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nasai:3941Aḥmad b. Ḥafṣ b. ʿAbdullāh from my father > Ibrāhīm b. Ṭahmān > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

"Nothing was dearer to the Messenger of Allah after women than horses."  

النسائي:٣٩٤١أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَفْصِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ طَهْمَانَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

لَمْ يَكُنْ شَىْءٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَعْدَ النِّسَاءِ مِنَ الْخَيْلِ  


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nasai:3564Aḥmad b. Ḥafṣ from my father > Ibrāhīm b. Ṭahmān > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > Anas

"There was nothing dearer to the Messenger of Allah after women than horses."  

النسائي:٣٥٦٤أَخْبَرَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ طَهْمَانَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

لَمْ يَكُنْ شَىْءٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَعْدَ النِّسَاءِ مِنَ الْخَيْلِ  

nasai-kubra:4389Aḥmad b. Ḥafṣ b. ʿAbdullāh from my father > Ibrāhīm b. Ṭahmān > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > Anas

"There was nothing dearer to the Messenger of Allah after women than horses." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3564)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٣٨٩أَخْبَرَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَفْصِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ طَهْمَانَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

«لَمْ يَكُنْ شَيْءٌ أَحَبُّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بَعْدَ النِّسَاءِ مِنَ الْخَيْلِ»  

nasai-kubra:8838Aḥmad b. Ḥafṣ b. ʿAbdullāh from my father > Ibrāhīm / Ibn Ṭahmān > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > Anas

"There was nothing dearer to the Messenger of Allah after women than horses." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3564)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٨٣٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَفْصِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ طَهْمَانَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

«لَمْ يَكُنْ شَيْءٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بَعْدَ النِّسَاءِ مِنَ الْخَيْلِ»