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السيوطي:٢١٥٥a –

"إذَا طَفَا السَّمَكُ عَلى الماء فلا تأكُلْه، وإذا جزرَ عنه البحرُ كُلهْ، وما كانَ على حافَّتَيه فكُلُه".  

ابن مردويه، [ق] البيهقى في السنن عن جابر

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[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "If a fish floats on the water, do not eat it. And if the sea recedes from it, then eat it. And whatever is found on its banks, eat it." Sulayman said, "This hadith was not narrated by Sufyan except by Abu Ahmad."  

البيهقي:١٨٩٨٩ – أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ بْنُ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ اللَّخْمِيُّ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ ثنا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ثنا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ الزُّبَيْرِيُّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا طَفَا السَّمَكُ عَلَى الْمَاءِ فَلَا تَأْكُلْهُ وَإِذَا جَزَرَ عَنْهُ الْبَحْرُ فَكُلْهُ وَمَا كَانَ عَلَى حَافَتِهِ فَكُلْهُ قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ لَمْ يَرْفَعْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ إِلَّا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ