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suyuti:1051a –
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السيوطي:١٠٥١a –

"إذا اختلفتُمْ في الطريقِ، فاذرعوا سبعةَ أَذْرُعٍ، ثم ابْنُو".

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Collected by Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Suyūṭī
ibnmajah:2339 – Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá And Muḥammad b. ʿUmar b. Hayyāj > Qabīṣah > Sufyān > Simāk > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

“When you dispute concerning a path, make it seven forearms length wide.' ”

ابن ماجة:٢٣٣٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ هَيَّاجٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا قَبِيصَةُ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا اخْتَلَفْتُمْ فِي الطَّرِيقِ فَاجْعَلُوهُ سَبْعَةَ أَذْرُعٍ

ahmad:9537 – Yaḥyá > al-Muthanná b. Saʿīd > Qatādah > Bushayr b. Kaʿb > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If you disagree or argue along the way, then leave a distance of seven arm's lengths."

أحمد:٩٥٣٧ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا الْمُثَنَّى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ بُشَيْرِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا اخْتَلَفْتُمْ أَوْ تَشَاجَرْتُمْ فِي الطَّرِيقِ فَدَعُوا سَبْعَةَ أَذْرُعٍ

ذِكْرُ وَصْفِ مَا يُحْكَمُ لِلْمُخْتَلِفِينَ فِي طُرُقِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ عِنْدَ الْإِمْكَانِ

ibnhibban:5067 – Shabāb b. Ṣāliḥ Biwāsiṭ > Wahbb. Baqiyyah > Khālid > Khālid > Yūsuf b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥārith from his father > Abū Hurayrah

“When you dispute concerning a path, make it seven forearms length wide.' ” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2339)

ابن حبّان:٥٠٦٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا شَبَابُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ بِوَاسِطٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا اخْتَلَفْتُمْ فِي الطُّرُقِ فَدَعُوا سَبْعَةَ أَذْرُعٍ»

tabarani:11737 – al-Ḥasan b. al-ʿAbbās And ʿAlī b. Saʿīd al-Rāzyān > ʿAbd al-Muʾmin b. ʿAlī > ʿAbd al-Salām b. Ḥarb > Abū Khālid al-Dālānī > Simāk b. Ḥarb > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] From the Prophet ﷺ , he said, "If you disagree regarding a matter, give each other a space of seven cubits and do not make it less than that."

الطبراني:١١٧٣٧ – حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الرَّازيانِ قَالَا ثنا عَبْدُ الْمُؤْمِنِ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ثنا عَبْدُ السَّلَامِ بْنُ حَرْبٍ عَنْ أَبِي خَالِدٍ الدَّالَانِيِّ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا اخْتَلَفْتُمْ فِي الطَّرِيقِ فاذْرَعُوا سَبْعَةَ أَذْرُعٍ وَلَا تَجْعَلُوهُ أَقَلَّ مِنْ ذَلِكَ»