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nasai-kubra:9189 – ʿImrān b. Mūsá > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Yūnus > ʿAmr b. Saʿīd > Abū Zurʿah > Jarīr

Jarir said I asked the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ about an accidental glance (on a woman). He ﷺ said “Turn your eyes away.” (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2148)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٩١٨٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ عَنْ جَرِيرٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ نَظْرَةِ الْفَجْأَةِ فَقَالَ «غُضَّ بَصَرَكَ»  

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abudawud:2148 – Muḥammad b. Kathīr > Sufyān > Yūnus b. ʿUbayd > ʿAmr b. Saʿīd > Abū Zurʿah > Jarīr

Jarir said I asked the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ about an accidental glance (on a woman). He ﷺ said “Turn your eyes away.”  

أبو داود:٢١٤٨ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ حَدَّثَنِي يُونُسُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ عَنْ جَرِيرٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ نَظْرَةِ الْفَجْأَةِ فَقَالَ اصْرِفْ بَصَرَكَ  

tirmidhi:2776 – Aḥmad b. Manīʿ > Hushaym > Yūnus b. ʿUbayd > ʿAmr b. Saʿīd > Abū Zurʿah b. ʿAmr b. Jarīr > Jarīr b. ʿAbdullāh

"I asked the Messenger Of Allah ﷺ about the unintentional glance, so he ordered me that I divert my sight."  

الترمذي:٢٧٧٦ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ جَرِيرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ نَظْرَةِ الْفَجْأَةِ فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَصْرِفَ بَصَرِي  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَأَبُو زُرْعَةَ بْنُ عَمْرٍو اسْمُهُ هَرِمٌ
ahmad:19197 – Hushaym > Yūnus > ʿAmr b. Saʿīd > Abū Zurʿah b. ʿAmr b. Jarīr > Jarīr b. ʿAbdullāh

Jarir said I asked the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ about an accidental glance (on a woman). He ﷺ said “Turn your eyes away.” (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2148)  

أحمد:١٩١٩٧ – حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ جَرِيرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ نَظْرَةِ الْفَجْأَةِ فَأَمَرَنِي فَقَالَ اصْرِفْ بَصَرَكَ  

darimi:2685 – Muḥammad b. Yūsuf And ʾAbūnuʿaym > Sufyān > Yūnus > ʿAmr b. Saʿīd > Abū Zurʿah b. ʿAmr b. Jarīr > Jarīr

Jarir said I asked the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ about an accidental glance (on a woman). He ﷺ said “Turn your eyes away.” (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2148)   

الدارمي:٢٦٨٥ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ وَأَبُونُعَيْمٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ جَرِيرٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنْ نَظْرَةِ الْفَجْأَةِ؟ فَقَالَ «اصْرِفْ بَصَرَكَ»  

tabarani:2403 – Abū Yazīd al-Qarāṭīsī > Asad b. Mūsá > Qays b. al-Rabīʿ > Ashʿath b. Sawwār > ʿAlī b. Mudrik > Abū Zurʿah b. ʿAmr b. Jarīr > Jarīr

Jarir said I asked the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ about an accidental glance (on a woman). He ﷺ said “Turn your eyes away.” (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2148)   

الطبراني:٢٤٠٣ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَزِيدَ الْقَرَاطِيسِيُّ ثنا أَسَدُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا قَيْسُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ عَنْ أَشْعَثَ بْنِ سَوَّارٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُدْرِكٍ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ جَرِيرٍ ثنا جَرِيرٌ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ النَّظْرَةِ فَقَالَ «اصْرِفْ»