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ibnmajah:1437Hishām b. ʿAmmār > Maslamah b. ʿUla > Ibn Jurayj > Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl > Anas b. Mālik

“The Prophet ﷺ did not visit any sick person until after three days.”  

ابن ماجة:١٤٣٧حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا مَسْلَمَةُ بْنُ عُلَىٍّ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الطَّوِيلِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لاَ يَعُودُ مَرِيضًا إِلاَّ بَعْدَ ثَلاَثٍ  


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