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nasai-kubra:4806Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Ḥafṣ > ʿĀṣim And Dāwd > al-Shaʿbī > Ibn Ṣafwān

"I caught two rabbits but I could not find anything with which to slaughter then, so I slaughtered them with a sharp-edged stone. I asked the Prophet about that and he commanded me to eat them" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4313)

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٨٠٦أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصٌ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ وَدَاوُدُ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ صَفْوَانَ قَالَ

أَصَبْتُ أَرْنَبَيْنِ فَلَمْ أَجِدْ مَا أُذَكِّيهُمَا بِهِ فَذَكَّيْتُهُمَا بِمَرْوَةٍ فَسَأَلْتُ وَذَكَرَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنْ ذَلِكَ «فَأَمَرَنِي بِأَكْلِهِمَا»

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abudawud:2822Musaddad > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ziyād And Ḥammād Ḥaddathāhum al-Maʿná Wāḥid > ʿĀṣim > al-Shaʿbī > Muḥammad b. Ṣafwān or Ṣafwān b. Muḥammad

I hunted two hares and slaughtered them with a flint. I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about them. He permitted me to eat them.

أبو داود:٢٨٢٢حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ أَنَّ عَبْدَ الْوَاحِدِ بْنَ زِيَادٍ وَحَمَّادًا حَدَّثَاهُمْ الْمَعْنَى وَاحِدٌ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ صَفْوَانَ أَوْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ

اصَّدْتُ أَرْنَبَيْنِ فَذَبَحْتُهُمَا بِمَرْوَةٍ فَسَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْهُمَا فَأَمَرَنِي بِأَكْلِهِمَا

nasai:4313Qutaybah > Ḥafṣ > ʿĀṣim And Dāwd > al-Shaʿbī > Ibn Ṣafwān

"I caught two rabbits but I could not find anything with which to slaughter then, so I slaughtered them with a sharp-edged stone. I asked the Prophet about that and he commanded me to eat them"

النسائي:٤٣١٣أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصٌ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ وَدَاوُدَ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ صَفْوَانَ قَالَ

أَصَبْتُ أَرْنَبَيْنِ فَلَمْ أَجِدْ مَا أُذَكِّيهِمَا بِهِ فَذَكَّيْتُهُمَا بِمَرْوَةٍ فَسَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَأَمَرَنِي بِأَكْلِهِمَا

nasai:4399Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Dāwud > ʿĀmir > Muḥammad b. Ṣafwān

he caught two rabbits and he could not find a knife with which to slaughter then, so he slaughtered them with Marwah. Then he came to the Prophet and said: "O Mesenger of Allah! I caught two rabbits but I could not find a knife with which to slaughter them, so I slaughtered them with Marwah;l can I eat them?" He said: "Eat (them)."

النسائي:٤٣٩٩أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ عَنْ عَامِرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ صَفْوَانَ

أَنَّهُ أَصَابَ أَرْنَبَيْنِ وَلَمْ يَجِدْ حَدِيدَةً يَذْبَحُهُمَا بِهِ فَذَكَّاهُمَا بِمَرْوَةٍ فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي اصْطَدْتُ أَرْنَبَيْنِ فَلَمْ أَجِدْ حَدِيدَةً أُذَكِّيهِمَا بِهِ فَذَكَّيْتُهُمَا بِمَرْوَةٍ أَفَآكُلُ قَالَ كُلْ

ibnmajah:3175Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > ʿĀṣim > al-Shaʿbī

“I slaughtered two rabbits with a sharp-edges stone and brought them to the Prophet ﷺ, and he told me to eat them.”

ابن ماجة:٣١٧٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ صَيْفِيٍّ قَالَ

ذَبَحْتُ أَرْنَبَيْنِ بِمَرْوَةٍ فَأَتَيْتُ بِهِمَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَمَرَنِي بِأَكْلِهِمَا

ibnmajah:3244Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Dāwud b. Abū Hind > al-Shaʿbī > Muḥammad b. Ṣafwān

“O Messenger of Allah, I caught these two rabbits but I cannot find any iron* with which to slaughter them with Marwah** and eat them?” He said: “Eat.”

ابن ماجة:٣٢٤٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَنْبَأَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ صَفْوَانَ

أَنَّهُ مَرَّ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِأَرْنَبَيْنِ مُعَلِّقَهُمَا فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أَصَبْتُ هَذَيْنِ الأَرْنَبَيْنِ فَلَمْ أَجِدْ حَدِيدَةً أُذَكِّيهِمَا بِهَا فَذَكَّيْتُهُمَا بِمَرْوَةٍ أَفَآكُلُ قَالَ كُلْ

darimi:2057Yazīd b. Hārūn > Dāwud b. Abū Hind > ʿĀmir > Muḥammad b. Ṣafwān

“O Messenger of Allah, I caught these two rabbits but I cannot find any iron* with which to slaughter them with Marwah** and eat them?” He said: “Eat.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3244)

الدارمي:٢٠٥٧أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَنْبَأَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنْ عَامِرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ صَفْوَانَ

أَنَّهُ مَرَّ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِأَرْنَبَيْنِ مُعَلِّقُهُمَا فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي دَخَلْتُ غَنَمَ أَهْلِي فَاصْطَدْتُ هَذَيْنِ الْأَرْنَبَيْنِ فَلَمْ أَجِدْ حَدِيدَةً أُذَكِّيهِمَا بِهَا فَذَكَّيْتُهُمَا بِمَرْوَةٍ أَفَآكُلُ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ»

ahmad:15870Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿĀṣim al-Aḥwal > al-Shaʿbī > Muḥammad b. Ṣafwān

[AI] "He hunted two rabbits but did not find a knife to slaughter them with. So, he slaughtered them with a stick. Then, he came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ who instructed him to eat them."

أحمد:١٥٨٧٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ الْأَحْوَلِ عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ صَفْوَانَ

أَنَّهُ صَادَ أَرْنَبَيْنِ فَلَمْ يَجِدْ حَدِيدَةً يَذْبَحُهُمَا بِهَا فَذَبَحَهُمَا بِمَرْوَةٍ فَأَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَمَرَهُ بِأَكْلِهِمَا

hakim:7581al-Ḥasan b. Yaʿqūb al-ʿAdl > Yaḥyá b. Abū Ṭālib > ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. ʿAṭāʾ > Dāwud b. Abū Hind > al-Shaʿbī > Muḥammad b. Ṣafwān > Aṣāb

he caught two rabbits and he could not find a knife with which to slaughter then, so he slaughtered them with Marwah. Then he came to the Prophet and said: "O Mesenger of Allah! I caught two rabbits but I could not find a knife with which to slaughter them, so I slaughtered them with Marwah;l can I eat them?" He said: "Eat (them)." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4399)

الحاكم:٧٥٨١أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْعَدْلُ ثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ أَنْبَأَ عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ بْنُ عَطَاءٍ أَنْبَأَ دَاوُدُ بْنُ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ صَفْوَانَ

أَنَّهُ أَصَابَ أَرْنَبَيْنِ فَلَمْ يَجِدْ حَدِيدَةً يُذَكِّيهِمَا فَذَبَحَهُمَا بِمَرْوَةٍ فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي اصْطَدْتُ أَرْنَبَيْنِ فَلَمْ أَجِدْ حَدِيدَةً أُذَكِّيهِمَا فَذَكَّيْتُهُمَا بِمَرْوَةٍ أَفَآكُلُ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ كُلْ»

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ مَعَ الِاخْتِلَافِ فِيهِ عَلَى الشَّعْبِيِّ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ على شرط مسلم

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَنْ جَوَازِ أَكْلِ الذَّبِيحِ بِغَيْرِ حَدِيدٍ

ibnhibban:5887al-Faḍl b. al-Ḥubāb al-Jumaḥī > Musaddad b. Musarhad > Ḥammād b. Zayd > ʿĀṣim al-Aḥwal > al-Shaʿbī > Muḥammad b. Ṣafwān al-Anṣārī

[AI] "He caught two rabbits and slaughtered them by cutting their throats with a knife. Then, he asked the Prophet ﷺ , who instructed him to eat them."

ابن حبّان:٥٨٨٧أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ الْجُمَحِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدُ بْنُ مُسَرْهَدٍ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ الْأَحْوَلِ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ صَفْوَانَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ

«أَنَّهُ صَادَ أَرْنَبَيْنِ فَذَبَحَهُمَا بِمَرْوَةٍ فَسَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَمَرَهُ بِأَكْلِهِمَا»

tabarani:16637Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Rāhawayh from my father > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Dāwud b. Abū Hind > al-Shaʿbī > Ibn Ṣafwān

[AI] He brought two rabbits to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he hung them in his hand. He said, "O Messenger of Allah, I came with sheep but I found these two rabbits and I did not find a knife to slaughter them with, so I slaughtered them with a branch. Can I eat them?" He said, "Yes."

الطبراني:١٦٦٣٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ رَاهَوَيْهِ ثنا أَبِي ثنا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ صَفْوَانَ

أَنَّهُ أَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بِأَرْنَبَيْنِ فَعَلَّقَهُمَا فِي يَدِهِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي أَتَيْتُ غَنَمًا لِي فَوَجَدْتُ هَاتَيْنِ الْأَرْنَبَيْنِ وَلَمْ أَجِدْ حَدِيدَةً أُذَكِّيهِمَا بِهَا فَذَكَّيْتُهُمَا بِمَرْوَةٍ أَفَآكُلُهُمَا؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ»

tabarani:16638[Chain 1] Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > ʿAbd al-Wārith b. ʿAbd al-Ṣamad b. ʿAbd al-Wārith from my father [Chain 2] al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī b. Naṣr al-Ṭūsī > Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá al-Naysābūrī > Wahbb. Jarīr > Shuʿbah > ʿĀṣim > al-Shaʿbī > Muḥammad b. Ṣafwān

[AI] "He caught two rabbits and slaughtered them with a knife. Then he asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ who instructed him to eat them."

الطبراني:١٦٦٣٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ ثنا أَبِي ح وَحَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ نَصْرٍ الطُّوسِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى النَّيْسَابُورِيُّ ثنا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ قَالَا ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ صَفْوَانَ

«أَنَّهُ صَادَ أَرْنَبَيْنِ فَذَبَحَهُمَا بِمَرْوَةٍ فَسَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَمَرَهُ بِأَكْلِهِمَا»

tabarani:16639ʿUbayd b. Ghannām And Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > ʿĀṣim > al-Shaʿbī > Muḥammad b. Ṣafwān

“I slaughtered two rabbits with a sharp-edges stone and brought them to the Prophet ﷺ, and he told me to eat them.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3175)

الطبراني:١٦٦٣٩حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ صَفْوَانَ قَالَ

«ذَبَحْتُ أَرْنَبَيْنِ بِمَرْوَةٍ فَأَتَيْتُ بِهِمَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَمَرَنِي بِأَكْلِهِمَا»

nasai-kubra:4473Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Dāwud > ʿĀmir > Muḥammad b. Ṣafwān

he caught two rabbits and he could not find a knife with which to slaughter then, so he slaughtered them with Marwah. Then he came to the Prophet and said: "O Mesenger of Allah! I caught two rabbits but I could not find a knife with which to slaughter them, so I slaughtered them with Marwah;l can I eat them?" He said: "Eat (them)." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4399)

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٤٧٣أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا دَاوُدُ عَنْ عَامِرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ صَفْوَانَ

أَنَّهُ أَصَابَ أَرْنَبَيْنِ فَلَمْ يَجِدْ حَدِيدَةً يَذْبَحُهُمَا بِهَا فَذَكَّاهُمَا بِمَرْوَةٍ فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي اصْطَدْتُ أَرْنَبَيْنِ فَلَمْ أَجِدْ حَدِيدَةً أُذَكِّيهِمَا بِهَا فَذَكَّيْتُهُمَا بِمَرْوَةٍ أَفَآكُلُ؟ قَالَ «كُلْ»

bayhaqi:19394Abū al-Ḥusayn b. Bishrān al-ʿAdl> Ismāʿīl b. Muḥammad al-Ṣaffār > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Malik b. Marwān > Yazīd b. Hārūn > ʿĀṣim > al-Shaʿbī > Ṣafwān b. Muḥammad or Muḥammad b. Ṣafwān

[AI] He caught two rabbits but did not find a knife to slaughter them with, so he slaughtered them with a stick. He then went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and told him about it, so he commanded him to eat them.

البيهقي:١٩٣٩٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ بِشْرَانَ الْعَدْلُ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أنبأ عَاصِمٌ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ أَوْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ صَفْوَانَ ؓ

أَنَّهُ صَادَ أَرْنَبَيْنِ فَلَمْ يَجِدْ حَدِيدَةً يُذَكِّيهِمَا بِهَا فَذَكَّاهُمَا بِمَرْوَةٍ فَأَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَأَمَرَهُ بِأَكْلِهِمَا

bayhaqi:19396ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. ʿAbdān > Aḥmad b. ʿUbayd > al-Ḥārith b. Abū Usāmah > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Dāwud b. Abū Hind > al-Shaʿbī > Muḥammad b. Ṣafwān

[AI] It passed by the Prophet ﷺ with two rabbits, so he hung them up and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I hunted these two rabbits but I did not find a knife to slaughter them with, so I slaughtered them with a piece of wood. Can I eat them?" He said, "Eat." This narration was reported by Al-Bukhari, according to Al-Sha'bi from Jabir bin Abdullah, and the narration of Ibn Safwan is the most authentic according to Al-Bukhari.

البيهقي:١٩٣٩٦أَخْبَرَنَاهُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ ثنا الْحَارِثُ بْنُ أَبِي أُسَامَةَ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أنبأ دَاوُدُ بْنُ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ صَفْوَانَ ؓ

أَنَّهُ مَرَّ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِأَرْنَبَيْنِ فَعَلَّقَهُمَا وَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ اصْطَدْتُ هَذَيْنِ الْأَرْنَبَيْنِ فَلَمْ أَجِدْ حَدِيدَةً أُذَكِّيهِمَا بِهَا فَذَبَحْتُهُمَا بِمَرْوَةٍ فَآكُلُ؟ قَالَ كُلْ وَقِيلَ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ وَحَدِيثُ ابْنِ صَفْوَانَ أَصَحُّ قَالَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ