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nasai:711 – Qutaybah > al-Layth > Saʿīd b. Abū Saʿīd > ʿAmr b. Sulaym al-Zuraqī > Abū Qatādah

"While we were sitting in the Masjid. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to us carrying Umamah bint Abi Al-'As bin Ar-Rabi', whose mother was Zainab, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She was a little girl and he was carrying her. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed with her on his shoulder, putting her down when he bowed and picking her up again when he stood up, until he completed his prayer."  

النسائي:٧١١ – أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ الزُّرَقِيِّ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا قَتَادَةَ يَقُولُ بَيْنَا نَحْنُ جُلُوسٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ إِذْ خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَحْمِلُ أُمَامَةَ بِنْتَ أَبِي الْعَاصِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ وَأُمُّهَا زَيْنَبُ بِنْتُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهِيَ صَبِيَّةٌ يَحْمِلُهَا فَصَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهِيَ عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ يَضَعُهَا إِذَا رَكَعَ وَيُعِيدُهَا إِذَا قَامَ حَتَّى قَضَى صَلاَتَهُ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ بِهَا  

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abudawud:918 – Qutaybah / Ibn Saʿīd > al-Layth > Saʿīd b. Abū Saʿīd > ʿAmr b. Sulaym al-Zuraqī > Abū Qatādah

We were sitting in the mosque when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came upon us carrying Umamah daughter of Abul'As ibn ar-Rabi'. Her mother was Zaynab daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She (Umamah) was a child and he (the Prophet) was carrying her on his shoulder. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led (the people) in prayer while she was on his shoulder. When he bowed he put her down and took her up when he got up. He kept on doing so until he finished his prayer.  

أبو داود:٩١٨ – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ الزُّرَقِيِّ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا قَتَادَةَ يَقُولُ بَيْنَا نَحْنُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ جُلُوسٌ خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَحْمِلُ أُمَامَةَ بِنْتَ أَبِي الْعَاصِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ وَأُمُّهَا زَيْنَبُ بِنْتُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهِيَ صَبِيَّةٌ يَحْمِلُهَا عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ فَصَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهِيَ عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ يَضَعُهَا إِذَا رَكَعَ وَيُعِيدُهَا إِذَا قَامَ حَتَّى قَضَى صَلاَتَهُ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ بِهَا  

ahmad:22584 – Ḥajjāj b. Muḥammad > Layth / Ibn Saʿd > Saʿīd b. Abū Saʿīd > ʿAmr b. Sulaym al-Zuraqī > Abū Qatādah

We were sitting in the mosque when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came upon us carrying Umamah daughter of Abul'As ibn ar-Rabi'. Her mother was Zaynab daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She (Umamah) was a child and he (the Prophet) was carrying her on his shoulder. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led (the people) in prayer while she was on his shoulder. When he bowed he put her down and took her up when he got up. He kept on doing so until he finished his prayer. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 918)  

أحمد:٢٢٥٨٤ – حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَعْدٍ حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ الزُّرَقِيِّ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا قَتَادَةَ يَقُولُ بَيْنَا نَحْنُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ جُلُوسٌ خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَحْمِلُ أُمَامَةَ بِنْتَ أَبِي الْعَاصِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ وَأُمُّهَا زَيْنَبُ بِنْتُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهِيَ صَبِيَّةٌ فَحَمَلَهَا عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ فَصَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَهِيَ عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ يَضَعُهَا إِذَا رَكَعَ وَيُعِيدُهَا عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ إِذَا قَامَ فَصَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَهِيَ عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ ثُمَّ قَامَ حَتَّى قَضَى صَلَاتَهُ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ بِهَا  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الدَّالِّ عَلَى نَفْيِ إِيجَابِ الْوُضُوءِ مِنَ الْمُلَامَسَةِ إِذَا كَانَتْ مِنْ ذَوَاتِ الْمَحَارِمِ

ibnhibban:1110 – al-Faḍl > Abū al-Walīd al-Ṭayālisī > Layth b. Saʿd > Saʿīd b. Abū al-Maqburī > ʿAmr b. Sulaym al-Zuraqī > Abū Qatādah

We were sitting in the mosque when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came upon us carrying Umamah daughter of Abul'As ibn ar-Rabi'. Her mother was Zaynab daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She (Umamah) was a child and he (the Prophet) was carrying her on his shoulder. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led (the people) in prayer while she was on his shoulder. When he bowed he put her down and took her up when he got up. He kept on doing so until he finished his prayer. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 918)   

ابن حبّان:١١١٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَضْلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ الزُّرَقِيِّ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا قَتَادَةَ يَقُولُ بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ عَلَى بَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ جُلُوسٌ إِذْ خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَحْمِلُ أُمَامَةَ بِنْتَ أَبِي الْعَاصِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ وَأُمُّهَا زَيْنَبُ بِنْتُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهِيَ صَبِيَّةٌ فَصَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهِيَ عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ يَضَعُهَا إِذَا رَكَعَ وَيُعِيدُهَا عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ إِذَا قَامَ حَتَّى قَضَى صَلَاتَهُ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ بِهَا  

tabarani:19367 – [Chain 1] Muṭṭalib b. Shuʿayb al-Azdī > ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Layth [Chain 2] ʿĀṣim b. ʿAlī > al-Layth b. Saʿd > Saʿīd al-Maqburī > ʿAmr b. Sulaym al-Zuraqī > Abū Qatādah

[Machine] He heard Abu Qatadah saying, "While we were sitting in the mosque, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to us carrying Umamah, the daughter of Abu Al-As, on his shoulder. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed while she was on his shoulder, and when he prostrated, he put her down until he finished his prayer."  

الطبراني:١٩٣٦٧ – حَدَّثَنَا مُطَّلِبُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ ح وحَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ حَفْصٍ السَّدُوسِيُّ ثنا عَاصِمُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ثنا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ الزُّرَقِيِّ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا قَتَادَةَ يَقُولُ «بَيْنَا نَحْنُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ جُلُوسٌ خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَحْمِلُ أُمَامَةَ بِنْتَ أَبِي الْعَاصِ عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ فَصَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَهِيَ عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ إِذَا قَامَ حَتَّى قَضَى صَلَاتَهَ»  

tabarani:19368 – Aḥmad b. Rishdīn al-Miṣrī > Aḥmad b. Ṣāliḥ > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > Saʿīd b. Abū Hilāl > Ibn al-Maqburī > ʿAmr b. Sulaym al-Zuraqī > Abū Qatādah

[Machine] He heard Abu Qatadah saying, "While we were sitting in the mosque waiting for the prayer, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out with his granddaughter Umamah bint Abi Al-As bin Ar-Rabi'ah on his shoulder, and her mother Zainab carrying her, and he would lift her up and place her on the ground when he went into prostration, and when he stood up, he would lift her up on his shoulder again until he finished his prayer, and he would do that."  

الطبراني:١٩٣٦٨ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ رِشْدِينَ الْمِصْرِيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ ثنا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي هِلَالٍ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ الزُّرَقِيِّ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا قَتَادَةَ يَقُولُ «بَيْنَا نَحْنُ جُلُوسٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ نَنْتَظِرُ الصَّلَاةَ خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ بِنْتُ بِنْتِهِ أُمَامَةَ بِنْتِ أَبِي الْعَاصِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ وَأُمُّهَا زَيْنَبُ يَحْمِلُهَا عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ يُكَبِّرُ وَهِيَ عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ فَإِذَا رَكَعَ وَضَعَهَا بِالْأَرْضِ وَإِذَا قَامَ أَعَادَهَا عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ حَتَّى قَضَى صَلَاتَهُ وَهُوَ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ»  

tabarani:19370 – ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > al-Zubayr b. Bakkār > ʿAbd al-Jabbār b. Saʿīd > Sulaymān b. Muḥammad > Abū Bakr b. Abū Sabrah > ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. Jaʿfar > Saʿīd al-Maqburī > ʿAmr b. Sulaym > Abū Qatādah

[Machine] "While we were sitting in the mosque waiting for the prayer, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to us with Ummamah bint Abi al-'As ibn al-Rabi'i on his shoulder, and her mother is Zaynab bint Rasulullah ﷺ . When he bowed down, he placed her on the ground, and when he stood up, he carried her back on his shoulder until he finished his prayer, and he continued to do so with her."  

الطبراني:١٩٣٧٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا الزُّبَيْرُ بْنُ بَكَّارٍ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الْجَبَّارِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي سَبْرَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ قَالَ

«بَيْنَا نَحْنُ جُلُوسٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ نَنْتَظِرُ الصَّلَاةَ خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَعَلَى عَاتِقِهِ أُمَامَةُ بِنْتُ أَبِي الْعَاصِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ وَأُمُّهَا زَيْنَبُ بِنْتُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَإِذَا رَكَعَ وَضَعَهَا بِالْأَرْضِ وَإِذَا قَامَ أَعَادَهَا عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ حَتَّى قَضَى صَلَاتَهُ وَهُوَ يَفْعَلُ بِهَا ذَلِكَ»  

nasai-kubra:792 – Qutaybah > al-Layth > Saʿīd b. Abū Saʿīd > ʿAmr b. Sulaym al-Zuraqī > Abū Qatādah

We were sitting in the mosque when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came upon us carrying Umamah daughter of Abul'As ibn ar-Rabi'. Her mother was Zaynab daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She (Umamah) was a child and he (the Prophet) was carrying her on his shoulder. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led (the people) in prayer while she was on his shoulder. When he bowed he put her down and took her up when he got up. He kept on doing so until he finished his prayer. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 918)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٩٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ الزُّرَقِيِّ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا قَتَادَةَ يَقُولُ «بَيْنَا نَحْنُ جُلُوسٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُحْمَلُ أُمَامَةَ بِنْتَ أَبِي الْعَاصِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ وَأُمُّهَا زَيْنَبُ بِنْتُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهِيَ صَبِيَّةٌ يَحْمِلُهَا عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ فَصَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَهِيَ عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ يَضَعُهَا إِذَا رَكَعَ وَيُعِيدُهَا إِذَا قَامَ حَتَّى قَضَى صَلَاتَهُ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ بِهَا»  

bayhaqi:613 – ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. ʿAbdān > Aḥmad b. ʿUbayd al-Ṣaffār > Aḥmad b. Ibrāhīm b. Malḥān > Yaḥyá > al-Layth > Abū Saʿīd ʿAbd al-Malik b. Abū ʿUthmān al-Zāhid Imlāʾ And ʾAbū Ṣāliḥ b. Abū Ṭāhir al-ʿAnbarī > Abū Muḥammad Yaḥyá b. Manṣūr al-Qāḍī > Aḥmad b. Maslamah > Qutaybah b. Saʿīd

We were sitting in the mosque when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came upon us carrying Umamah daughter of Abul'As ibn ar-Rabi'. Her mother was Zaynab daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She (Umamah) was a child and he (the Prophet) was carrying her on his shoulder. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led (the people) in prayer while she was on his shoulder. When he bowed he put her down and took her up when he got up. He kept on doing so until he finished his prayer. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 918)   

البيهقي:٦١٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ نا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ نا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مَلْحَانَ ثنا يَحْيَى ثنا اللَّيْثُ وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ الزَّاهِدُ إِمْلَاءً وَأَبُو صَالِحِ بْنُ أَبِي طَاهِرٍ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ قَالَا نا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ يَحْيَى بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ الْقَاضِي نا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ ثنا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الثَّقَفِيُّ نا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ الزُّرَقِيِّ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا قَتَادَةَ يَقُولُ بَيْنَا نَحْنُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ جُلُوسٌ خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَحْمِلُ أُمَامَةَ بِنْتَ أَبِي الْعَاصِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ وَأُمُّهَا زَيْنَبُ بِنْتُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهِيَ صَبِيَّةٌ يَحْمِلُهَا عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ فَصَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَهِيَ عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ يَضَعُهَا إِذَا رَكَعَ وَيُعِيدُهَا إِذَا قَامَ حَتَّى قَضَى صَلَاتَهُ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ بِهَا  

أَخْرَجَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَبِي الْوَلِيدِ وَأَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ عَنْ قُتَيْبَةَ كِلَاهُمَا عَنِ اللَّيْثِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ