَالْقَيْ أَبَا بَكْرٍ»  

ذِكْرُ إِخْبَارِ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ عَنْ خِلَافَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ بَعْدَهُ

ibnhibban:6656Yūsuf b. Yaʿqūb al-Muqriʾ al-Khaṭīb Biwāsiṭ > Muḥammad b. Khālid b. ʿAbdullāh al-Wāsiṭī > Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd from his father > Muḥammad b. Jubayr b. Muṭʿim from his father

[Machine] A woman came to the Prophet ﷺ and spoke to him. He ordered her to leave. She said, "O Messenger of Allah, what if I come back and I do not find you?" He said, "If you do not find me, then go to Abu Bakr."  

ابن حبّان:٦٦٥٦أَخْبَرَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْمُقْرِئُ الْخَطِيبُ بِوَاسِطَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَالِدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْوَاسِطِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

أَتَتِ امْرَأَةٌ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَكَلَّمَتْهُ فَأَمَرَهَا أَنْ تَرْجِعَ قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ جِئْتُ فَلَمْ أَجِدْكَ يَعْنِي الْمَوْتَ قَالَ «إِنْ لَمْ تَجِدِينِي فَأْتِي أَبَا بَكْرٍ»  

tabarani:1557Abū Yazīd al-Qarāṭīsī > Asad b. Mūsá > Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd from his father > Muḥammad b. Jubayr b. Muṭʿim from his father

[Machine] A woman came to the Prophet ﷺ and spoke to him about something. He commanded her to go back to him, so she said, "O Messenger of Allah, if I come and do not find you, it means death." He said, "If you do not find me, go to Abu Bakr."  

الطبراني:١٥٥٧حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَزِيدَ الْقَرَاطِيسِيُّ ثنا أَسَدُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

أَتَتِ امْرَأَةٌ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَكَلَّمَتْهُ بِشَيْءٍ فَأَمَرَهَا أَنْ تَرْجِعَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنْ جِئْتُ وَلَمْ أَجِدْكَ تَعْنِي الْمَوْتَ قَالَ «إِنْ لَمْ تَجِدِينِي فَائْتِي أَبَا بَكْرٍ»  

bayhaqi:16589[Chain 1] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-Rabīʿ b. Sulaymān > al-Shāfiʿī > Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd [Chain 2] Abū ʿAbdullāh > Ismāʿīl b. Muḥammad b. al-Faḍl b. Muḥammad al-Shaʿrānī from my father > Abū Thābit > Ibrāhīm from his father > Muḥammad b. Jubayr b. Muṭʿim from his father

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ was approached by a woman who spoke to him about something. He instructed her to come back to him. She said, "O Messenger of Allah, what if I come back and I do not find you?" It seemed that she meant death. He said, "If you do not find me, then go to Abu Bakr and convey this statement of mine to him."  

البيهقي:١٦٥٨٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أَنْبَأَ الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ أَنْبَأَ الشَّافِعِيُّ أَنْبَأَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ أَخْبَرَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الشَّعْرَانِيُّ ثَنَا جَدِّي ثَنَا أَبُو ثَابِتٍ ثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ امْرَأَةٌ وَكَلَّمَتْهُ فِي شَيْءٍ فَأَمَرَهَا أَنْ تَرْجِعَ إِلَيْهِ قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ رَجَعْتُ فَلَمْ أَجِدْكَ؟ كَأَنَّهَا تَعْنِي الْمَوْتَ قَالَ إِنْ لَمْ تَجِدِينِي فَأْتِي أَبَا بَكْرٍ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِهِ عَنِ الشَّعْرَانِيِّ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ وَرَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ
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السيوطي:٨٣٦٦a

"إِنْ لَمْ تَجِدِينِى فَأتى أَبَا بَكْرٍ".

وَفى غير هذه الرِّوَايَة "فَإِنَّهُ يَلىِ أمْرًا مِنْ بَعْدى" قَاله ﷺ لامرأَة كلمته في شئٍ فأَمرها أن ترجع إِليه، قالت: يا رسول اللَّهِ إِنَّ جئت ولم أَجدْكَ؟ كأنَّها تريد الموت، فقال ذلك.  

[خ] البخاري [م] مسلم من حديث جبير بن مطعم