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muslim:1341aAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And Zuhayr b. Ḥarb > Sufyān > Abū Bakr > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Abū Maʿbad > Ibn ʿAbbās

I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivering a sermon and making this observation:" No person should be alone with a woman except when there is a Mahram with her, and the woman should not undertake journey except with a Mahram." A person stood up and said: Messenger of Allah, my wife has set out for pilgrimage, whereas I am enlisted to fight in such and such battle, whereupon he said:" You go and perform Hajj with your wife."  

مسلم:١٣٤١aحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ كِلاَهُمَا عَنْ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ دِينَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَعْبَدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ يَقُولُ لاَ يَخْلُوَنَّ رَجُلٌ بِامْرَأَةٍ إِلاَّ وَمَعَهَا ذُو مَحْرَمٍ وَلاَ تُسَافِرِ الْمَرْأَةُ إِلاَّ مَعَ ذِي مَحْرَمٍ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ امْرَأَتِي خَرَجَتْ حَاجَّةً وَإِنِّي اكْتُتِبْتُ فِي غَزْوَةِ كَذَا وَكَذَا قَالَ انْطَلِقْ فَحُجَّ مَعَ امْرَأَتِكَ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Bayhaqī
bukhari:1862Abū al-Nuʿmān > Ḥammād b. Zayd > ʿAmr > Abū Maʿbad a freed slave of Ibn ʿAbbās > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said, "A woman should not travel except with a Dhu-Mahram (her husband or a man with whom that woman cannot marry at all according to the Islamic Jurisprudence), and no man may visit her except in the presence of a Dhu-Mahram." A man got up and said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! I intend to go to such and such an army and my wife wants to perform Hajj." The Prophet ﷺ said (to him), "Go along with her (to Hajj).  

البخاري:١٨٦٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي مَعْبَدٍ مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لاَ تُسَافِرِ الْمَرْأَةُ إِلاَّ مَعَ ذِي مَحْرَمٍ وَلاَ يَدْخُلُ عَلَيْهَا رَجُلٌ إِلاَّ وَمَعَهَا مَحْرَمٌ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَخْرُجَ فِي جَيْشِ كَذَا وَكَذَا وَامْرَأَتِي تُرِيدُ الْحَجَّ فَقَالَ اخْرُجْ مَعَهَا  

bukhari:3006Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Sufyān > ʿAmr > Abū Maʿbad > Ibn ʿAbbās

That he heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, "It is not permissible for a man to be alone with a woman, and no lady should travel except with a Muhram (i.e. her husband or a person whom she cannot marry in any case for ever; e.g. her father, brother, etc.)." Then a man got up and said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! I have enlisted in the army for such-and-such Ghazwa and my wife is proceeding for Hajj." Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Go, and perform the Hajj with your wife."  

البخاري:٣٠٠٦حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي مَعْبَدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ لاَ يَخْلُوَنَّ رَجُلٌ بِامْرَأَةٍ وَلاَ تُسَافِرَنَّ امْرَأَةٌ إِلاَّ وَمَعَهَا مَحْرَمٌ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ اكْتُتِبْتُ فِي غَزْوَةِ كَذَا وَكَذَا وَخَرَجَتِ امْرَأَتِي حَاجَّةً قَالَ اذْهَبْ فَحُجَّ مَعَ امْرَأَتِكَ  

bukhari:5233ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh > Sufyān > ʿAmr > Abū Maʿbad > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said, "No man should stay with a lady in seclusion except in the presence of a Dhu- Muhram." A man stood up and said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! My wife has gone out intending to perform the Hajj and I have been enrolled (in the army) for such-and-such campaign." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Return and perform the Hajj with your wife."  

البخاري:٥٢٣٣حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرٌو عَنْ أَبِي مَعْبَدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَخْلُوَنَّ رَجُلٌ بِامْرَأَةٍ إِلاَّ مَعَ ذِي مَحْرَمٍ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ امْرَأَتِي خَرَجَتْ حَاجَّةً وَاكْتُتِبْتُ فِي غَزْوَةِ كَذَا وَكَذَا قَالَ ارْجِعْ فَحُجَّ مَعَ امْرَأَتِكَ  

ahmad:3231Yaḥyá > Ibn Jurayj > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Abū Maʿbad > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] About the Prophet ﷺ , he said, "A woman should not travel unless she is accompanied by a male relative." A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "I have been enlisted for a specific battle, but my wife has a need to perform Hajj." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Go back and perform Hajj with her."  

أحمد:٣٢٣١حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ دِينَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَعْبَدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا تُسَافِرِ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَّا وَمَعَهَا ذُو مَحْرَمٍ وَجَاءَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ إِنِّي اكْتُتِبْتُ فِي غَزْوَةِ كَذَا وَكَذَا وَامْرَأَتِي حَاجَّةٌ قَالَ فَارْجِعْ فَحُجَّ مَعَهَا  

ahmad:1934Sufyān > ʿAmr > Abū Maʿbad > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A man should not be alone with a woman, and a woman should not travel without a male relative. A man came and said, 'My wife has left for Hajj and I have enrolled in battle.' He said, 'Go and perform Hajj with your wife.'"  

أحمد:١٩٣٤حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي مَعْبَدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَا يَخْلُوَنَّ رَجُلٌ بِامْرَأَةٍ وَلا تُسَافِرُ امْرَأَةٌ إِلا وَمَعَهَا ذُو مَحْرَمٍ وَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ إِنَّ امْرَأَتِي خَرَجَتِ الَى الْحَجِّ وَإِنِّي اكْتَتَبْتُ فِي غَزْوَةِ كَذَا وَكَذَا قَالَ انْطَلِقْ فَاحْجُجْ مَعَ امْرَأَتِكَ  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ خُرُوجَ الْمَرْءِ مَعَ امْرَأَتِهِ، إِذَا خَرَجَتْ مُؤَدِّيَةً لِفَرْضِهَا فِي الْحَجِّ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ خُرُوجِهِ فِي جِهَادِ التَّطَوُّعِ

ibnhibban:3757ʿUmar b. Muḥammad al-Hamdānī > ʿAbd al-Jabbār b. al-ʿAlāʾ > Sufyān > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Abū Maʿbad > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, "A man should not be alone with a woman without her mahram (a male relative she cannot marry, such as father, brother, or son) accompanying her." So, a man stood up and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have been enrolled for such and such battle, and my wife has set out for a need." He ﷺ said, "Go, and perform Hajj together with your wife."  

ابن حبّان:٣٧٥٧أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْجَبَّارِ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَعْبَدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَا يَخْلُوَنَّ رَجُلٌ بِامْرَأَةٍ إِلَّا وَمَعَهَا ذُو مَحْرَمٍ» فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي اكْتُتِبْتُ فِي غَزْوَةِ كَذَا وَكَذَا وَانْطَلَقَتِ امْرَأَتِي حَاجَةً فَقَالَ «انْطَلِقْ فَحِجَّ مَعَ امْرَأَتِكَ»  

tabarani:12202Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > Muḥammad b. al-Minhāl > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Rawḥ b. al-Qāsim > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Abū Maʿbad > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A man should not be alone with a woman or travel with her, except when she has a mahram (a close male relative)." A man said, "O Messenger of Allah, I intend to go for battle with such and such army and my wife is in need." He replied, "Go for Hajj with your wife."  

الطبراني:١٢٢٠٢حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ ثنا رَوْحُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَعْبَدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا يَخْلُو رَجُلٌ مَعَ امْرَأَةٍ وَلَا يُسَافَرُ مَعَهَا إِلَّا وَمَعَهَا ذُو مَحْرَمٍ» فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي أُرِيدُ جَيْشَ كَذَا وَكَذَا وَامْرَأَتِي حَاجَّةٌ قَالَ «فَحُجَّ مَعَ امْرأتِكَ»  

tabarani:12203ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > ʿĀrim Abū al-Nuʿmān > Ḥammād b. Zayd > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Abū Maʿbad a freed slave of Ibn ʿAbbās > Ibn ʿAbbās Mā

The Prophet ﷺ said, "A woman should not travel except with a Dhu-Mahram (her husband or a man with whom that woman cannot marry at all according to the Islamic Jurisprudence), and no man may visit her except in the presence of a Dhu-Mahram." A man got up and said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! I intend to go to such and such an army and my wife wants to perform Hajj." The Prophet ﷺ said (to him), "Go along with her (to Hajj). (Using translation from Bukhārī 1862)  

الطبراني:١٢٢٠٣حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا عَارِمٌ أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَعْبَدٍ مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ ما قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا تُسَافِرُ الْمَرْأَةُ إِلَّا مَعَ ذِي مَحْرَمٍ وَلَا يَدْخُلُ عَلَيْهَا رَجُلٌ إِلَّا وَمَعَهَا مَحْرَمٌ» فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَخْرُجَ فِي جَيْشِ كَذَا وَكَذَا وَامْرَأَتِي تُرِيدُ الْحَجَّ قَالَ «اخْرُجْ مَعَهَا»  

tabarani:12204Mūsá b. Hārūn > Dāwud b. ʿAmr al-Ḍabbī > Muḥammad b. Muslim > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Abū Maʿbad a freed slave of Ibn ʿAbbās > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] I heard Ibn Abbas saying that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A woman should not travel except with a Mahram." So, a man stood up and said, "I have been enlisted for a military expedition and I wanted to perform Hajj with my wife." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Perform Hajj with your wife."  

الطبراني:١٢٢٠٤حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ هَارُونَ ثنا دَاوُدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الضَّبِّيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَعْبَدٍ مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُولُ خَطَبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا تُسَافِرُ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَّا وَمَعَهَا ذُو مَحْرَمٍ» فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ إِنِّي اكْتُتِبْتُ فِي الْغَزْوِ وَقَدْ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أُحِجَّ امْرَأَتِي فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «حُجَّ مَعَ امْرأتِكَ»  

tabarani:12205ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybih > Sufyān > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Abū Maʿbad > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "A man should not be alone with a woman without her being accompanied by a mahram, and a woman should not travel without a man, and a man should not enter upon a woman except with a mahram." A man asked, "O Messenger of Allah, my wife has a need and I have been enlisted for such and such expedition." He said, "Then go back and perform Hajj with your wife."  

الطبراني:١٢٢٠٥حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبِةَ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَعْبَدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَا يَخْلُوَنَّ رَجُلٌ مَعَ امْرَأَةٍ إِلَّا وَمَعَهَا ذُو مَحْرَمٍ وَلَا تُسَافِرُ إِلَّا مَعَ امْرَأَةٍ وَلَا يَدْخُلُ عَلَيْهَا رَجُلٌ إِلَّا مَعَ مَحْرَمٍ» فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ امْرَأَتِي خَرَجَتْ حَاجَّةً وَإِنِّي اكْتُتِبْتُ فِي غَزْوَةِ كَذَا وَكَذَا قَالَ «فانْقَلِبْ فَحُجَّ مَعَ امْرَأَتِكَ»  

bayhaqi:10134Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Zakariyyā b. Abū Isḥāq Waghayruhumā > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-Rabīʿ b. Sulaymān > al-Shāfiʿī > Sufyān > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. ʿAbdān > Aḥmad b. ʿUbayd al-Ṣaffār > Ismāʿīl b. Isḥāq > ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh > Sufyān > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Abū Maʿbad > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave a sermon and said, "No man should be alone with a woman, and a woman should not travel except with a mahram." Then, a man stood up and said, "O Messenger of Allah, my wife has gone out for a need and I have been registered for a military expedition." He replied, "Go and argue with your wife, as the narration of Ali mentioned."  

البيهقي:١٠١٣٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ وَغَيْرُهُمَا قَالُوا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أنا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ أنا الشَّافِعِيُّ أنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ وَأَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ ثنا سُفْيَانُ ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ دِينَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَعْبَدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ خَطَبَ فَقَالَ لَا يَخْلُوَنَّ رَجُلٌ بِامْرَأَةٍ وَلَا تُسَافِرِ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَّا مَعَ ذِي مَحْرَمٍ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إنَّ امْرَأَتِي خَرَجَتْ حَاجَّةً وَإِنِّي اكْتُتِبْتُ فِي غَزْوَةِ كَذَا وَكَذَا قَالَ فَانْطَلِقْ فَاحْجُجْ مَعَ امْرَأَتِكَ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ عَلِيٍّ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ وَرَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَغَيْرِهِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ