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nasai-kubra:5466 – Muḥammad b. Qudāmah al-Miṣṣīṣī > Jarīr > Muṭarrif / Ibn Ṭarīf > Abū al-Jahm > al-Barāʾ

[Machine] I wander around the neighborhoods, on camels, in honor of the Prophet's covenant. When I saw a group of riders and horsemen with a banner, the Bedouins sought refuge with me because of my status as a companion of the Prophet. They came to us and circled around a dome, then they brought out a man and beheaded him. They did not ask him about anything, but I asked about his story. They said they found him married to his father's wife, then they left.

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٤٦٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ قُدَامَةَ الْمِصِّيصِيُّ عَنْ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ وَهُوَ ابْنُ طَرِيفٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْجَهْمِ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ قَالَ

إِنِّي لَأَطُوفُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي تِلْكَ الْأَحْيَاءِ عَلَى إِبِلٍ لِي إِذْ رَأَيْتُ رَكْبًا وَفَوَارِسَ مَعَهُمْ لِوَاءٌ فَجَعَلَ الْأَعْرَابُ يَلُوذُونَ بِي لِمَنْزِلَتِي مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَانْتَهَوْا إِلَيْنَا فَأَطَافُوا بِقُبَّةٍ فَاسْتَخْرَجُوا فَضَرَبُوا عُنُقَهُ وَمَا سَأَلُوهُ عَنْ شَيْءٍ فَسَأَلْتُ عَنْ قِصَّتِهِ فَقَالُوا وَجَدُوهُ قَدْ عَرَّسَ بِامْرَأَةِ أَبِيهِ ثُمَّ ذَهَبُوا

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abudawud:4456 – Musaddad > Khālid b. ʿAbdullāh > Muṭarrif > Abū al-Jahm > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib > Baynā

while I was wandering in search of my camels which had strayed, a caravan or some horsemen carrying a standard came forward. The bedouin began to go round me for my position with the Prophet ﷺ. They came to a domed structure, took out a man from it, and struck his neck. I asked about him. They told me that he had married his father's wife.

أبو داود:٤٤٥٦ – حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا مُطَرِّفٌ عَنْ أَبِي الْجَهْمِ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ قَالَ

بَيْنَا أَنَا أَطُوفُ عَلَى إِبِلٍ لِي ضَلَّتْ إِذْ أَقْبَلَ رَكْبٌ أَوْ فَوَارِسُ مَعَهُمْ لِوَاءٌ فَجَعَلَ الأَعْرَابُ يُطِيفُونَ بِي لِمَنْزِلَتِي مِنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِذْ أَتَوْا قُبَّةً فَاسْتَخْرَجُوا مِنْهَا رَجُلاً فَضَرَبُوا عُنُقَهُ فَسَأَلْتُ عَنْهُ فَذَكَرُوا أَنَّهُ أَعْرَسَ بِامْرَأَةِ أَبِيهِ

nasai-kubra:7182 – Hannād b. al-Sarī > Abū Zubayd > Muṭarrif > Abū al-Jahm > al-Barāʾ

[Machine] He mentioned a word that means, "I used to wander in those neighborhoods on camels because I had lost my way during the time of the Prophet ﷺ, when a group came with their flags and the Bedouins sought refuge with me because of my position as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. They then brought out a man and killed him, so I asked about his story and they said, "He married his father's wife."

الكبرى للنسائي:٧١٨٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي زُبَيْدٍ عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْجَهْمِ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ

أَنَّهُ ذَكَرَ كَلِمَةً مَعْنَاهَا أَنِّي لَأَطُوفُ فِي تِلْكِ الْأَحْيَاءِ عَلَى إِبِلٍ لِي ضَلَّتْ فِي عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِذْ جَاءَ رَهْطٌ مَعَهُمْ لَوَاؤُهُمْ فَجَعَلَ الْأَعْرَابُ يَلُوذُونَ بِي لِمَنْزِلَتِي مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَاسْتَخْرَجُوا رَجُلًا فَضَرَبُوا عُنُقَهُ فَسَأَلْتُ عَنْ قِصَّتِهِ فَقَالُوا «عَرَّسَ بِامْرَأَةِ أَبِيهِ»

bayhaqi:17054 – [Chain 1] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq al-Ṣaghānī > Muʿallá b. Manṣūr > Khālid [Chain 2] Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Abū Bakr b. Dāsah > Abū Dāwud > Musaddad > Khālid b. ʿAbdullāh > Muṭarrif > Abū al-Jahm > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib > Baynamā

while I was wandering in search of my camels which had strayed, a caravan or some horsemen carrying a standard came forward. The bedouin began to go round me for my position with the Prophet ﷺ. They came to a domed structure, took out a man from it, and struck his neck. I asked about him. They told me that he had married his father's wife. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4456)

البيهقي:١٧٠٥٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الصَّغَانِيُّ ثنا مُعَلَّى بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ثنا خَالِدٌ عَنْ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ دَاسَةَ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ ثنا مُطَرِّفٌ عَنْ أَبِي الْجَهْمِ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ قَالَ

بَيْنَمَا أَنَا أَطُوفُ عَلَى إِبِلٍ لِي ضَلَّتْ إِذْ أَقْبَلَ رَكْبٌ أَوْ فَوَارِسُ مَعَهُمْ لِوَاءٌ فَجَعَلَ الْأَعْرَابُ يُطِيفُونَ بِي لِمَنْزِلَتِي مِنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِذْ أَتَوْا قُبَّةً فَاسْتَخْرَجُوا مِنْهَا رَجُلًا فَضَرَبُوا عُنُقَهُ فَسَأَلْتُ عَنْهُ فَذَكَرُوا أَنَّهُ أَعْرَسَ بِامْرَأَةِ أَبِيهِ