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nasai-kubra:9355 – Muḥammad b. Manṣūr > Sufyān > ʿImrān b. Ẓabyān > Ḥukaym b. Saʿd > Abū Hurayrah

"A man came to the Prophet [SAW] wearing a little dab of Khaluq." The Prophet [SAW] said to him: 'Go and scrub it off.' Then he came (again) and he said: 'Go and scrub it off.' Then he came to him (again) and he said: 'Go and scrub it off, and don't put it on again.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5120)

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٣٥٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ ظَبْيَانَ عَنْ حُكَيْمِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَبِهِ رَدْعٌ مِنْ خَلُوقٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «اذْهَبْ فَانْهَكْهُ» ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ فَقَالَ «اذْهَبْ فَانْهَكْهُ» ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ فَقَالَ «اذْهَبْ فَانْهَكْهُ» ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ فَقَالَ «اذْهَبْ فَانْهَكْهُ ثُمَّ لَا تَعُدْ»

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nasai:5120 – Muḥammad b. Manṣūr > Sufyān > ʿImrān b. Ẓabyān > Ḥukaym b. Saʿd > Abū Hurayrah

"A man came to the Prophet [SAW] wearing a little dab of Khaluq." The Prophet [SAW] said to him: 'Go and scrub it off.' Then he came (again) and he said: 'Go and scrub it off.' Then he came to him (again) and he said: 'Go and scrub it off, and don't put it on again.'"

النسائي:٥١٢٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ ظَبْيَانَ عَنْ حُكَيْمِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِهِ رَدْعٌ مِنْ خَلُوقٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ اذْهَبْ فَانْهَكْهُ ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ فَقَالَ اذْهَبْ فَانْهَكْهُ ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ فَقَالَ اذْهَبْ فَانْهَكْهُ ثُمَّ لاَ تَعُدْ