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suyuti:2556a –
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السيوطي:٢٥٥٦a –

"إذا كَتبَ أحدُكُمْ إلى إنسانٍ فليبدأ بنفسه، وإذا كتبَ فليَتِّربْ كتابَهُ، فإِنَّه أنجحُ" .

[طس] الطبرانى في الأوسط [كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه عن أبي الدرداء

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tirmidhi:2713 – Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Shabābah > Ḥamzah > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "When one of you writes something, then let him Yutarrib (smeared with dust to dry the ink) it, for that is more conducive to the need."

الترمذي:٢٧١٣ – حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ حَدَّثَنَا شَبَابَةُ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا كَتَبَ أَحَدُكُمْ كِتَابًا فَلْيُتَرِّبْهُ فَإِنَّهُ أَنْجَحُ لِلْحَاجَةِ

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ مُنْكَرٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ إِلاَّ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ قَالَ وَحَمْزَةُ هُوَ عِنْدِي ابْنُ عَمْرٍو النَّصِيبِيُّ هُوَ ضَعِيفٌ فِي الْحَدِيثِ

suyuti:2553a –

that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "When one of you writes something, then let him Yutarrib (smeared with dust to dry the ink) it, for that is more conducive to the need." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2713)

السيوطي:٢٥٥٣a –

"إذا كتبَ أحدُكُمْ كِتابًا فليُتَرِّبْه، فإِنَّهُ أنْجَحُ لحاجَتِه".

[ت] الترمذي منكر عن جابر، [طس] الطبرانى في الأوسط عن أبي الدرادء، [عد] ابن عدى في الكامل عن أبي هريرة