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السيوطي:١٨٨٨٧a

"مَا حَدثكُمْ أهلُ الكتَابِ فَلَا تُصَدِّقُوهُمْ وَلَا تُكَذَبوهُمْ، وَقُولُوا: آمنا باللهِ، وَكتُبه، وَرُسُله، فَإِن كَانَ بَاطلًا لَمْ تُصَدّقُوه، وَإِنْ كَانَ حَقًّا لَمْ تُكَذبوه".  

[حم] أحمد [د] أبو داود وابن سعد، [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير [ق] البيهقى في السنن والبغوى، [حب] ابن حبّان عن أبي نملة الأنصاري

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abudawud:3644Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Thābit al-Marwazī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Ibn Abū Namlah al-Anṣārī from his father

When he was sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and a Jew was also with him, a funeral passed by him. He (the Jew) asked (Him): Muhammad, does this funeral speak? The Prophet ﷺ said: Allah has more knowledge. The Jew said: It speaks. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Whatever the people of the Book tell you, do not verify them, nor falsify them, but say: We believe in Allah and His Apostle. If it is false, do not confirm it, and if it is right, do not falsify it.  

أبو داود:٣٦٤٤حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي نَمْلَةَ الأَنْصَارِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّهُ بَيْنَمَا هُوَ جَالِسٌ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَعِنْدَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ مُرَّ بِجَنَازَةٍ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ هَلْ تَتَكَلَّمُ هَذِهِ الْجَنَازَةُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ إِنَّهَا تَتَكَلَّمُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا حَدَّثَكُمْ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ فَلاَ تُصَدِّقُوهُمْ وَلاَ تُكَذِّبُوهُمْ وَقُولُوا آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ بَاطِلاً لَمْ تُصَدِّقُوهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ حَقًّا لَمْ تُكَذِّبُوهُ  

ahmad:17225Ḥajjāj > Layth b. Saʿd > ʿUqayl > Ibn Shihāb > Ibn Abū Namlah > Abū Namlah al-Anṣārī

When he was sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and a Jew was also with him, a funeral passed by him. He (the Jew) asked (Him): Muhammad, does this funeral speak? The Prophet ﷺ said: Allah has more knowledge. The Jew said: It speaks. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Whatever the people of the Book tell you, do not verify them, nor falsify them, but say: We believe in Allah and His Apostle. If it is false, do not confirm it, and if it is right, do not falsify it. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3644)   

أحمد:١٧٢٢٥حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا لَيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَمْلَةَ أَنَّ أَبَا نَمْلَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ بَيْنَا هُوَ جَالِسٌ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ هَلْ تَتَكَلَّمُ هَذِهِ الْجَنَازَةُ؟ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اللهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ أَنَا أَشْهَدُ أَنَّهَا تَتَكَلَّمُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا حَدَّثَكُمْ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ فَلَا تُصَدِّقُوهُمْ وَلَا تُكَذِّبُوهُمْ وَقُولُوا آمَنَّا بِاللهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ حَقًّا لَمْ تُكَذِّبُوهُمْ وَإِنْ كَانَ بَاطِلًا لَمْ تُصَدِّقُوهُمْ  

tabarani:19168Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Ibn Abū Namlah al-Anṣārī > Abāh Abū Namlah al-Anṣārī

[Machine] It was reported to us that while he was sitting with the Prophet ﷺ , a man from the Jews passed by a funeral. He said, "O Muhammad, does this funeral speak?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, "Allah knows best." The Jew said, "It does speak." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not believe the people of the Book, nor reject them. Instead, say, 'We believe in Allah, His Books, and His Messengers.' If it is false, they will not believe it, and if it is true, they will not deny it."  

الطبراني:١٩١٦٨حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي نَمْلَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ أَبَا نَمْلَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ

أَخْبَرَنَا أَنَّهُ بَيْنَا هُوَ جَالِسٌ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ وَمَرَّ بِجِنَازَةٍ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ هَلْ تَكَلَّمُ هَذِهِ الْجَنَازَةُ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اللهُ أَعْلَمُ» فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ أَنَّهَا تَتَكَلَّمُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَا حَدَّثَكُمْ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ فَلَا تُصَدِّقُوهُمْ وَلَا تُكَذِّبُوهُمْ وَقُولُوا آمَنَّا بِاللهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ بَاطِلًا لَمْ يُصَدَّقُوا وَإِنْ كَانَ حَقًّا لَمْ يُكَذَّبُوا»  

tabarani:19169Abū Usāmah al-Ḥalabī

[Machine] He informed him that while he was sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , a man from the Jews came to him and said, "O Muhammad, does this funeral speak?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah knows best." The Jew said, "I bear witness that it speaks." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "What the people of the Scripture tell you, do not deny them, nor confirm them. Rather, say: 'We believe in Allah and His messengers and His books.' If it is true, do not deny it, and if it is false, do not confirm it."  

الطبراني:١٩١٦٩حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ الْحَلَبِيُّ ثنا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ أَبِي مَنِيعٍ الرُّصَافِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا جَدِّي عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي نَمْلَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ أَبَا نَمْلَةَ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ بَيْنَا هُوَ جَالِسٌ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ هَلْ تَكَلَّمُ هَذِهِ الْجَنَازَةُ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اللهُ أَعْلَمُ» فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ أَنَا أَشْهَدُ أَنَّهَا تَتَكَلَّمُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَا حَدَّثَكُمْ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ فَلَا تُكَذِّبُوهُمْ وَلَا تُصَدِّقُوهُمْ وَقُولُوا آمَنَّا بِاللهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ حَقًّا لَمْ تُكَذِّبُوا وَإِنْ كَانَ بَاطِلًا لَمْ تُصَدِّقُوا»  

tabarani:19170Mūsá b. ʿĪsá b. al-Mundhir al-Ḥimṣī > Abū al-Yamān > Shuʿayb b. Abū Ḥamzah > al-Zuhrī > Namlah b. Abū Namlah > Abū Namlah al-Anṣārī

[Machine] While he was sitting with the Prophet ﷺ , a Jewish man came to him and said, "O Muhammad, does this corpse speak?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "Allah knows best." The Jewish man said, "I bear witness that it does speak." The Prophet ﷺ said, "What the people of the Book tell you, neither believe nor deny them, and say, 'We believe in Allah and His Books and His Messengers.' If it is true, you do not deny it, and if it is false, you do not believe in it."  

الطبراني:١٩١٧٠حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ عِيسَى بْنِ الْمُنْذِرِ الْحِمْصِيُّ ثنا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ أَنَا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي نَمْلَةُ بْنُ أَبِي نَمْلَةَ أَنَّ أَبَا نَمْلَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ حَدَّثَهُ

أَنَّهُ بَيْنَا هُوَ جَالِسٌ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ هَلْ تَكَلَّمُ هَذِهِ الْجَنَازَةُ؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «اللهُ أَعْلَمُ» فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ أَنَا أَشْهَدُ أَنَّهَا تَكَلَّمُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «مَا حَدَّثَكُمْ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ فَلَا تُصَدِّقُوهُمْ وَلَا تُكَذِّبُوهُمْ وَقُولُوا آمَنَّا بِاللهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ حَقًّا لَمْ تُكَذِّبُوا وَإِنْ كَانَ بَاطِلًا لَمْ تُصَدِّقُوا بِهِ»  

tabarani:19171Muṭṭalib b. Shuʿayb al-Azdī > ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Hiql b. Ziyād

[Machine] He informed him that while he was sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , a man from the Jews came and said, "O Muhammad, does this funeral speak?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah knows best." The Jew said, "I bear witness that it speaks." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "What people of the scripture tell you, neither believe nor disbelieve them. Rather, say, 'We have believed in Allah and in what was revealed to us and what was revealed to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, and the Descendants, and in what was given to Moses and Jesus and to the prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and we are Muslims in submission to Him.' If it is true, then you have not disbelieved them, and if it is false, then you have not believed them."  

الطبراني:١٩١٧١حَدَّثَنَا مُطَّلِبُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي الْهِقْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ حَدَّثَنِي مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الصَّدَفِيُّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي نَمْلَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ أَبَا نَمْلَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ بَيْنَا هُوَ جَالِسٌ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ هَلْ تَكَلَّمُ هَذِهِ الْجَنَازَةُ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اللهُ أَعْلَمُ» فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ أَنَا أَشْهَدُ أَنَّهَا تَكَلَّمُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَا حَدَّثَكُمْ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ فَلَا تُصَدِّقُوهُمْ وَلَا تُكَذِّبُوهُمْ وَقُولُوا آمَنَّا بِاللهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ حَقًّا لَمْ تُكَذِّبُوهُمْ وَإِنْ كَانَ بَاطِلًا لَمْ تُصَدِّقُوهُمْ»  

tabarani:19172Ismāʿīl b. al-Ḥasan al-Khaffāf al-Miṣrī > Aḥmad b. Ṣāliḥ > ʿAnbasah b. Khālid > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > Ibn Abū Namlah al-Anṣārī > Abū Namlah al-Anṣārī

[Machine] He informed him that while he was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , a man from the Jews came to him and said, "Does this funeral speak?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah knows best." The Jew said, "I bear witness that it speaks." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not believe the people of the Book and do not disbelieve them. Say, 'We believe in Allah and His books and His messengers.' If it is true, do not disbelieve them, and if it is false, do not believe them."  

الطبراني:١٩١٧٢حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْخَفَّافُ الْمِصْرِيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ ثنا عَنْبَسَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ ثنا يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي نَمْلَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ أَنَّ أَبَا نَمْلَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ بَيْنَا هُوَ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ فَقَالَ هَلْ تَكَلَّمُ هَذِهِ الْجَنَازَةُ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اللهُ أَعْلَمُ» فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ أَنَا أَشْهَدُ أَنَّهَا تَكَلَّمُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَا حَدَّثَكُمْ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ فَلَا تُصَدِّقُوهُمْ وَلَا تُكَذِّبُوهُمْ وَقُولُوا آمَنَّا بِاللهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ حَقًّا لَمْ تُكَذِّبُوهُمْ وَإِنْ كَانَ بَاطِلًا لَمْ تُصَدِّقُوهُمْ»  

tabarani:19173ʿAmr b. Abū al-Ṭāhir b. al-Sarḥ al-Miṣrī > Muḥammad b. ʿAzīz > Salāmah b. Rawḥ > ʿUqayl > Ibn Shihāb > Ibn Abū Namlah from his father

[Machine] He informed him that while he was sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , a man from the Jews came to him and said, "O Muhammad, does this funeral speak?" So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Allah knows best." The Jew said, "I testify that it speaks." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Do not believe the People of the Book, nor deny them, but say: We believe in Allah and His Books and His Messengers, if it is true, you do not deny them, and if it is false, you do not believe them."  

الطبراني:١٩١٧٣حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ أَبِي الطَّاهِرِ بْنِ السَّرْحِ الْمِصْرِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَزِيزٍ ثنا سَلَامَةُ بْنُ رَوْحٍ عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي نَمْلَةَ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ بَيْنَمَا هُوَ جَالِسٌ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِذْ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ هَلْ تَتَكَلَّمُ هَذِهِ الْجَنَازَةُ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اللهُ أَعْلَمُ» فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ أَنَا أَشْهَدُ أَنَّهَا تَتَكَلَّمُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَا حَدَّثَكُمْ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ فَلَا تُصَدِّقُوهُمْ وَلَا تُكَذِّبُوهُمْ وَقُولُوا آمَنَّا بِاللهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ حَقًّا لَمْ تُكَذِّبُوهُمْ وَإِنْ كَانَ بَاطِلًا لَمْ تُصَدِّقُوهُمْ»