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nasai-kubra:9821 – Muʾammal b. Hishām > Ismāʿīl > Ibn Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > al-Naḍr b. Anas > Zayd b. Arqam

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Indeed, these bushes are dying, so when one of you wants to enter the bathroom, let him say, 'I seek refuge in Allah from the male and female devils.' Yazid ibn Zurai' narrated this from Sa'id from Qatadah from Al-Qasim Al-Shaibani from Zaid ibn Arqam."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٨٢١ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُؤَمَّلُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إنَّ هَذِهِ الْحُشُوشَ مُحْتَضَرَةٌ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَحَدُكُمُ أنْ يَدْخُلَ الْخَلَاءَ فَلْيَقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِاللهِ مِنَ الْخُبُثِ وَالْخَبَائِثِ خَالَفَهُ يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ رَوَاهُ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ  

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abudawud:6 – ʿAmr b. Marzūq > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > al-Naḍr b. Anas > Zayd b. Arqam

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: These privies are frequented by the jinns and devils. So when anyone amongst you goes there, he should say: "I seek refuge in Allah from male and female devils."  

أبو داود:٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ هَذِهِ الْحُشُوشَ مُحْتَضَرَةٌ فَإِذَا أَتَى أَحَدُكُمُ الْخَلاَءَ فَلْيَقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الْخُبُثِ وَالْخَبَائِثِ  

ahmad:19286 – Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah And Ḥajjāj > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > al-Naḍr b. Anas > Zayd b. Arqam

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: These privies are frequented by the jinns and devils. So when anyone amongst you goes there, he should say: "I seek refuge in Allah from male and female devils." (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 6)   

أحمد:١٩٢٨٦ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ وَحَجَّاجٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ هَذِهِ الْحُشُوشَمُحْتَضَرَةٌ فَإِذَا دَخَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَقُلْ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْخُبُثِ وَالْخَبَائِثِ  

ahmad:19332 – Ibn Mahdī > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > al-Naḍr b. Anas > Zayd b. Arqam

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: These privies are frequented by the jinns and devils. So when anyone amongst you goes there, he should say: "I seek refuge in Allah from male and female devils." (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 6)  

أحمد:١٩٣٣٢ – حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ هَذِهِ الْحُشُوشَ مُحْتَضَرَةٌ فَإِذَا دَخَلَ أَحَدُكُمُ الْخَلَاءَ فَلْيَقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِاللهِ مِنَ الْخُبُثِ وَالْخَبَائِثِ  

ذِكْرُ مَا يَقُولُ الْمَرْءُ عِنْدَ دُخُولِهِ الْحَشَائِشِ

ibnhibban:1406 – Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Saʿīd al-Saʿdī > ʿAlī b. Khashram > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > al-Qāsim al-Shaybānī > Zayd b. Arqam

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: These privies are frequented by the jinns and devils. So when anyone amongst you goes there, he should say: "I seek refuge in Allah from male and female devils." (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 6)   

ابن حبّان:١٤٠٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ السَّعْدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ خَشْرَمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ هَذِهِ الْحُشُوشَ مُحْتَضَرَةٌ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ فَلْيَقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الْخُبُثِ وَالْخَبَائِثِ»  

ذِكْرُ الْأَمْرِ بِالِاسْتِعَاذَةِ بِاللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا لِمَنْ أَرَادَ دُخُولَ الْخَلَاءِ مِنَ الْخُبُثِ وَالْخَبَائِثِ

ibnhibban:1408 – ʿUmar b. Muḥammad al-Hamdānī > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Khālid b. al-Ḥārith > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > al-Naḍr b. Anas > Zayd b. Arqam

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: These privies are frequented by the jinns and devils. So when anyone amongst you goes there, he should say: "I seek refuge in Allah from male and female devils." (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 6)   

ابن حبّان:١٤٠٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ النَّضْرَ بْنَ أَنَسٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ هَذِهِ الْحُشُوشَ مُحْتَضَرَةٌ فَإِذَا دَخَلَهَا أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَقُلْ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْخُبُثِ وَالْخَبَائِثِ»  

tabarani:5100 – [Chain 1] al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah [Chain 2] Aḥmad b. ʿAmr al-Bazzār > Muʾammal b. Hishām > Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > al-Naḍr b. Anas > Zayd b. Arqam

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: These privies are frequented by the jinns and devils. So when anyone amongst you goes there, he should say: "I seek refuge in Allah from male and female devils." (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 6)   

الطبراني:٥١٠٠ – حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الْبَزَّارُ ثنا مُؤَمَّلُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ قَالَا ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ هَذِهِ الْحُشُوشَ مُحْتَضَرَةٌ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ فَلْيَقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِاللهِ مِنَ الْخُبْثِ وَالْخَبَائِثِ  

tabarani:5114 – al-Ḥasan b. Jarīr al-Ṣūrī > Abū al-Jumāhir Muḥammad b. ʿUthmān al-Tanūkhī > Saʿīd b. Bashīr > Qatādah > al-Qāsim b. ʿAwf al-Shaybānī > Zayd b. Arqam

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: These privies are frequented by the jinns and devils. So when anyone amongst you goes there, he should say: "I seek refuge in Allah from male and female devils." (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 6)   

الطبراني:٥١١٤ – حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ الصُّورِيُّ ثنا أَبُو الْجُمَاهِرِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ التَّنُوخِيُّ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ هَذِهِ الْحُشُوشَ مُحْتَضَرَةٌ فَإِذَا دَخَلَهَا أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَقُلِ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْخُبُثِ وَالْخَبَائِثِ»  

nasai-kubra:9820 – Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Muḥammad And Ibn Mahdī > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > al-Naḍr b. Anas > Zayd b. Arqam

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: These privies are frequented by the jinns and devils. So when anyone amongst you goes there, he should say: "I seek refuge in Allah from male and female devils." (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 6)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٨٢٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ وَابْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إنَّ هَذِهِ الْحُشُوشَ مُحْتَضَرَةٌ فَإِذَا دَخَلَ أَحَدُكُمُ الْخَلَاءَ فَلْيَقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِاللهِ مِنَ الْخُبُثِ وَالْخَبَائِثِ  

nasai-kubra:9822 – Ismāʿīl b. Masʿūd > Yazīd / Ibn Zurayʿ > Saʿīd > Qatādah > al-Qāsim al-Shaybānī > Zayd b. Arqam

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: These privies are frequented by the jinns and devils. So when anyone amongst you goes there, he should say: "I seek refuge in Allah from male and female devils." (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 6)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٨٢٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ زُرَيْعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إنَّ هَذِهِ الْحُشُوشَ مُحْتَضَرَةٌ فَإِذَا دَخَلَ أَحَدُكُمُ الْخَلَاءَ فَلْيَقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِاللهِ مِنَ الْخُبُثِ وَالْخَبَائِثِ