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السيوطي:١٤٤٣٤a –

"رُبَّ أَشْعثَ مدْفُوعٍ بالأَبواب، لَوْ أَقْسم على اللَّه لأَبَرَّهُ".  

[حم] أحمد [م] مسلم عن أَبى هريرة

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Collected by Muslim, Ibn Ḥibbān, Suyūṭī
muslim:2854 – Sūwayd b. Saʿīd > Ḥafṣ b. Maysarah > al-ʿAlāʾ b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman from his father > Abū Hurayrah

Many a people with dishevelled hair are driven away from the door (but they are so pious) that if they are to swear in the name of Allah, He would definitely fulfil that.  

مسلم:٢٨٥٤ – حَدَّثَنِي سُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنِي حَفْصُ بْنُ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنِ الْعَلاَءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ رُبَّ أَشْعَثَ مَدْفُوعٍ بِالأَبْوَابِ لَوْ أَقْسَمَ عَلَى اللَّهِ لأَبَرَّهُ  

muslim:2622 – Sūwayd b. Saʿīd > Ḥafṣ b. Maysarah > al-ʿAlāʾ b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman from his father > Abū Hurayrah

Many a person with disheveled hair and covered with dust is turned away from the doors (whereas he is held in such a high esteem by Allah) that if he were to adjure in the name of Allah (about anything) Allah would fulfil that.  

مسلم:٢٦٢٢ – حَدَّثَنِي سُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنِي حَفْصُ بْنُ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنِ الْعَلاَءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ رُبَّ أَشْعَثَ مَدْفُوعٍ بِالأَبْوَابِ لَوْ أَقْسَمَ عَلَى اللَّهِ لأَبَرَّهُ  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ أَبْطَلَ وُجُودَ الْمُعْجِزَاتِ فِي الْأَوْلِيَاءِ دُونَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ

ibnhibban:6483 – Ibn Qutaybah > Yazīd b. Mawhab > Ibn Wahb > Ḥafṣ b. Maysarah > al-ʿAlāʾ b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman from his father > Abū Hurayrah

Many a person with disheveled hair and covered with dust is turned away from the doors (whereas he is held in such a high esteem by Allah) that if he were to adjure in the name of Allah (about anything) Allah would fulfil that. (Using translation from Muslim 2622)   

ابن حبّان:٦٤٨٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ مَوْهَبٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «رُبَّ أَشْعَثَ ذِي طِمْرَيْنِ لَوْ أَقْسَمَ عَلَى اللَّهِ لَأَبَرَّهُ»