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nasai-kubra:7684Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Ḥammād > ʿAmr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh > Lammā Nazalat > al-Qādir > Yabʿath ʿAlaykum ʿAdhāb from Fawqikum al-Nʿām 65

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "I seek refuge in Your Face." He said, "[or] from beneath Your feet." He said, "I seek refuge in Your Face." He said, "[or] that You should overwhelm you in debt." He said, "The easier one."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٦٨٤أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ {هُوَ الْقَادِرُ عَلَى أَنْ يَبْعَثَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابًا مِنْ فَوْقِكُمْ} [الأنعام 65]

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَعُوذُ بِوَجْهِكَ» قَالَ {أَوْ مِنْ تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِكُمْ} [الأنعام 65] قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَعُوذُ بِوَجْهِكَ قَالَ {أَوْ يَلْبِسَكُمْ شِيَعًا} [الأنعام 65] قَالَ «أَيْسَرُ»  


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bukhari:7406Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Ḥammād > ʿAmr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh > Lammā Nazalat Hadhih al-Āyah Qul > al-Qādir > Yabʿath ʿAlaykum ʿAdhāb from Fawqikum

when this Verse:--'Say (O Muhammad!): He has Power to send torments on you from above,' (6.65) was revealed; The Prophet ﷺ said, "I take refuge with Your Face." Allah revealed:-- '..or from underneath your feet.' (6.65) The Prophet ﷺ then said, "I seek refuge with Your Face!" Then Allah revealed:--'...or confuse you in party-strife.' (6.65) Oh that, the Prophet ﷺ said, "This is easier."  

البخاري:٧٤٠٦حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ {قُلْ هُوَ الْقَادِرُ عَلَى أَنْ يَبْعَثَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابًا مِنْ فَوْقِكُمْ} قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَعُوذُ بِوَجْهِكَ فَقَالَ {أَوْ مِنْ تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِكُمْ} فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَعُوذُ بِوَجْهِكَ قَالَ {أَوْ يَلْبِسَكُمْ شِيَعًا} فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ هَذَا أَيْسَرُ  

قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: {قُلْ هُوَ الْقَادِرُ عَلَى أَنْ يَبْعَثَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابًا} [الأنعام: 65]

nasai-kubra:11099Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr And Yaḥyá b. Ḥabīb b. ʿArabī Waqutaybah b. Saʿīd > Ḥammād > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Jābir > Lammā Nazalat Qul > al-Qādir > Yabʿath ʿAlaykum ʿAdhāb from Fawqikum al-Nʿām 65

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "I seek refuge with your face." He said, "Or from beneath your feet." [Al-An'am 65] The Prophet ﷺ said, "I seek refuge with your face, or that he may dress you in a way that divides you into sects." [Al-An'am 65] The Prophet ﷺ said, "This is easier in wording."  

الكبرى للنسائي:١١٠٩٩أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ وَيَحْيَى بْنُ حَبِيبِ بْنِ عَرَبِيٍّ وَقُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ {قُلْ هُوَ الْقَادِرُ عَلَى أَنْ يَبْعَثَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابًا مِنْ فَوْقِكُمْ} [الأنعام 65]

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَعُوذُ بِوَجْهِكَ» قَالَ {أَوْ مِنْ تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِكُمْ} [الأنعام 65] قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَعُوذُ بِوَجْهِكَ {أَوْ يُلْبِسَكُمْ شِيَعًا} [الأنعام 65] قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «هَذَا أَيْسَرُ» اللَّفْظُ لِقُتَيْبَةَ