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قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: {كَلِمَةً طَيِّبَةً كَشَجَرَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ} [إبراهيم: 24]

nasai-kubra:11198Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > al-Naḍr b. Shumayl > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Shuʿayb b. al-Ḥubḥāb > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came wearing a mask made of silk. He said, "A good word is like a good tree." He said, "It is the palm tree."  

الكبرى للنسائي:١١١٩٨أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَخْبَرَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ الْحُبْحَابِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِقِنَاعٍ مِنْ بُسْرٍ فَقَالَ وَمَثَلُ كَلِمَةً طَيِّبَةً كَشَجَرَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ قَالَ «هِيَ النَّخْلَةُ»  


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hakim:3341al-Ḥusayn b. Ayyūb > Abū Yaḥyá b. Abū Masarrah > al-ʿAlāʾ b. ʿAbd al-Jabbār al-ʿAṭṭār > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Shuʿayb b. al-Ḥabḥāb > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was brought a mask made of musk. He recited the example of a good word like a good tree and said, "It is the date palm tree."  

الحاكم:٣٣٤١أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ ثنا أَبُو يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي مَسَرَّةَ ثنا الْعَلَاءُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ الْعَطَّارُ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ الْحَبْحَابِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكِ قَالَ

أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِقِنَاعٍ مِنْ بُسْرٍ «فَقَرَأَ» مَثَلُ كَلِمَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ كَشَجَرَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ قَالَ «هِيَ النَّخْلَةُ»  

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