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muslim:2099eIsḥāq b. Manṣūr > Rawḥ b. ʿUbādah > ʿUbaydullāh / Ibn al-Akhnas > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

None of you should lie on his back and place one of his feet upon the other.  

مسلم:٢٠٩٩eوَحَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ أَخْبَرَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الأَخْنَسِ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَسْتَلْقِيَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ ثُمَّ يَضَعُ إِحْدَى رِجْلَيْهِ عَلَى الأُخْرَى  


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ahmad:14198Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > ʿUbaydullāh b. al-Akhnas > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "When one of you sits or reclines, do not place one of your feet over the other."  

أحمد:١٤١٩٨حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْأَخْنَسِ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا جَلَسَ أَوْ اسْتَلْقَى أَحَدُكُمْ فَلَا يَضَعْ رِجْلَيْهِ إِحْدَاهُمَا عَلَى الْأُخْرَى  

ibnhibban:5551ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Mūsá > Hishām b. ʿAmmār > al-Walīd b. Muslim > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A person should not recline on one side and place one leg on top of the other."  

ابن حبّان:٥٥٥١أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُوسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا يَسْتَلْقِ الْإِنْسَانُ عَلَى قَفَاهُ وَيَضَعْ إِحْدَى رِجْلَيْهِ عَلَى الْأُخْرَى»