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"إِنْ لَمْ تَجِدِينِى فَأتى أَبَا بَكْرٍ".

وَفى غير هذه الرِّوَايَة "فَإِنَّهُ يَلىِ أمْرًا مِنْ بَعْدى" قَاله ﷺ لامرأَة كلمته في شئٍ فأَمرها أن ترجع إِليه، قالت: يا رسول اللَّهِ إِنَّ جئت ولم أَجدْكَ؟ كأنَّها تريد الموت، فقال ذلك.  

[خ] البخاري [م] مسلم من حديث جبير بن مطعم

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Collected by Bukhārī, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī
bukhari:3659al-Ḥumaydī And Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd from his father > Muḥammad b. Jubayr b. Muṭʿim from his father

A woman came to the Prophet ﷺ who ordered her to return to him again. She said, "What if I came and did not find you?" as if she wanted to say, "If I found you dead?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "If you should not find me, go to Abu Bakr."  

البخاري:٣٦٥٩حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

أَتَتِ امْرَأَةٌ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَمَرَهَا أَنْ تَرْجِعَ إِلَيْهِ قَالَتْ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ جِئْتُ وَلَمْ أَجِدْكَ كَأَنَّهَا تَقُولُ الْمَوْتَ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ إِنْ لَمْ تَجِدِينِي فَأْتِي أَبَا بَكْرٍ  

bukhari:7220ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd from his father > Muḥammad b. Jubayr b. Muṭʿim from his father

A woman came to the Prophet ﷺ and spoke to him about something and he told her to return to him. She said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! If I come and do not find you?" (As if she meant, "...if you die?") The Prophet said, "If you should not find me, then go to Abu Bakr."  

البخاري:٧٢٢٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ امْرَأَةٌ فَكَلَّمَتْهُ فِي شَىْءٍ فَأَمَرَهَا أَنْ تَرْجِعَ إِلَيْهِ قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ جِئْتُ وَلَمْ أَجِدْكَ كَأَنَّهَا تُرِيدُ الْمَوْتَ قَالَ إِنْ لَمْ تَجِدِينِي فَأْتِي أَبَا بَكْرٍ  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ هَذَا الْخَبَرَ تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ

ibnhibban:6872Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Abū ʿAwn > Abū Marwān al-ʿUthmānay Muḥammad b. ʿUthmān > Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd from his father > Muḥammad b. Jubayr b. Muṭʿim from his father

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ once had a conversation with a woman and then instructed her to come back to him. She asked, 'O Messenger of Allah, what if I come back and cannot find you?' It was as if she meant death. He replied, 'If you cannot find me, then go to Abu Bakr.'"  

ابن حبّان:٦٨٧٢أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَوْنٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَرْوَانَ الْعُثْمَانَيُّ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ امْرَأَةٌ فَكَلَّمَتْهُ فِي شَيْءٍ فَأَمَرَهَا أَنْ تَرْجِعَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ رَجَعْتُ فَلَمْ أَجِدْكَ كَأَنَّهَا تَعْنِي الْمَوْتَ قَالَ «فَإِنْ لَمْ تَجِدِينِي فَائْتِ* أَبَا بَكْرٍ»  

tabarani:1557Abū Yazīd al-Qarāṭīsī > Asad b. Mūsá > Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd from his father > Muḥammad b. Jubayr b. Muṭʿim from his father

[Machine] A woman came to the Prophet ﷺ and spoke to him about something. He commanded her to go back to him, so she said, "O Messenger of Allah, if I come and do not find you, it means death." He said, "If you do not find me, go to Abu Bakr."  

الطبراني:١٥٥٧حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَزِيدَ الْقَرَاطِيسِيُّ ثنا أَسَدُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

أَتَتِ امْرَأَةٌ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَكَلَّمَتْهُ بِشَيْءٍ فَأَمَرَهَا أَنْ تَرْجِعَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنْ جِئْتُ وَلَمْ أَجِدْكَ تَعْنِي الْمَوْتَ قَالَ «إِنْ لَمْ تَجِدِينِي فَائْتِي أَبَا بَكْرٍ»