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nasai-kubra:3759Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Layth > Abū al-Zubayr

That when they were present with the Messenger of Allah in Al-Madinah, he sent the Hadi, and whoever wanted to enter Ihram did so, and whoever did not want to, did not. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2792)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٧٥٩أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ

عَنْ جَابِرٍ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا إِذَا كَانُوا حَاضِرِينَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِالْمَدِينَةِ «يَبْعَثُ بِالْهَدْيِ فَمَنْ شَاءَ أَحْرَمَ وَمَنْ شَاءَ تَرَكَ»  


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nasai:2792Qutaybah > al-Layth > Abū al-Zubayr

That when they were present with the Messenger of Allah in Al-Madinah, he sent the Hadi, and whoever wanted to enter Ihram did so, and whoever did not want to, did not.  

النسائي:٢٧٩٢أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ

عَنْ جَابِرٍ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا إِذَا كَانُوا حَاضِرِينَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِالْمَدِينَةِ بَعَثَ بِالْهَدْىِ فَمَنْ شَاءَ أَحْرَمَ وَمَنْ شَاءَ تَرَكَ  

ahmad:14776Ḥujayn And Yūnus > al-Layth b. Saʿd > Abū al-Zubayr

That when they were present with the Messenger of Allah in Al-Madinah, he sent the Hadi, and whoever wanted to enter Ihram did so, and whoever did not want to, did not. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2792)   

أحمد:١٤٧٧٦حَدَّثَنَا حُجَيْنٌ وَيُونُسُ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ

عَنْ جَابِرٍ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا إِذَا حَضَرُوا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَبَعَثَ بِالْهَدْيِ فَمَنْ شَاءَ مِنَّا أَحْرَمَ وَمَنْ شَاءَ تَرَكَ  

ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْحَاجِّ بَعْثَ الْهَدْيِ وَسَوْقَهَا مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ

ibnhibban:3999Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. Qutaybah > Yazīd b. Mawhab > al-Layth > Abū al-Zubayr

That when they were present with the Messenger of Allah in Al-Madinah, he sent the Hadi, and whoever wanted to enter Ihram did so, and whoever did not want to, did not. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2792)   

ابن حبّان:٣٩٩٩أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ مَوْهَبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ

عَنْ جَابِرٍ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا حَاضِرِينَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِالْمَدِينَةِ «يَبْعَثُ بِالْهَدْيِ فَمَنْ شَاءَ مِنَّا أَخَّرَ وَمَنْ شَاءَ تَرَكَ»