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The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: When my messengers come to you, give them thirty coats of mail, and thirty camels. I asked: Messenger of Allah, is it a loan with a guarantee of its return, or a loan to be paid back? He replied : It is a loan to be paid back. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3566)

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٧٤٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُسْتَمِرِّ إِمْلَاءً مِنْ حِفْظِهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَبَّانُ بْنُ هِلَالٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامُ بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَعْلَى بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا أَتَتْكَ رُسُلِي فَأَعْطِهِمْ ثَلَاثِينَ دِرْعًا وَثَلَاثِينَ بَعِيرًا» فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَعَارِيَةٌ مَضْمُونَةٌ أَوْ عَارِيَةٌ مُؤَدَّاةٌ؟ قَالَ «بَلْ عَارِيَةٌ مُؤَدَّاةٌ»

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abudawud:3566 – Ibrāhīm b. al-Mustamir al-ʿUṣfurī > Ḥabbān b. Hilāl > Hammām > Qatādah > ʿAṭāʾ b. Abū Rabāḥ > Ṣafwān b. Yaʿlá from his father

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: When my messengers come to you, give them thirty coats of mail, and thirty camels. I asked: Messenger of Allah, is it a loan with a guarantee of its return, or a loan to be paid back? He replied : It is a loan to be paid back.

أبو داود:٣٥٦٦ – حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُسْتَمِرِّ الْعُصْفُرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا حَبَّانُ بْنُ هِلاَلٍ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَعْلَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ قَالَ

لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَتَتْكَ رُسُلِي فَأَعْطِهِمْ ثَلاَثِينَ دِرْعًا وَثَلاَثِينَ بَعِيرًا قَالَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَعَارِيَةً مَضْمُونَةً أَوْ عَارِيَةً مُؤَدَّاةً قَالَ بَلْ مُؤَدَّاةً

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ حَبَّانُ خَالُ هِلاَلِ الرَّأْىِ

ذِكْرُ إِبَاحَةِ اسْتِعَارَةِ الْإِمَامِ السِّلَاحَ، مِنْ بَعْضِ رَعِيَّتِهِ، إِذَا أَرَادَ قِتَالَ أَعْدَاءِ اللَّهِ الْكَفَرَةِ

ibnhibban:4720 – Muḥammad b. ʿUmar b. Yūsuf > Bishr b. Khālid al-ʿAskarī > Ḥabbān b. Hilāl > Hammām > Qatādah > ʿAṭāʾ > Ṣafwān b. Yaʿlá b. Umayyah from his father

[Machine] The translation into English is: "For me, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'When my messengers come to you, give them or return to them thirty camels or thirty shields.' I said, 'Are they also deserving if they are naked, O Messenger of Allah?' He said, 'Yes.'"

ابن حبّان:٤٧٢٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ يُوسُفَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الْعَسْكَرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَبَّانُ بْنُ هِلَالٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَعْلَى بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ قَالَ

لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا أَتَتْكَ رُسُلِي فَأَعْطِهِمْ أَوِ ادْفَعْ إِلَيْهِمْ ثَلَاثِينَ بَعِيرًا أَوْ ثَلَاثِينَ دِرْعًا» قَالَ قُلْتُ الْعَارِيَةُ مُؤَدَّاةٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ»