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nasai:2969 – Muḥammad b. Salamah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Qāsim > Mālik > Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad from his father > Jābir

"When he went tout the Masjid heading for As-Safa, I heard the Messenger of Allah say: We will start with that with which Allah started.'"  

النسائي:٢٩٦٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ حِينَ خَرَجَ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ وَهُوَ يُرِيدُ الصَّفَا وَهُوَ يَقُولُ نَبْدَأُ بِمَا بَدَأَ اللَّهُ بِهِ  

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malik:20-130 – Yaḥyá > Mālik > Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad b. ʿAlī from his father > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

Yahya related to me from Malik from Jafar ibn Muhammad ibn AIi from his father that Jabir ibn Abdullah said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say as he left the mosque, intending to go to Safa, 'We begin with that with which Allah began,' and he began with Safa."  

مالك:٢٠-١٣٠ – حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ حِينَ خَرَجَ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ وَهُوَ يُرِيدُ الصَّفَا وَهُوَ يَقُولُ نَبْدَأُ بِمَا بَدَأَ اللَّهُ بِهِ فَبَدَأَ بِالصَّفَا  

ahmad:15170 – [Chain 1] ʿAbd al-Raḥman Mālik [Chain 2] Isḥāq > Mālik > Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad from his father > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

"When he went tout the Masjid heading for As-Safa, I heard the Messenger of Allah say: We will start with that with which Allah started.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2969)  

أحمد:١٥١٧٠ – قَرَأْتُ عَلَى عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ مَالِكٌ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ خَرَجَ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ وَهُوَ يُرِيدُ الصَّفَا وَهُوَ يَقُولُ نَبْدَأُ بِمَا بَدَأَ اللهُبِهِ  

nasai-kubra:3949 – Muḥammad b. Salamah And al-Ḥārith b. Miskīn > Ibn al-Qāsim > Mālik > Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad from his father > Jābir

"When he went tout the Masjid heading for As-Safa, I heard the Messenger of Allah say: We will start with that with which Allah started.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2969)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٩٤٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ وَالْحَارِثُ بْنُ مِسْكِينٍ قِرَاءَةً عَلَيْهِ وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ عَنِ ابْنِ الْقَاسِمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ خَرَجَ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ وَهُوَ يُرِيدُ الصَّفَا وَهُوَ يَقُولُ «نَبْدَأُ بِمَا بَدَأَ اللهُ بِهِ»  

bayhaqi:9334 – Abū Aḥmad al-Mihrajānī > Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar al-Muzakkī > Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Būshanjī > Yaḥyá b. Bukayr > Mālik > Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad from his father > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh al-Sulamī

"When he went tout the Masjid heading for As-Safa, I heard the Messenger of Allah say: We will start with that with which Allah started.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2969)   

البيهقي:٩٣٣٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ الْمِهْرَجَانِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْمُزَكِّي ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْبُوشَنْجِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ ثنا مَالِكٌ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ السُّلَمِيِّ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ خَرَجَ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ وَهُوَ يُرِيدُ الصَّفَا يَقُولُ نَبْدَأُ بِمَا بَدَأَ اللهُ بِهِ فَبَدَأَ بِالصَّفَا