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ibnmajah:2296[Chain 1] Muḥammad b. al-Ṣabbāḥ > Sufyān [Chain 2] ʿAmr b. Rāfiʿ > Jarīr > Muslim al-Mulāʾī > Anas b. Mālik

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to accept the invitation of a slave."  

ابن ماجة:٢٢٩٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ رَافِعٍ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ مُسْلِمٍ الْمُلاَئِيِّ

سَمِعَ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ الْمَمْلُوكِ  


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muslim:2480cMuḥammad b. Bashhār > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Hishām b. Zayd > Anas b. Mālik

This hadith has been reported on the authority of Anas through another chain of transmitters.  

مسلم:٢٤٨٠cحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ

سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ  

hakim:7128Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq al-Faqīh And ʿAlī b. Ḥamshādh al-ʿAdl > Bishr b. Mūsá > al-Ḥumaydī > Sufyān

[Machine] He heard Anas ibn Malik saying, "The Prophet ﷺ would walk behind him, place his food on the ground, respond to the call of the slave, and ride a donkey."  

الحاكم:٧١٢٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْفَقِيهُ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ حَمْشَاذَ الْعَدْلُ قَالَا ثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ ثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مُسْلِمٍ الْكُوفِيِّ الْأَعْوَرِ الْمُلَائِيِّ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ «كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُرْدِفُ خَلْفَهُ وَيَضَعُ طَعَامَهُ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَيُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ الْمَمْلُوكِ وَيَرْكَبُ الْحِمَارَ»  

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