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muslim:2230 – Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná al-ʿAnazī > Yaḥyá / Ibn Saʿīd > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ṣafiyyah

He who visits a diviner ('Arraf) and asks him about anything, his prayers extending to forty nights will not be accepted.

مسلم:٢٢٣٠ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى الْعَنَزِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ صَفِيَّةَ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ أَتَى عَرَّافًا فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ شَىْءٍ لَمْ تُقْبَلْ لَهُ صَلاَةٌ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً

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ahmad:16638 – Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ṣafiyyah

He who visits a diviner ('Arraf) and asks him about anything, his prayers extending to forty nights will not be accepted. (Using translation from Muslim 2230)

أحمد:١٦٦٣٨ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي نَافِعٌ عَنْ صَفِيَّةَ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ أَتَى عَرَّافًا فَصَدَّقَهُ بِمَا يَقُولُ لَمْ تُقْبَلْ لَهُ صَلَاةٌ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا

ahmad:23222 – Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ṣafiyyah

He who visits a diviner ('Arraf) and asks him about anything, his prayers extending to forty nights will not be accepted. (Using translation from Muslim 2230)

أحمد:٢٣٢٢٢ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ حَدَّثَنِي نَافِعٌ عَنْ صَفِيَّةَ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ أَتَى عَرَّافًا فَصَدَّقَهُ بِمَا يَقُولُ لَمْ تُقْبَلْ لَهُ صَلَاةٌ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا

tabarani:19788 – Aḥmad b. ʿAmr al-Khallāl > Yaʿqūb b. Ḥumayd > ʿAbdullāh b. Rajāʾ > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > Nāfiʿ > Ṣafiyyah b. Abū ʿUbayd

[Machine] From some of the wives of the Prophet ﷺ , it is reported that he said, "Whoever goes to a fortune-teller, Allah will not accept his prayer for forty days." This narration is attributed.

الطبراني:١٩٧٨٨ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الْخَلَّالُ ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ رَجَاءٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ

عَنْ بَعْضِ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ «مَنْ مَشَى إِلَى عَرَّافٍ لَمْ يَقْبَلِ اللهُ لَهُ صَلَاةً أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا» مَوْقُوفٌ

bayhaqi:16510 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Bālawayh > Mūsá b. Hārūn > Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ṣafiyyah

He who visits a diviner ('Arraf) and asks him about anything, his prayers extending to forty nights will not be accepted. (Using translation from Muslim 2230)

البيهقي:١٦٥١٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ بَالَوَيْهِ ثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ هَارُونَ ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ صَفِيَّةَ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ أَتَى عَرَّافًا فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ شَيْءٍ لَمْ تُقْبَلْ لَهُ صَلَاةٌ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً

suyuti:20111a –
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السيوطي:٢٠١١١a –

"مَنْ أَتَى عَرَّافًا فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ شَيْءٍ لَمْ تُقْبَلْ لَهُ صَلاةٌ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيلَةً".

[حم] أحمد [م] مسلم [ق] البيهقى في السنن عن بعض أَزواج النبي ﷺ