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ibnmajah:3681 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > Wakīʿ > Abān b. Ṣamʿah > Abū al-Wāziʿ al-Rāsibī > Abū Barzah al-Aslamī

"O Messenger of Allah! Tell me of an action by which I may benefit.' He said: 'Remove harmful things from the path of the Muslims.'"  

ابن ماجة:٣٦٨١ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ أَبَانَ بْنِ صَمْعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْوَازِعِ الرَّاسِبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي بَرْزَةَ الأَسْلَمِيِّ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ دُلَّنِي عَلَى عَمَلٍ أَنْتَفِعُ بِهِ قَالَ اعْزِلِ الأَذَى عَنْ طَرِيقِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ  

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muslim:2618a – Zuhayr b. Ḥarb > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Abān b. Ṣamʿah > Abū al-Wāziʿ > Abū Barzah > Qult Yā Nabī Allāh ʿAllimnī Shayʾ Antafiʿ Bih > Āʿzil al-Adhá

I said: Messenger of Allah, teach me something so that I may derive benefit from it. He said: Remove the troublesome thing from the paths of the Muslims.  

مسلم:٢٦١٨a – حَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبَانَ بْنِ صَمْعَةَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الْوَازِعِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَرْزَةَ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ عَلِّمْنِي شَيْئًا أَنْتَفِعُ بِهِ قَالَ اعْزِلِ الأَذَى عَنْ طَرِيقِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ  

ahmad:19768 – Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd And Wakīʿ > Abān b. Ṣamʿah > Abū al-Wāziʿ > Abū Barzah

I said: Messenger of Allah, teach me something so that I may derive benefit from it. He said: Remove the troublesome thing from the paths of the Muslims. (Using translation from Muslim 2618a)  

أحمد:١٩٧٦٨ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَوَكِيعٌ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ بْنُ صَمْعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْوَازِعِ عَنْ أَبِي بَرْزَةَ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ عَلِّمْنِي شَيْئًا أَنْتَفِعُ بِهِ قَالَ اعْزِلِ الْأَذَى عَنْ طَرِيقِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ  

ahmad:19791 – Wakīʿ > Abān b. Ṣamʿah > Abū al-Wāziʿ al-Rāsibī > Abū Barzah al-Aslamī

"O Messenger of Allah! Tell me of an action by which I may benefit.' He said: 'Remove harmful things from the path of the Muslims.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3681)   

أحمد:١٩٧٩١ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ بْنُ صَمْعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْوَازِعِ الرَّاسِبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي بَرْزَةَ الْأَسْلَمِيِّ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ دُلَّنِي عَلَى عَمَلٍ يُدْخِلُنِي الْجَنَّةَ أَوْ أَنْتَفِعُ بِهِ؟ قَالَ اعْزِلِ الْأَذَى عَنْ طَرِيقِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ  

ذِكْرُ اسْتِحْبَابِ الْمَرْءِ أَنْ يُمِيطَ الْأَذَى عَنْ طَرِيقِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، إِذْ هُوَ مِنَ الْإِيمَانِ

ibnhibban:541 – Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ > Abān b. Ṣamʿah > Abū al-Wāziʿ > Abū Barzah

"O Messenger of Allah! Tell me of an action by which I may benefit.' He said: 'Remove harmful things from the path of the Muslims.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3681)  

ابن حبّان:٥٤١ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ أَبَانَ بْنِ صَمْعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْوَازِعِ عَنْ أَبِي بَرْزَةَ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ دُلَّنِي عَلَى عَمَلٍ أَنْتَفِعُ بِهِ قَالَ «نَحِّ الْأَذَى عَنْ طَرِيقِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ»  

adab:228 –

Abu Barza al-Aslami said, "I said, 'Messenger of Allah, show me an action by which I will enter the Garden!" He said, 'Remove harmful things from people's path.'"  

الأدب المفرد:٢٢٨ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ عَنْ أَبَانَ بْنِ صَمْعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْوَازِعِ جَابِرٍ

عَنْ أَبِي بَرْزَةَ الأَسْلَمِيِّ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ دُلَّنِي عَلَى عَمَلٍ يُدْخِلُنِي الْجَنَّةَ قَالَ أَمِطِ الأَذَى عَنْ طَرِيقِ النَّاسِ