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nasai-kubra:4192 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Muḥammad b. Rāfiʿ > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Sālim

[Machine] And she said, "Verily, this was revealed by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ because he found this to be more lenient for his departure." And the wording is from Muhammad.  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤١٩٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ وَأَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ كَانَ يَنْزِلُ الْأَبْطَحَ قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ وَأَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّهَا لَمْ تَكُنْ تَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ

وَقَالَتْ «إِنَّمَا نَزَلَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ هَذَا أَسْمَحَ لِخُرُوجِهِ» وَاللَّفْظُ لِمُحَمَّدٍ  

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Collected by Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān
tirmidhi:923 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Ḥabīb al-Muʿallim > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

"The Messenger of Allah only camped at Al-Abtah because it was easier for his departure."  

الترمذي:٩٢٣ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَبِيبٌ الْمُعَلِّمُ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

إِنَّمَا نَزَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الأَبْطَحَ لأَنَّهُ كَانَ أَسْمَحَ لِخُرُوجِهِ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ نَحْوَهُ
ahmad:25885 – ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah > Lam Takun Tafʿal Dhalik

"The Messenger of Allah only camped at Al-Abtah because it was easier for his departure." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 923)   

أحمد:٢٥٨٨٥ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ قَالَ قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ وَأَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّهَا لَمْ تَكُنْ تَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ

وَقَالَتْ إِنَّمَا نَزَلَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ مَنْزِلًا أَسْمَحَ لِخُرُوجِهِ  

ذِكْرُ مَا يُسْتَحَبُّ لِلْحَاجِّ إِذَا أَرَادَ الْقُفُولَ أَنْ يَتَحَصَّبَ لَيْلَتَئِذٍ لِيَكُونَ أَسْهَلَ لِظُعُنِهِ

ibnhibban:3896 – Ḥāmid b. Muḥammad b. Shuʿayb > Surayj b. Yūnus > Sufyān > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > Asmāʾ And ʿĀʾishah Kānatā Lā Tuḥaṣṣibān

"The Messenger of Allah only camped at Al-Abtah because it was easier for his departure." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 923)   

ابن حبّان:٣٨٩٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا حَامِدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُرَيْجُ بْنُ يُونُسَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ أَسْمَاءَ وَعَائِشَةَ كَانَتَا لَا تُحَصِّبَانِ قَالَتْ

عَائِشَةُ «إِنَّمَا نَزَلَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ أَسْمَحَ لِخُرُوجِهِ»