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muslim:427b – ʿAmr al-Nāqid And Zuhayr b. Ḥarb > Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > Yūnus > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Does the man who lifts his head before the Imam not fear that Allah may change his face into that of an ass?  

مسلم:٤٢٧b – حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا يَأْمَنُ الَّذِي يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ فِي صَلاَتِهِ قَبْلَ الإِمَامِ أَنْ يُحَوِّلَ اللَّهُ صُورَتَهُ فِي صُورَةِ حِمَارٍ  

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muslim:427a – Khalaf b. Hishām And ʾAbū al-Rabīʿ al-Zahrānī Waqutaybah b. Saʿīd > Ḥammād > Khalaf > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Does the man who lifts his head ahead of the Imam (from prostration) not fear that Allah may change his head into the head of an ass?  

مسلم:٤٢٧a – حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ وَأَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ وَقُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ كُلُّهُمْ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ قَالَ خَلَفٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ

مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ أَمَا يَخْشَى الَّذِي يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ قَبْلَ الإِمَامِ أَنْ يُحَوِّلَ اللَّهُ رَأْسَهُ رَأْسَ حِمَارٍ  

ibnmajah:961 – Ḥumayd b. Masʿadah And Sūwayd b. Saʿīd > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Does not the one who raises his head before the Imam fear that Allah may turn his head into the head of a donkey?’”  

ابن ماجة:٩٦١ – حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ وَسُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ

رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَلاَ يَخْشَى الَّذِي يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ قَبْلَ الإِمَامِ أَنْ يُحَوِّلَ اللَّهُ رَأْسَهُ رَأْسَ حِمَارٍ؟  

ahmad:9495 – Ismāʿīl > Yūnus b. ʿUbayd > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Does the man who lifts his head before the Imam not fear that Allah may change his face into that of an ass? (Using translation from Muslim 427b)  

أحمد:٩٤٩٥ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا يُؤْمَنُ الَّذِي يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ فِي صَلَاتِهِ قَبْلَ الْإِمَامِ أَنْ يُحَوِّلَ اللهُ صُورَتَهُ صُورَةَ حِمَارٍ  

ahmad:7535 – ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Yūnus / Ibn ʿUbayd > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "He who raises his head before the imam, while still with the imam, it is as if he has transformed the image of Allah into the image of a donkey."  

أحمد:٧٥٣٥ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى عَنْ يُونُسَ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا يُؤْمِنُ الَّذِي يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ قَبْلَ الْإِمَامِ وَهُوَ مَعَ الْإِمَامِ أَنْ يُحَوِّلَ اللهُ صُورَتَهُ صُورَةَ حِمَارٍ  

ahmad:7668 – ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "The one who raises his head before the imam finishes (the prayer) will have his head transformed into that of a donkey by Allah."  

أحمد:٧٦٦٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَا يُؤْمِنُ الَّذِي يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ قَبْلَ الْإِمَامِ أَنْ يَرُدَّ اللهُ رَأْسَهُ رَأْسَ حِمَارٍ؟  

ibnhibban:2282 – ʿImrān b. Mūsá b. Mujāshiʿ > Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad b. al-ʿAbbās al-Shāfiʿī And ʿUbayd Allāh b. ʿUmar al-Qawārīrī And Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd b. Ḥisāb Washaybān b. Farrūkh > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Does not the one who raises his head before the Imam fear that Allah may turn his head into the head of a donkey?’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 961)  

ابن حبّان:٢٢٨٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ مُجَاشِعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ الشَّافِعِيُّ وَعُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ حِسَابٍ وَشَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخٍ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَمَا يَخْشَى الَّذِي يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ قَبْلَ الْإِمَامِ أَنْ يُحَوِّلَ اللَّهُ رَأْسَهُ رَأْسَ حِمَارٍ»  

bayhaqi:2599 – Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf al-Aṣbahānī > Abū Saʿīd Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Ziyād al-Baṣrī Bimakkah > al-Haytham b. Sahl al-Tustarī > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Does not the one who raises his head before the Imam fear that Allah may turn his head into the head of a donkey?’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 961)   

البيهقي:٢٥٩٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ ثنا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ الْبَصْرِيُّ بِمَكَّةَ ثنا الْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَا يَخْشَى الَّذِي يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ قَبْلَ الْإِمَامِ أَنْ يَحُوِّلَ اللهُ رَأْسَهُ رَأْسَ حِمَارٍ