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nasai-kubra:10716Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > Abū ʿĀmir > Zuhayr > Ṣāliḥ b. Kaysān > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] "That the rooster made a sound in the presence of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and a man from the Ansar cursed him, so he (the Messenger) said, 'Do not curse the rooster, for indeed it calls to prayer.'"  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٧١٦أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِي عَامِرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّ الدِّيكَ صَوَّتَ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَسَبَّهُ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَقَالَ «لَا تَسُبُّوا الدِّيكَ فَإِنَّهُ يَدْعُو إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ»  


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ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ سَبِّ الْمَرْءِ الدِّيَكَةَ، لِأَنَّهَا تَحُثُّ الْمُسْلِمِينَ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ

ibnhibban:5731Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > Abū Khaythamah > Yazīd b. Hārūn > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Salamah > Ṣāliḥ b. Kaysān > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Zayd b. Khālid al-Juhanī

The Prophet ﷺ said: Do not curse the cock, for it awakens for prayer. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 5101)   

ابن حبّان:٥٧٣١أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا تَسُبُّوا الدِّيكَ فَإِنَّهُ يَدْعُو إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ»