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nasai:4356Ḥumayd b. Masʿadah > Sufyān / Ibn Ḥabīb > Shuʿbah > Abū Yaʿfūr > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Awfá

"We went on seven campaigns with the Messenger of Allah and we used to eat locusts."  

النسائي:٤٣٥٦أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ حَبِيبٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ أَبِي أَوْفَى قَالَ

غَزَوْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَبْعَ غَزَوَاتٍ فَكُنَّا نَأْكُلُ الْجَرَادَ  


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muslim:1952aAbū Kāmil al-Jaḥdarī > Abū ʿAwānah > Abū Yaʿfūr > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Awfá

We went on seven expeditions with Messenger of Allah ﷺ and ate locusts.  

مسلم:١٩٥٢aحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ الْجَحْدَرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى قَالَ

غَزَوْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَبْعَ غَزَوَاتٍ نَأْكُلُ الْجَرَادَ  

nasai:4357Qutaybah > Sufyān / Ibn ʿUyaynah > Abū Yaʿfūr > Saʾalt ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Awfá > Qatl al-Jarād

"I asked 'Abdullah bin Abu Awfa about killing locusts and he said: I went on six campaigns with the Messenger of Allah hand we ate locusts."  

النسائي:٤٣٥٧أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ أَبِي أَوْفَى عَنْ قَتْلِ الْجَرَادِ فَقَالَ

غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ سِتَّ غَزَوَاتٍ نَأْكُلُ الْجَرَادَ  

abudawud:3812Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar al-Namarī > Shuʿbah > Abū Yaʿfūr > Ibn Abū Awfá And Saʾaltuh > al-Jarād

I heard Ibn Abi Awfa say when I asked him about (eating) locusts: I went on six or seven expeditions along with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and we ate them (locusts) along with him.  

أبو داود:٣٨١٢حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ النَّمَرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ أَبِي أَوْفَى وَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْجَرَادِ فَقَالَ

غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ سِتَّ أَوْ سَبْعَ غَزَوَاتٍ فَكُنَّا نَأْكُلُهُ مَعَهُ  

tirmidhi:1821Aḥmad b. Manīʿ > Sufyān > Abū Yaʿfūr al-ʿAbdī > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Awfá > Suʾil > al-Jarād

That 'Abdullah bin Abi Awfa was asked about locust. He said: "I participated in six military expeditions with the Messenger of Allah (saws, (and) we ate locust."  

[Abu 'Eisa said:] This is how Sufyan bin 'Uyainah reported this Hadith from Abu Ya'fur. He said: "Six military expeditions," while Sufyan Ath-Thawri reported this Hadith from Abu Ya'fur, and he said: "Seven military expeditions." He said: There are narrations on this topic from Ibn 'Umar and Jabir. He said: This Hadith is Hasan Sahih. Abu Yu'fur's name is Waqid. They also call him Waqdan. There is another Abu Ya'fur whose name is 'Adbur-Rahman bin 'Ubaid bin Nistas.
الترمذي:١٨٢١حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ الْعَبْدِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ عَنِ الْجَرَادِ فَقَالَ

غَزَوْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ سِتَّ غَزَوَاتٍ نَأْكُلُ الْجَرَادَ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَكَذَا رَوَى سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ وَقَالَ سِتَّ غَزَوَاتٍ وَرَوَى سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ وَغَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ فَقَالَ سَبْعَ غَزَوَاتٍ قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ وَجَابِرٍ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَأَبُو يَعْفُورٍ اسْمُهُ وَاقِدٌ وَيُقَالُ وَقْدَانُ أَيْضًا وَأَبُو يَعْفُورٍ الآخَرُ اسْمُهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ نِسْطَاسَ
tirmidhi:1822Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Abū Aḥmad And al-Muʾammal > Sufyān > Abū Yaʿfūr > Ibn Abū Awfá

We participated in seven military expeditions with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, (and) we ate locust.  

[Abu 'Eisa said:] Shu'bah reported this Hadith from Abu Ya'fur, from Ibn Awfa and said: "We participated in military expeditions with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ (and) we ate locust." This was narrated to us by Muhammad bin Bash-shar (who said): "Muhammad bin Ja'far narrated to us from Shu'bah."
الترمذي:١٨٢٢حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ وَالْمُؤَمَّلُ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى قَالَ

غَزَوْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَبْعَ غَزَوَاتٍ نَأْكُلُ الْجَرَادَ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَرَوَى شُعْبَةُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى قَالَ غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ غَزَوَاتٍ نَأْكُلُ الْجَرَادَ حَدَّثَنَا بِذَلِكَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ بِهَذَا
ahmad:19112Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Abū Yaʿfūr al-ʿAbdī > Ibn Abū Awfá

"We went on seven campaigns with the Messenger of Allah and we used to eat locusts." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4356)  

أحمد:١٩١١٢حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ الْعَبْدِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ أَبِي أَوْفَى قَالَ

غَزَوْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَبْعَ غَزَوَاتٍ فَكُنَّا نَأْكُلُ فِيهَا الْجَرَادَ  

ahmad:19150Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Abū Yaʿfūr

I heard Ibn Abi Awfa say when I asked him about (eating) locusts: I went on six or seven expeditions along with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and we ate them (locusts) along with him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3812)   

أحمد:١٩١٥٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ قَالَ سَأَلَ شَرِيكِي وَأَنَا مَعَهُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ أَبِي أَوْفَى عَنِ الْجَرَادِ فَقَالَ لَا بَأْسَ بِهِ

وَقَالَ غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَبْعَ غَزَوَاتٍ فَكُنَّا نَأْكُلُهُ  

ahmad:19398Sufyān > Abū Yaʿfūr ʿAbdī a freed slave of Lahum > Dhahabt > Ibn Abū Awfá Asʾaluh > al-Jarād

"I asked 'Abdullah bin Abu Awfa about killing locusts and he said: I went on six campaigns with the Messenger of Allah hand we ate locusts." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4357)  

أحمد:١٩٣٩٨حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَعْفُورٍ عَبْدِيٌّ مَوْلًى لَهُمْ قَالَ ذَهَبْتُ إِلَى ابْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى أَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الْجَرَادِ قَالَ

غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سِتَّ غَزَوَاتٍ نَأْكُلُ الْجَرَادَ  

darimi:2053Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > Sufyān > Abū Yaʿfūr > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Awfá

We went on seven expeditions with Messenger of Allah ﷺ and ate locusts. (Using translation from Muslim 1952a)  

الدارمي:٢٠٥٣أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى قَالَ

«غَزَوْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَبْعَ غَزَوَاتٍ نَأْكُلُ الْجَرَادَ»  

ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ الْجَرَادَ إِذَا لَمْ يَتَقَذَّرْهُ

ibnhibban:5257Abū Khalīfah > Abū al-Walīd al-Ṭayālisī > Shuʿbah > Abū Yaʿfūr > Ibn Abū Awfá

I heard Ibn Abi Awfa say when I asked him about (eating) locusts: I went on six or seven expeditions along with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and we ate them (locusts) along with him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3812)   

ابن حبّان:٥٢٥٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي يَعْفُورَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ أَبِي أَوْفَى قَالَ

«غَزَوْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَبْعَ غَزَوَاتٍ أَوْ سِتَّ غَزَوَاتٍ شَكَّ شُعْبَةُ فَكُنَّا نَأْكُلُ مَعَهُ الْجَرَادَ»  

nasai-kubra:4849Ḥumayd b. Masʿadah al-Baṣrī > Sufyān / Ibn Ḥabīb > Shuʿbah > Abū Yaʿfūr > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Awfá

"We went on seven campaigns with the Messenger of Allah and we used to eat locusts." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4356)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٨٤٩أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ الْبَصْرِيُّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ حَبِيبٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي يَعْفُورَ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ أَبِي أَوْفَى قَالَ

«غَزَوْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَبْعَ غَزَوَاتٍ فَكُنَّا نَأْكُلُ الْجَرَادَ»