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muslim:168bMuḥammad b. ʿAbbād And Zuhayr b. Ḥarb Wa-al-Lafẓ Ibn ʿAbbād > Abū Ṣafwān > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > Ibn al-Musayyab

Praise is due to Allah Who guided you to the true nature; had you taken the one containing wine, Your Umma would have gone astray.  

مسلم:١٦٨bحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لاِبْنِ عَبَّادٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو صَفْوَانَ أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ

إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أُتِيَ لَيْلَةَ أُسْرِيَ بِهِ بِإِيلِيَاءَ بِقَدَحَيْنِ مِنْ خَمْرٍ وَلَبَنٍ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِمَا فَأَخَذَ اللَّبَنَ فَقَالَ لَهُ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي هَدَاكَ لِلْفِطْرَةِ لَوْ أَخَذْتَ الْخَمْرَ غَوَتْ أُمَّتُكَ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī
bukhari:4709[Chain 1] ʿAbdān > ʿAbdullāh > Yūnus [Chain 2] Aḥmad b. Ṣāliḥ > Basah > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > Ibn al-Musayyab

Messenger of Allah ﷺ was presented with two cups one containing wine and the other milk on the night of his night journey at Jerusalem. He looked at it and took the milk. Gabriel said, "Thanks to Allah Who guided you to the Fitra (i.e. Islam); if you had taken the wine, your followers would have gone astray.  

البخاري:٤٧٠٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَنْبَسَةُ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ ابْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ قَالَ

أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَيْلَةَ أُسْرِيَ بِهِ بِإِيلِيَاءَ بِقَدَحَيْنِ مِنْ خَمْرٍ وَلَبَنٍ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِمَا فَأَخَذَ اللَّبَنَ قَالَ جِبْرِيلُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي هَدَاكَ لِلْفِطْرَةِ لَوْ أَخَذْتَ الْخَمْرَ غَوَتْ أُمَّتُكَ  

bukhari:5576Abū al-Yamān > Shuʿayb > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab > Abū Hurayrah

On the night Messenger of Allah ﷺ was taken on a night journey (Miraj) two cups, one containing wine and the other milk, were presented to him at Jerusalem. He looked at it and took the cup of milk. Gabriel said, "Praise be to Allah Who guided you to Al-Fitra (the right path); if you had taken (the cup of) wine, your nation would have gone astray."  

البخاري:٥٥٧٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ أَخْبَرَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أُتِيَ لَيْلَةَ أُسْرِيَ بِهِ بِإِيلِيَاءَ بِقَدَحَيْنِ مِنْ خَمْرٍ وَلَبَنٍ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِمَا ثُمَّ أَخَذَ اللَّبَنَ فَقَالَ جِبْرِيلُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي هَدَاكَ لِلْفِطْرَةِ وَلَوْ أَخَذْتَ الْخَمْرَ غَوَتْ أُمَّتُكَ  

تَابَعَهُ مَعْمَرٌ وَابْنُ الْهَادِ وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ وَالزُّبَيْدِيُّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ
nasai:5657Sūwayd > ʿAbdullāh > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab > Abū Hurayrah

"On the night on which he was taken on the Night Journey (Al-Isra'), two cups, of wine and milk, were brought to the Messenger of Allah [SAW]. He looked at them and chose the milk. Jibril, peace be upon him, said to him: 'Praise be to Allah Who has guided you to the Fitrah. If you have chosen the wine, your Ummah would have gone astray.'"  

النسائي:٥٦٥٧أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدٌ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَيْلَةَ أُسْرِيَ بِهِ بِقَدَحَيْنِ مِنْ خَمْرٍ وَلَبَنٍ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِمَا فَأَخَذَ اللَّبَنَ فَقَالَ لَهُ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي هَدَاكَ لِلْفِطْرَةِ لَوْ أَخَذْتَ الْخَمْرَ غَوَتْ أُمَّتُكَ  

ahmad:10647Rawḥ > Ṣāliḥ b. Abū al-Akhḍar > Ibn Shihāb > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Abū Hurayrah

"On the night on which he was taken on the Night Journey (Al-Isra'), two cups, of wine and milk, were brought to the Messenger of Allah [SAW]. He looked at them and chose the milk. Jibril, peace be upon him, said to him: 'Praise be to Allah Who has guided you to the Fitrah. If you have chosen the wine, your Ummah would have gone astray.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5657)   

أحمد:١٠٦٤٧حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا صَالِحُ بْنُ أَبِي الْأَخْضَرِ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ شِهَابٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْلَةَ أُسْرِيَ بِي أُتِيتُ بِقَدَحَيْنِ قَدَحِ لَبَنٍ وَقَدَحِ خَمْرٍ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِمَا فَأَخَذْتُ اللَّبَنَ فَقَالَ جِبْرِيلُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي هَدَاكَ لِلْفِطْرَةِ لَوْ أَخَذْتَ الْخَمْرَ غَوَتْ أُمَّتُكَ  

darimi:2133al-Ḥakam b. Nāfiʿ > Shuʿayb > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Abū Hurayrah

On the night Messenger of Allah ﷺ was taken on a night journey (Miraj) two cups, one containing wine and the other milk, were presented to him at Jerusalem. He looked at it and took the cup of milk. Gabriel said, "Praise be to Allah Who guided you to Al-Fitra (the right path); if you had taken (the cup of) wine, your nation would have gone astray." (Using translation from Bukhārī 5576)  

الدارمي:٢١٣٣أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعَيْبٌ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيِّبِ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ أُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَيْلَةَ أُسْرِيَ بِهِ بِإِيلِيَاءَ بِقَدَحَيْنِ مِنْ خَمْرٍ وَلَبَنٍ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِمَا ثُمَّ أَخَذَ اللَّبَنَ فَقَالَ جِِبْرَائِِيلُ «الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي هَدَاكَ لِلْفِطْرَةِ لَوْ أَخَذْتَ الْخَمْرَ غَوَتْ أُمَّتُكَ»  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ قَوْلَهُ ﷺ فَقِيلَ: «هُدِيتَ الْفِطْرَةَ» أَرَادَ بِهِ: أَنَّ جِبْرِيلَ قَالَ لَهُ ذَلِكَ

ibnhibban:52Muḥammad b. ʿUbaydullāh b. al-Faḍl al-Kalāʿī Biḥimṣ > Kathīr b. ʿUbayd al-Madhḥijī > Muḥammad b. Ḥarb > al-Zubaydī > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Abū Hurayrah

Praise is due to Allah Who guided you to the true nature; had you taken the one containing wine, Your Umma would have gone astray. (Using translation from Muslim 168b)   

ابن حبّان:٥٢أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ الْكَلَاعِيُّ بِحِمْصَ حَدَّثَنَا كَثِيرُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الْمَذْحِجِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ عَنِ الزُّبَيْدِيِّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ «أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَيْلَةَ أُسْرِيَ بِهِ بِقَدَحَيْنِ مِنْ خَمْرٍ وَلَبَنٍ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِمَا ثُمَّ أَخَذَ اللَّبَنَ فَقَالَ لَهُ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ هُدِيتَ الْفِطْرَةَ وَلَوْ أَخَذْتَ الْخَمْرَ غَوَتْ أُمَّتُكَ»  

tabarani:7313Yaḥyá b. ʿUthmān b. Ṣāliḥ > Abū al-Aswad al-Naḍr b. ʿAbd al-Jabbār > Ibn Lahīʿah > Yazīd b. Abū Ḥabīb > Jaʿfar b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿUbayd b. ʿUmayr al-Laythī > Ṣuhayb b. Sinān > Lammā ʿUriḍ

[Machine] When water, then wine, then milk were presented to the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , he took the milk and said to him, Jibril, "You have chosen the fitrah (natural disposition). With it, every living creature is punished. If you had taken the wine, you would have gone astray and your nation would have also gone astray. And he pointed to the valley known as Hellfire. So I looked into it and saw that it was blazing.  

الطبراني:٧٣١٣حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ ثنا أَبُو الْأَسْوَدِ النَّضْرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ ثنا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ أَنَّ جَعْفَرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عُبَيْدَ بْنَ عُمَيْرٍ اللَّيْثِيَّ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ صُهَيْبِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ

لَمَّا عُرِضَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى الله عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمِ الْمَاءُ ثُمَّ الْخَمْرُ ثُمَّ اللَّبَنُ أَخَذَ اللَّبَنَ فَقَالَ لَهُ جِبْرِيلُ أَصَبْتَ أَخَذْتَ الْفِطْرَةَ وَبِهَا عُذِّبَتْ كُلُّ دَابَّةٍ وَلَوْ أَخَذْتَ الْخَمْرَ غَوَيْتَ وَغَوَتْ أُمَّتُكَ وَكُنْتَ مِنْ أَهْلِ هَذِهِ وَأَشَارَ إِلَى الْوَادِي الَّذِي يُقَالُ لَهُ وَادِي جَهَنَّمَ فَنَظَرْتُ فِيهِ فَإِذَا هُوَ يَلْتَهِبُ  

nasai-kubra:7592Muḥammad b. ʿĀmir > Manṣūr > al-Layth > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Ḥakam > Shuʿayb > al-Layth > Ibn al-Hād > ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > Ibn Shihāb > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ was presented with two cups one containing wine and the other milk on the night of his night journey at Jerusalem. He looked at it and took the milk. Gabriel said, "Thanks to Allah Who guided you to the Fitra (i.e. Islam); if you had taken the wine, your followers would have gone astray. (Using translation from Bukhārī 4709)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٥٩٢أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَنْصُورٌ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا اللَّيْثُ وَأَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ شُعَيْبٍ عَنِ اللَّيْثِ عَنِ ابْنِ الْهَادِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْلَةَ أُسْرِيَ بِهِ إِلَى إِيلِيَاءَ بِقَدَحَيْنِ خَمْرٍ وَلَبَنٍ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهَا ثُمَّ أَخَذَ اللَّبَنَ فَقَالَ لَهُ جِبْرِيلُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي هَدَاكَ لِلْفِطْرَةِ لَوْ أَخَذْتَ الْخَمْرَ غَوَتْ أُمَّتُكَ  

nasai-kubra:7596Kathīr b. ʿUbayd And Muḥammad b. Ṣadaqah > Muḥammad b. Ḥarb > al-Zubaydī > al-Zuhrī > Ibn al-Musayyib > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ was presented with two cups one containing wine and the other milk on the night of his night journey at Jerusalem. He looked at it and took the milk. Gabriel said, "Thanks to Allah Who guided you to the Fitra (i.e. Islam); if you had taken the wine, your followers would have gone astray. (Using translation from Bukhārī 4709)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٥٩٦أَخْبَرَنَا كَثِيرُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ صَدَقَةَ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ عَنِ الزُّبَيْدِيِّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْلَةَ أُسْرِيَ بِهِ بِقَدَحَيْنِ مِنْ خَمْرٍ وَلَبَنٍ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِمَا ثُمَّ أَخَذَ اللَّبَنَ فَقَالَ جِبْرِيلُ هُدِيتَ لِلْفِطْرَةِ لَوْ أَخَذْتَ الْخَمْرَ غَوْتَ أُمَّتُكَ  

nasai-kubra:5147Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh / Ibn al-Mubārak > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ was presented with two cups one containing wine and the other milk on the night of his night journey at Jerusalem. He looked at it and took the milk. Gabriel said, "Thanks to Allah Who guided you to the Fitra (i.e. Islam); if you had taken the wine, your followers would have gone astray. (Using translation from Bukhārī 4709)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٥١٤٧أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْلَةَ أُسْرِيَ بِهِ بِقَدَحَيْنِ مِنْ خَمْرٍ وَلَبَنٍ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِمَا فَأَخَذَ اللَّبَنَ فَقَالَ لَهُ جِبْرِيلُ «الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي هَدَاكَ لِلْفِطْرَةِ لَوْ أَخَذَتِ الْخَمْرَ غَوَتْ أُمَّتُكَ»  

bayhaqi:17331Abū al-Ḥusayn b. Bishrān> Ismāʿīl b. Muḥammad al-Ṣaffār > ʿAbd al-Karīm b. al-Haytham al-Dayriʿāqūlī > Abū al-Yamān al-Ḥakam b. Nāfiʿ > Shuʿayb b. Abū Ḥamzah > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ was presented with two cups one containing wine and the other milk on the night of his night journey at Jerusalem. He looked at it and took the milk. Gabriel said, "Thanks to Allah Who guided you to the Fitra (i.e. Islam); if you had taken the wine, your followers would have gone astray. (Using translation from Bukhārī 4709)   

البيهقي:١٧٣٣١أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ بِشْرَانَ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا عَبْدُ الْكَرِيمِ بْنُ الْهَيْثَمِ الدَّيْرِعَاقُولِيُّ ثنا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ الْحَكَمُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ أَخْبَرَنِي شُعَيْبُ بْنُ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيِّبِ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْلَةَ أُسْرِيَ بِهِ بِإِيلِيَّا بِقَدَحَيْنِ مِنْ خَمْرٍ وَلَبَنٍ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِمَا ثُمَّ أَخَذَ اللَّبَنَ فَقَالَ جِبْرَائِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي هَدَاكَ لِلْفِطْرَةِ وَلَوْ أَخَذْتَ الْخَمْرَ غَوَتْ أُمَّتُكَ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَبِي الْيَمَانِ