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ibnmajah:2444Muḥammad b. al-Muṣaffá al-Ḥimṣī > Baqiyyah b. al-Walīd > Maslamah b. ʿUla > Saʿīd b. Abū Ayyūb > al-Ḥārith b. Yazīd > ʿUla b. Rabāḥ > ʿUtbah b. al-Nuddar

“I heard 'Utbah bin Nuddar say: 'We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he recited Ta-Sin. When he reached the story of Musa, he said: 'Musa (A.S) hired himself out for eight years, or ten, in return for his chastity and food in his stomach.' ”  

ابن ماجة:٢٤٤٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُصَفَّى الْحِمْصِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ مَسْلَمَةَ بْنِ عُلَىٍّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ عُلَىِّ بْنِ رَبَاحٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ عُتْبَةَ بْنَ النُّدَّرِ يَقُولُ كُنَّا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَرَأَ طسم حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَ قِصَّةَ مُوسَى قَالَ إِنَّ مُوسَى ﷺ أَجَّرَ نَفْسَهُ ثَمَانِيَ سِنِينَ أَوْ عَشْرًا عَلَى عِفَّةِ فَرْجِهِ وَطَعَامِ بَطْنِهِ  


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tabarani:14462Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad b. ʿIrq al-Ḥimṣī > Muḥammad b. Muṣaffá > Baqiyyah b. al-Walīd > Maslamah b. ʿAlī > Saʿīd b. Abū Ayyūb > al-Ḥārith b. Yazīd > ʿAlī b. Rabāḥ > ʿUtbah b. al-Nuddar

[Machine] We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ one day, and he recited "Ta-Seen" until he reached the story of Musa ﷺ . He said, "Indeed, Musa hired himself out for eight or ten years in order to observe chastity of his private parts and to provide for his stomach."  

الطبراني:١٤٤٦٢حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِرْقٍ الْحِمْصِيُّ ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُصَفَّى ثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ مَسْلَمَةَ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ رَبَاحٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُتْبَةَ بْنَ النُّدَّرِ قَالَ

كُنَّا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمًا فَقَرَأَ طس حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغ قِصَّةَ مُوسَى ﷺ قَالَ إنَّ مُوسَى أَجَّرَ نَفْسَهُ ثَمَانِ سِنِينَ أَو عَشْرًا عَلَى عِفَّةِ فَرْجِهِ وَطَعَامِ بَطْنِهِ  

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السيوطي:٧٢٩٩a

"إِنَّ موسى أَجَّرَ نَفْسَهُ ثمانِى سنين أوْ عَشْرًا على عِفَّةِ فَرْجِهِ وطَعامِ بَطْنِهِ" .  

[حم] أحمد [هـ] ابن ماجة عن عُتْبة بن النُّدَّر