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nasai-kubra:4852Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > al-Naḍr > Ashʿath > al-Ḥasan

[Machine] A prophet from among the prophets sat under a tree and was bitten by an ant. He ordered their houses to be burned along with what was inside them. Allah revealed to him, "Why not a single ant?" Shu'bah said, on the authority of Ibn Seereen, on the authority of Abu Hurairah, who narrated it from the Prophet, may ﷺ , with similar wording and added, "They also glorify." Ishaaq bin Ibrahim said: Mu'adh bin Hisham narrated to us, he said: My father narrated to us from Qatadah, from Al-Hasan, from Abu Hurairah, something like it, but he did not attribute it to the Prophet.  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٨٥٢أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا النَّضْرُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَشْعَثُ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ

نَزَلَ نَبِيٌّ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ فَلَدَغَتْهُ نَمْلَةٌ فَأَمَرَ بِبَيْتِهِنَّ فَحُرِّقَ عَلَى مَا فِيهَا فَأَوْحَى اللهُ إِلَيْهِ فَهَلَّا نَمْلَةً وَاحِدَةً؟ [494] وَقَالَ أَشْعَثُ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِمِثْلِهِ وَزَادَ «فَإِنَّهُنَّ يُسَبِّحْنَ» 4853 أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ نَحْوَهُ وَلَمْ يَرْفَعْهُ  


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nasai:4359Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > al-Naḍr / Ibn Shumayl > Ashʿath

"One of the prophets stopped beneath a tree and an ant bit him, so he gave instructions that their nest be burned with all the ants inside it. Then Allah revealed to him" 'Why did you not punish just one ant?" Al-Ash' ath said: "A similar report was narrated from Ibn Sirin, from Abu Hurairah, from the Prophet, in which were added the words: 'for they glorify Allah."  

النسائي:٤٣٥٩أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا النَّضْرُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ شُمَيْلٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا أَشْعَثُ

عَنِ الْحَسَنِ نَزَلَ نَبِيٌّ مِنَ الأَنْبِيَاءِ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ فَلَدَغَتْهُ نَمْلَةٌ فَأَمَرَ بِبَيْتِهِنَّ فَحُرِّقَ عَلَى مَا فِيهَا فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ فَهَلاَّ نَمْلَةً وَاحِدَةً وَقَالَ الأَشْعَثُ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِثْلَهُ وَزَادَ فَإِنَّهُنَّ يُسَبِّحْنَ