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nasai-kubra:4802Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Abū Mūsá > Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Abū Mūsá > Wahbb. Munabbih > Ibn ʿAbbās

"Whoever lives in the desert, he becomes hard-hearted, and whoever follows game becomes preoccupied with it (and neglectful toward other duties), and whoever follows the ruler will put himself through trial."(Sahih) The wording is of Ibn Al-Muthanna. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4309)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٨٠٢أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى وَأَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ مُنَبِّهٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ سَكَنَ الْبَادِيَةَ جَفَا وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَ الصَّيْدَ غَفَلَ وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَ السُّلْطَانَ افْتُتِنَ» وَالْحَدِيثُ لِابْنِ الْمُثَنَّى  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Suyūṭī
nasai:4309[Chain 1] Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Abū Mūsá [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Abū Mūsá > Wahbb. Munabbih > Ibn ʿAbbās

"Whoever lives in the desert, he becomes hard-hearted, and whoever follows game becomes preoccupied with it (and neglectful toward other duties), and whoever follows the ruler will put himself through trial."(Sahih) The wording is of Ibn Al-Muthanna.  

النسائي:٤٣٠٩أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى ح وَأَنْبَأَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ مُنَبِّهٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ سَكَنَ الْبَادِيَةَ جَفَا وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَ الصَّيْدَ غَفُلَ وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَ السُّلْطَانَ افْتُتِنَ وَاللَّفْظُ لاِبْنِ الْمُثَنَّى  

abudawud:2859Musaddad > Yaḥyá > Sufyān > Abū Mūsá > Wahbb. Munabbih > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said: (the narrator Sufyan said: I do not know but that it [the tradition] has been transmitted from the Prophet ﷺ: He who lives in the desert will become rude; he who pursues the game will be negligent, and he who visits a king will be perverted.  

أبو داود:٢٨٥٩حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو مُوسَى عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ مُنَبِّهٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَقَالَ مَرَّةً سُفْيَانُ وَلاَ أَعْلَمُهُ إِلاَّ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَقَالَ مَنْ سَكَنَ الْبَادِيَةَ جَفَا وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَ الصَّيْدَ غَفَلَ وَمَنْ أَتَى السُّلْطَانَ افْتُتِنَ  

tirmidhi:2256Muḥammad b. Bashhār > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Sufyān > Abū Mūsá > Wahbb. Munabbih > Ibn ʿAbbās

"Whoever resides in the deserts, he becomes ignorant, whoever follows game, he becomes heedless, and whoever comes to the door of the Sultan, he will suffer a Fitnah."  

الترمذي:٢٢٥٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ مُنَبِّهٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ سَكَنَ الْبَادِيَةَ جَفَا وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَ الصَّيْدَ غَفَلَ وَمَنْ أَتَى أَبْوَابَ السَّلاَطِينِ افْتُتِنَ قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ الثَّوْرِيِّ
ahmad:3362ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Sufyān > Abū Mūsá > Wahbb. Munabbih > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said: (the narrator Sufyan said: I do not know but that it [the tradition] has been transmitted from the Prophet ﷺ: He who lives in the desert will become rude; he who pursues the game will be negligent, and he who visits a king will be perverted. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2859)   

أحمد:٣٣٦٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ مُنَبِّهٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ سَكَنَ الْبَادِيَةَ جَفَا وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَ الصَّيْدَ غَفَلَ وَمَنْ أَتَى السُّلْطَانَ افْتَتَنَ  

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"من سَكَنَ البادِيَةَ جَفَا - ومن اتَّبع الصيد غَفَل، ومن أَتى السُّلْطَانَ افْتتن".  

[حم] أحمد [د] أبو داود [ت] الترمذي حسن غريب، [ن] النسائي [ق] البيهقى في السنن عن ابن عباس