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malik:45-12Mālik > Yūnus b. Yūsuf > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > Abū Ayyūb al-Anṣārī

Malik related to me from Yunus ibn Yusuf from Ata ibn Yasar that Abu Ayyub al-Ansari found some boys who had driven a fox into a corner, and he chased them away from it. Malik said, "I only know that he said, 'Is this done in the Haram of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?' "  

مالك:٤٥-١٢وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ يُوسُفَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الأَنْصَارِيِّ

أَنَّهُ وَجَدَ غِلْمَانًا قَدْ أَلْجَئُوا ثَعْلَبًا إِلَى زَاوِيَةٍ فَطَرَدَهُمْ عَنْهُ قَالَ مَالِكٌ لاَ أَعْلَمُ إِلاَّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ أَفِي حَرَمِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصْنَعُ هَذَا  


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tabarani:3918Bakr b. Sahl al-Dimyāṭī > ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Mālik > Yūsuf b. Ḥimās > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > Abū Ayyūb

[Machine] He found some boys who had taken refuge with a fox in a corner, so he drove them away and I do not know him except to say, "This is done in the sanctuary of Allah."  

الطبراني:٣٩١٨حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ الدِّمْيَاطِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ حِمَاسٍ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ

أَنَّهُ وَجَدَ غِلْمَانًا قَدْ أَلْجَئُوا ثَعْلَبًا إِلَى زَاوِيَةٍ فَطَرَدَهُمْ وَلَا أَعْلَمُهُ إِلَّا قَالَ «فِي حَرَمِ اللهِ يُفْعَلُ هَذَا»  

tabarani:4830ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > al-Qaʿnabī > Mālik > Yūnus b. Yūsuf > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > Zayd b. Thābit al-Anṣārī

[Machine] Al-Qa'nabi narrated from Malik, from Yunus ibn Yusuf, from 'Ata' ibn Yasar, from Zaid ibn Thabit Al-Ansari that he found some young boys seeking refuge from a fox in a corner, so he chased them away from it. Malik said, "I only know that he said this about the sanctuary of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ."  

الطبراني:٤٨٣٠حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ

ثنا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ يُوسُفَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ «أَنَّهُ وَجَدَ غِلْمَانًا قَدْ أَلْجَئُوا ثَعْلَبًا إِلَى زَاوِيَةٍ فَطَرَدَهُمْ عَنْهُ» وَقَالَ مَالِكٌ لَا أَعْلَمُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ فِي حَرَمِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يُصْنَعُ هَذَا