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muslim:2411aManṣūr b. Abū Muzāḥim > Ibrāhīm / Ibn Saʿd from his father > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaddād > ʿAlī

Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not gather his parents except in case of Saʿd b. Malik that he said to him on the Day of Uhud: Shoot an arrow, may my father and mother be taken as ransom for you.  

مسلم:٢٤١١aحَدَّثَنَا مَنْصُورُ بْنُ أَبِي مُزَاحِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَدَّادٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا يَقُولُ مَا جَمَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَبَوَيْهِ لأَحَدٍ غَيْرَ سَعْدِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ فَإِنَّهُ جَعَلَ يَقُولُ لَهُ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ ارْمِ فِدَاكَ أَبِي وَأُمِّي  


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bukhari:4059Yasarah b. Ṣafwān > Ibrāhīm from his father > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaddād > ʿAlī > Mā

I have never heard the Prophet ﷺ mentioning his father and mother for anybody other than Saʿd bin Malik. I heard him saying on the day of Uhud, "O Saʿd throw (arrows)! Let my father and mother be sacrificed for you !"  

البخاري:٤٠٥٩حَدَّثَنَا يَسَرَةُ بْنُ صَفْوَانَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَدَّادٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ قَالَ مَا

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ جَمَعَ أَبَوَيْهِ لأَحَدٍ إِلاَّ لِسَعْدِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ يَا سَعْدُ ارْمِ فِدَاكَ أَبِي وَأُمِّي  

tirmidhi:3753al-Ḥasan b. al-Ṣabbāḥ al-Bazzār > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > ʿAlī b. Zayd And Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd Samiʿā Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab > ʿAlī

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not mention both (his) parents for anyone except Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas. On the Day of (the battle of) Uhud he said: 'Shoot, may my father and mother be ransomed for you.' And he said to him: 'Shoot O young man.'"  

الترمذي:٣٧٥٣حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ الْبَزَّارُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ وَيَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ سَمِعَا سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيَّبِ يَقُولُ قَالَ

عَلِيٌّ مَا جَمَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَبَاهُ وَأُمَّهُ لأَحَدٍ إِلاَّ لِسَعْدٍ قَالَ لَهُ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ ارْمِ فِدَاكَ أَبِي وَأُمِّي وَقَالَ لَهُ ارْمِ أَيُّهَا الْغُلاَمُ الْحَزَوَّرُ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَقَدْ رَوَى غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ سَعْدٍ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ سَعْدٍ
ibnmajah:129Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaddād > ʿAlī

"I never saw the Messenger of Allah mention his parents together for anyone except Sa'd bin Malik. He said to him on the Day of Uhud: 'Shoot, Sa'd! May my father and mother be sacrificed for you!'"  

ابن ماجة:١٢٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَدَّادٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ جَمَعَ أَبَوَيْهِ لأَحَدٍ غَيْرِ سَعْدِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ فَإِنَّهُ قَالَ لَهُ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ ارْمِ سَعْدُ فِدَاكَ أَبِي وَأُمِّي  

ahmad:709Yaʿqūb And Saʿd from my father from his father > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaddād > Saʿd Ibn al-Hād > ʿAlī > Mā

Saʿd bin al-Hadi said: I heard ʿAli ؓ say: I never heard the Prophet ﷺ mention his father and mother together (in the phrase ʿmay my father and mother be sacrificed for youʿ) for anyone except Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas. I heard him say on the day of Uhud: ʿShoot, O Saʿd, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you!ʿ  

أحمد:٧٠٩حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ وَسَعْدٌ قَالا حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ شَدَّادٍ قَالَ سَعْدٌ ابْنِ الْهَادِ سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا يَقُولُ مَا

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَجْمَعُ أَبَاهُ وَأُمَّهُ لِأَحَدٍ غَيْرَ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ ارْمِ يَا سَعْدُ فِدَاكَ أَبِي وَأُمِّي  

ahmad:1017Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaddād > ʿAlī > Mā

I never heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say ʿMay my father and mother be sacrificed for you.ʿ to anyone except Saʿd bin Malik, I heard him say to him on the day of Uhud. “Shoot, Saʿd, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you!ʿ  

أحمد:١٠١٧حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ شَدَّادٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ مَا

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُفَدِّي أَحَدًا بِأَبَوَيْهِ إِلا سَعْدَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ لَهُ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ ارْمِ سَعْدُ فِدَاكَ أَبِي وَأُمِّي  

ahmad:1147Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah And Ḥajjāj > Shuʿbah > Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaddād

I heard ‘Abdullah bin Shaddad say: ʿAli ؓ said: I never saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ mention both of his parents for anyone except Saʿd bin Malik ؓ . On the day of Uhud he started saying: ʿShoot, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you!”  

أحمد:١١٤٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ وَحَجَّاجٌ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ شَدَّادٍ يَقُولُ قَالَ

عَلِيٌّ مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ جَمَعَ أَبَوَيْهِ لِأَحَدٍ غَيْرِ سَعْدِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ فَإِنَّهُ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ جَعَلَ يَقُولُ ارْمِ فِدَاكَ أَبِي وَأُمِّي  

ذِكْرُ جَمْعِ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ أَبَوَيْهِ لِسَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ

ibnhibban:6988al-Faḍl b. al-Ḥubāb > Ibrāhīm b. Bashhār > Sufyān > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > ʿAlī b. Abū Ṭālib And Sufyān > Misʿar > Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaddād > ʿAlī > Mā

[Machine] I heard the Prophet ﷺ gathered both of his parents for someone except for Saad, as he said to him on the day of Uhud: "May my father and mother be sacrificed for you."  

ابن حبّان:٦٩٨٨أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ وَسُفْيَانُ عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَدَّادٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ مَا

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ جَمَعَ أَبَوَيْهِ لِأَحَدٍ إِلَّا لِسَعْدٍ فَإِنَّهُ قَالَ لَهُ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ «ارْمِ فِدَاكَ أَبِي وَأُمِّي»  

nasai-kubra:9949Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Yaḥyá > Sufyān > Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaddād > ʿAlī

[Machine] I have never seen the Prophet ﷺ gather his parents for anyone except for Saad, as he said, "I sacrifice my father and mother for you."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٩٤٩أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ شَدَّادٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

مَا رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ جَمَعَ أَبَوَيْهِ لِأَحَدٍ إِلَّا لِسَعْدٍ فَإِنَّهُ قَالَ «ارْمِ فِدَاكَ أَبِي وَأُمِّي»  

nasai-kubra:9950Sulaymān b. Maṭar al-Naysābūrī > Sufyān > Ibn Judʿān > Saʿīd > Ibn al-Musayyab > ʿAlī

I heard ‘Abdullah bin Shaddad say: ʿAli ؓ said: I never saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ mention both of his parents for anyone except Saʿd bin Malik ؓ . On the day of Uhud he started saying: ʿShoot, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you!” (Using translation from Aḥmad 1147)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٩٥٠أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ مَطَرٍ النَّيْسَابُورِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ ابْنِ جُدْعَانَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ هُوَ ابْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ جَمَعَ أَبَوَيْهِ لِأَحَدٍ غَيْرِهِ يَعْنِي سَعْدًا فَإِنَّهُ قَالَ لَهُ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ «ارْمِ فِدَاكَ أَبِي وَأُمِّي»  

nasai-kubra:9960ʿUbaydullāh b. Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd from my uncle > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > Ismāʿīl b. Muḥammad

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the day of Uhud saying, "Test Sa'd, for Allah has tested him. O Allah, I sacrifice my father and mother for you."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٩٦٠أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَمِّي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ جَعْفَرٍ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ وَكَانَ أَبِي يَزِيدُ فِي إِسْنَادِهِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ يَقُولُ «أَنْبِلُوا سَعْدًا ارْمِ رَمَى اللهُ لَكَ ارْمِ فِدَاكَ أَبِي وَأُمِّي»