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ibnmajah:3707 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAbd al-Raḥīm b. Sulaymān > Wāṣil b. al-Sāʾib > Abū Sawrah > Abū Ayyūb al-Anṣārī

"We said: 'O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, (we know) this (greeting of) Salam, but what does seeking permission to enter mean?' He said: 'It means a man saying SubhanAllah, and Allahu Akbar and Al Hamdulillah, and clearing his throat, announcing his arrival to the people in the house."  

ابن ماجة:٣٧٠٧ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحِيمِ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ وَاصِلِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ أَبِي سَوْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ

قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَذَا السَّلاَمُ فَمَا الاِسْتِئْنَاسُ قَالَ يَتَكَلَّمُ الرَّجُلُ تَسْبِيحَةً وَتَكْبِيرَةً وَتَحْمِيدَةً وَيَتَنَحْنَحُ وَيُؤْذِنُ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ  

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tabarani:4065 – ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAbd al-Raḥīm b. Sulaymān > Wāṣil b. al-Sāʾib > Abū Sawrah > Abū Ayyūb

"We said: 'O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, (we know) this (greeting of) Salam, but what does seeking permission to enter mean?' He said: 'It means a man saying SubhanAllah, and Allahu Akbar and Al Hamdulillah, and clearing his throat, announcing his arrival to the people in the house." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3707)  

الطبراني:٤٠٦٥ – حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحِيمِ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ وَاصِلِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ أَبِي سَوْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ قَالَ

قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَذَا السَّلَامُ فَمَا الِاسْتِئْنَاسُ؟ قَالَ قَالَ «يَتَكَلَّمُ الرَّجُلُ تَسْبِيحَةً وَتَكْبِيرَةً وَتَحْمِيدَةً وَيَتَنَحْنَحُ يُؤْذِنُ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ»  

suyuti:10078a –
Translation not available.

  

السيوطي:١٠٠٧٨a –

"الاستئناس يتكلَّم الرَّجلُ بتسبيحةٍ وتكبيرةٍ وتحميدةٍ، وَيَتَنَحْنَحُ يُؤذِنُ أهلَ البيت".  

[هـ] ابن ماجة [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن أَبي أيوب
suyuti:27718a –
Translation not available.

  

السيوطي:٢٧٧١٨a –

"يَتَكَلَّمُ الرَّجُلُ بَتَسْبِيحَةٍ وَتَكْبِيرَةٍ وَتَحْمِيدَةٍ، وَيَتَنَحْنَحُ وَيُؤْذِنُ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ".  

[هـ] ابن ماجة عن أَبى أيوب، قال: قلنا: يا رسول اللَّه: ما الاستئْناسُ؟ قال: فذكره