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nasai-kubra:11214 – Yaḥyá b. Ḥakīm > Ibn Abū ʿAdī > Shuʿbah > Yaʿlá b. ʿAṭāʾ > Wakīʿ b. ʿUdus from his uncle Abū Razīn al-ʿUqaylī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said: "The example of a believer is like that of a bee, it only eats what is good and only produces what is good."  

الكبرى للنسائي:١١٢١٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَكِيمٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ وَكِيعِ بْنِ عُدُسٍ عَنْ عَمِّهِ أَبِي رَزِينٍ الْعُقَيْلِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ مَثَلُ النِّحْلَةِ لَا تَأْكُلُ إِلَّا طَيِّبًا وَلَا تَضَعُ إِلَّا طَيِّبًا»  

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Collected by Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Suyūṭī

ذِكْرُ تَمْثِيلِ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ الْمُؤْمِنَ بِالنَّحْلَةِ فِي أَكْلِ الطَّيِّبِ وَوَضْعِ الطَّيِّبِ

ibnhibban:247 – ʿAbdullāh b. Qaḥṭabah > al-ʿAbbās b. ʿAbd al-ʿAẓīm al-ʿAnbarī > Muʾammal b. Ismāʿīl > Shuʿbah > Yaʿlá b. ʿAṭāʾ > Wakīʿ b. ʿUdus from his uncle Abū Razīn

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "The example of a believer is like that of a bee, it only eats what is good and pure, and it only leaves behind what is good and pure."  

ابن حبّان:٢٤٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ قَحْطَبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَظِيمِ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُؤَمَّلُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ وَكِيعِ بْنِ عُدُسٍ عَنْ عَمِّهِ أَبِي رَزِينٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ مَثَلُ النَّحْلَةِ لَا تَأْكُلُ إِلَّا طَيِّبًا وَلَا تَضَعُ إِلَّا طَيِّبًا»  

tabarani:16570 – Abū Muslim al-Kashhī > Ḥajjāj b. Nuṣayr > Shuʿbah > Yaʿlá b. ʿAṭāʾ > Wakīʿ b. ʿUdus from his uncle Bī Razīn al-ʿUqaylī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The example of a believer is like that of a bee, it eats only what is good and it only lays down what is good."  

الطبراني:١٦٥٧٠ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْكَشِّيُّ ثنا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ نُصَيْرٍ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ عَطَاءٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ وَكِيعَ بْنَ عُدُسٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَمِّهِ أبِي رَزِينٍ الْعُقَيْلِيِّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ مِثْلَ النَّحْلَةِ لَا تَأْكُلُ إِلَّا طَيِّبًا وَلَا تَضَعُ إِلَّا طَيِّبًا»  

tabarani:16571 – Ḥajjāj b. ʿImrān al-Sadūsī > Abū Salamah Yaḥyá b. Khalaf al-Jūbārī > Muḥammad b. Abū ʿAdī > Shuʿbah > Yaʿlá b. ʿAṭāʾ > Wakīʿ b. ʿUdus > Bī Razīn

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The example of a believer is like that of a bee, it only eats what is good and only leaves behind what is good."  

الطبراني:١٦٥٧١ – حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ عِمْرَانَ السَّدُوسِيُّ ثنا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ يَحْيَى بْنُ خَلَفٍ الْجُوبَارِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ وَكِيعِ بْنِ عُدُسٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أبِي رَزِينٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ مِثْلَ النَّحْلَةِ لَا يَأْكُلُ إِلَّا طَيِّبًا وَلَا يَضَعُ إِلَّا طَيِّبًا»