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ibnmajah:1953 – Yaḥyá b. Ḥakīm > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Sālim > Ibn ʿUmar > Aslam Ghaylān b. Salamah And Taḥtah ʿAshr Niswah

“Ghailan bin Salamah became Muslim and he had ten wives. The Prophet said to him: 'Choose four of them.' ”  

ابن ماجة:١٩٥٣ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَكِيمٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ أَسْلَمَ غَيْلاَنُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ وَتَحْتَهُ عَشْرُ نِسْوَةٍ فَقَالَ

لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ خُذْ مِنْهُنَّ أَرْبَعًا  

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ahmad:4609 – Ismāʿīl > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Sālim from his father

“Ghailan bin Salamah became Muslim and he had ten wives. The Prophet said to him: 'Choose four of them.' ” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1953)   

أحمد:٤٦٠٩ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ غَيْلَانَ بْنَ سَلَمَةَ الثَّقَفِيَّ أَسْلَمَ وَتَحْتَهُ عَشْرُ

نِسْوَةٍفَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ اخْتَرْ مِنْهُنَّ أَرْبَعًا  

ahmad:5027 – Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Maʿmar > Ibn Shihāb And ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Sālim b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > Aslam Ghaylān b. Salamah Wataḥtah ʿAshr Niswah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "Take four from them."  

أحمد:٥٠٢٧ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ شِهَابٍ وَعَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ أَسْلَمَ غَيْلَانُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ وَتَحْتَهُ عَشْرُ نِسْوَةٍ

فقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خُذْ مِنْهُنَّ أَرْبَعًا  

tabarani:16073 – ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > ʿAmr b. ʿAwn al-Wāsiṭī > Hushaym > Ibn Abū Laylá > Ḥumayḍah b. al-Shamardal > Qays b. al-Ḥārith or al-Ḥārith b. Qays al-Asadī > Aslamt And ʿIndī Thamān Niswah

[Machine] To me, the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said, "Choose four of them."  

الطبراني:١٦٠٧٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَوْنٍ الْوَاسِطِيُّ أَنَا هُشَيْمٌ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ حُمَيْضَةَ بْنِ الشَّمَرْدَلِ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ أَو الْحَارِثِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ الْأَسَدِيِّ قَالَ أَسْلَمْتُ وَعِنْدِي ثَمَانِ نِسْوَةٍ فَقَالَ

لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اخْتَرْ مِنْهُنَّ أَرْبَعًا»  

tabarani:13221 – Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. Ḥamzah from my father from his father > al-Nuʿmān b. al-Mundhir > Sālim from his father

[Machine] "He has the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'Choose from them four."  

الطبراني:١٣٢٢١ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ حَمْزَةَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ الْمُنْذِرِ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ غَيْلَانَ بْنَ سَلَمَةَ كَانَ تَحْتَهُ عَشَرَةُ نِسْوَةٍ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَأَسْلَمَ وَأَسْلَمْنَ فَقَالَ

لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اخْتَرْ مِنْهُنَّ أَرْبَعًا»