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ibnmajah:1952 – Aḥmad b. Ibrāhīm al-Dawraqī > Hushaym > Ibn Abū Laylá > Ḥumayḍah b. al-Shamardal > Qays b. al-Ḥārith

“I became Muslim and I had eight wives. I went to the Prophet and told him about that. He said: 'Choose four of them.' ”  

ابن ماجة:١٩٥٢ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّوْرَقِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ حُمَيْضَةَ بِنْتِ الشَّمَرْدَلِ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ

أَسْلَمْتُ وَعِنْدِي ثَمَانِ نِسْوَةٍ فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ اخْتَرْ مِنْهُنَّ أَرْبَعًا  

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abudawud:2241 – [Chain 1] Musaddad > Hushaym [Chain 2] Wahbb. Baqiyyah > Hushaym > Ibn Abū Laylá > Ḥumayḍah b. al-Shamardal > al-Ḥārith b. Qays > Musaddad Ibn ʿUmayrah > Wahb al-Asadī > Aslamt Waʿindī Thamān Niswah Fadhakart Dhalik Lilnnabī ﷺ

I embraced Islam while I had eight wives. So I mentioned it to the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet (said) said: Select four of them. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has also been narrated to us by Ahmad b. Ibrahim from Hushaim. He said: Qais b. al-Harith instead of al-Harith b. Qais. Ahmad b. Ibrahim said: This is correct, i.e. Qais b. al-Harith.  

أبو داود:٢٢٤١ – حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ أَخْبَرَنَا هُشَيْمٌ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ حُمَيْضَةَ بْنِ الشَّمَرْدَلِ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ قَالَ مُسَدَّدٌ ابْنِ عُمَيْرَةَ وَقَالَ وَهْبٌ الأَسَدِيِّ قَالَ

أَسْلَمْتُ وَعِنْدِي ثَمَانُ نِسْوَةٍ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ اخْتَرْ مِنْهُنَّ أَرْبَعًا  

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَحَدَّثَنَا بِهِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ فَقَالَ قَيْسُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ مَكَانَ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ قَالَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ هَذَا الصَّوَابُ يَعْنِي قَيْسَ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ
bayhaqi:14054 – Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. ʿAbdān > Aḥmad b. ʿUbayd > al-Ḥasan b. Saʿīd > Muʿallá b. Mahdī > Abū ʿAwānah > Mughīrah > Qays b. al-Rabīʿ

I embraced Islam while I had eight wives. So I mentioned it to the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet (said) said: Select four of them. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has also been narrated to us by Ahmad b. Ibrahim from Hushaim. He said: Qais b. al-Harith instead of al-Harith b. Qais. Ahmad b. Ibrahim said: This is correct, i.e. Qais b. al-Harith. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2241)   

البيهقي:١٤٠٥٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ثنا مُعَلَّى بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ ثنا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ مُغِيرَةَ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ قَالَ

أَسْلَمَ جَدِّي وَعِنْدَهُ ثَمَانِ نِسْوَةٍ فَذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ اخْتَرْ مِنْهُنَّ أَرْبَعًا أَيَّتَهُنَّ شِئْتَ  

suyuti:525-3b – Qays b. al-Ḥārith al-Asadi > Aslamt And ʿIndiá Thamāni Niswah
Translation not available.

  

السيوطي:٥٢٥-٣b –

"عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ الأَسَدِىِّ قَالَ: أَسْلَمْتُ وَعِنْدِى ثَمَانِىَ نِسْوَةٍ، فَقَالَ النَّبِىُّ ﷺ اخْتَرْ مِنْهُنَّ أَرْبَعًا".  

[عب] عبد الرازق