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nasai-kubra:5850Ismāʿīl b. Masʿūd > Khālid > Shuʿbah > Ziyād b. ʿIlāqah > Usāmah b. Sharīk

I heard Usama bin Sharik saying: I came to the Prophet ﷺ, and his companions we as if they birds were perched on their heads (i.e. they were still and attentive).  

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٨٥٠أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ أَنَّ زِيَادَ بْنَ عِلَاقَةَ حَدَّثَهُمْ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ أُسَامَةَ بْنَ شَرِيكٍ يَقُولُ «أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَإِذَا أَصْحَابُهُ عِنْدَهُ كَأَنَّ عَلَى رُءُوسِهِمُ الطَّيْرُ»  


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tabarani:486ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ > al-Masʿūdī > Ziyād b. ʿIlāqah > Usāmah b. Sharīk

I came to the Prophet ﷺ, and his companions we as if they birds were perched on their heads (i.e. they were still and attentive).  

الطبراني:٤٨٦حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا وَكِيعٌ عَنِ الْمَسْعُودِيِّ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ عِلَاقَةَ عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ شَرِيكٍ قَالَ

«أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَإِذَا أَصْحَابُهُ كَأَنَّ عَلَى رُءُوسِهِمُ الطَّيْرَ»  

nasai-kubra:5844Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Khālid / Ibn al-Ḥārith > Shuʿbah > Ziyād b. ʿIlāqah > Usāmah b. Sharīk

[Machine] I heard Osama bin Shareek saying, "I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his companions were with him, and it seemed as if birds were on their heads."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٨٤٤أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ أَنَّ زِيَادَ بْنَ عِلَاقَةَ حَدَّثَهُمْ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ أُسَامَةَ بْنَ شَرِيكٍ يَقُولُ «أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَإِذَا أَصْحَابُهُ عِنْدَهُ فَكَأَنَّ عَلَى رُءُوسِهِمُ الطَّيْرُ»