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tabarani:10858ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > Abū And ʾAbū Khaythamah And Muḥammad b. ʿAbbād al-Makkī > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās ؓ ā

The Apostle of Allah ﷺ had been commanded that he should prostrate on the seven (bones) and he was forbidden to fold back the hair and clothing. And in the narration transmitted by Abu Rabi' (the words are):" on the seven bones and I was forbidden to fold back the hair and clothing". According to Abu'l-Rabi' (the seven bones are): The hands, the knees, and the (extremities) of the feet and the forehead. (Using translation from Muslim 490a)  

الطبراني:١٠٨٥٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي وَأَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ الْمَكِّيُّ قَالُوا ثنا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

«أُمِرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَسْجُدَ عَلَى سَبْعٍ وَنُهِي أَنْ يَكُفَّ شَعْرَهُ وَثِيَابَهُ»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Nasāʾī, Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
bukhari:810Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > Shuʿbah > ʿAmr > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said, "We have been ordered to prostrates on seven bones and not to tuck up the clothes or hair."  

البخاري:٨١٠حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أُمِرْنَا أَنْ نَسْجُدَ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَعْظُمٍ وَلاَ نَكُفَّ ثَوْبًا وَلاَ شَعَرًا  

bukhari:815Abū al-Nuʿmān > Ḥammād And Hw Ibn Zayd > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ was ordered to prostrate on seven bony parts and not to tuck up his clothes or hair.  

البخاري:٨١٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ وَهْوَ ابْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

أُمِرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يَسْجُدَ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَعْظُمٍ وَلاَ يَكُفَّ ثَوْبَهُ وَلاَ شَعَرَهُ  

bukhari:816Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Abū ʿAwānah > ʿAmr > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said, "I have been ordered to prostrate on seven (bones) and not to tuck up the hair or garment."  

البخاري:٨١٦حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَسْجُدَ عَلَى سَبْعَةٍ لاَ أَكُفُّ شَعَرًا وَلاَ ثَوْبًا  

muslim:490cʿAmr al-Nāqid > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > Ibn Ṭāwus from his father

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had been commanded to prostrate on seven (bones) and forbidden to fold back hair and clothing.  

مسلم:٤٩٠cحَدَّثَنَا عَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أُمِرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يَسْجُدَ عَلَى سَبْعٍ وَنُهِيَ أَنْ يَكْفِتَ الشَّعْرَ وَالثِّيَابَ  

nasai:1113Ḥumayd b. Masʿadah al-Baṣrī > Yazīd / Ibn Zurayʿ > Shuʿbah Warawḥ / Ibn al-Qāsim > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "I have been commanded to prostrate on seven and not to tuck up my hair or garment."  

النسائي:١١١٣أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ الْبَصْرِيُّ عَنْ يَزِيدَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ زُرَيْعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ وَرَوْحٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَسْجُدَ عَلَى سَبْعَةٍ وَلاَ أَكُفَّ شَعْرًا وَلاَ ثَوْبًا  

nasai:1115Muḥammad b. Manṣūr al-Makkī > Sufyān > ʿAmr > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The Prophet ﷺ was commanded to prostrate on seven bones and was forbidden to tuck up his hair and garment."  

النسائي:١١١٥أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ الْمَكِّيُّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

أُمِرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يَسْجُدَ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَعْظُمٍ وَنُهِيَ أَنْ يَكُفَّ الشَّعْرَ وَالثِّيَابَ  

nasai:1093Qutaybah > Ḥammād > ʿAmr > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The Prophet ﷺ was commanded to prostrate on seven parts of his body and not to tuck up his hair or his garment."  

النسائي:١٠٩٣أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

أُمِرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يَسْجُدَ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَعْضَاءٍ وَلاَ يَكُفَّ شَعْرَهُ وَلاَ ثِيَابَهُ  

tirmidhi:273Qutaybah > Ḥammād b. Zayd > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The Prophet ordered that one prostrate on seven bones and that he not gather his hair nor his garment."  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ.
الترمذي:٢٧٣حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

أُمِرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يَسْجُدَ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَعْظُمٍ وَلاَ يَكُفَّ شَعْرَهُ وَلاَ ثِيَابَهُ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
ahmad:2436ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Sufyān > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The Prophet ﷺ was commanded to prostrate on seven parts of his body and not to tuck up his hair or his garment." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1093)   

أحمد:٢٤٣٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

أُمِرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يَسْجُدَ عَلَى سَبْعٍ وَلا يَكُفَّشَعْرًا وَلا ثَوْبًا  

ahmad:2584Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said, "I have been ordered to prostrate on seven (bones) and not to tuck up the hair or garment." (Using translation from Bukhārī 816)  

أحمد:٢٥٨٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَسْجُدَ عَلَى سَبْعَةٍ وَلا أَكُفَّ شَعَرًا وَلا ثَوْبًا  

ahmad:2588Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said, "I have been ordered to prostrate on seven (bones) and not to tuck up the hair or garment." (Using translation from Bukhārī 816)  

أحمد:٢٥٨٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَسْجُدَ عَلَى سَبْعَةٍ وَلا أَكُفَّ شَعَرًا وَلا ثَوْبًا  

ahmad:2590Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said, "I have been ordered to prostrate on seven (bones) and not to tuck up the hair or garment." (Using translation from Bukhārī 816)  

أحمد:٢٥٩٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَسْجُدَ عَلَى سَبْعَةٍ وَلا أَكُفَّ شَعَرًا وَلا ثَوْبًا  

ahmad:2596Hushaym > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

“I have been commanded to prostrate on seven bones.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 883)   

أحمد:٢٥٩٦حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَسْجُدَ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَعْظُمٍ وَلا أَكُفَّ شَعْرًا وَلا ثَوْبًا  

ahmad:1927Sufyān > ʿAmr > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Apostle of Allah ﷺ had been commanded that he should prostrate on the seven (bones) and he was forbidden to fold back the hair and clothing. And in the narration transmitted by Abu Rabi' (the words are):" on the seven bones and I was forbidden to fold back the hair and clothing". According to Abu'l-Rabi' (the seven bones are): The hands, the knees, and the (extremities) of the feet and the forehead. (Using translation from Muslim 490a)  

أحمد:١٩٢٧حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

أُمِرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَسْجُدَ عَلَى سَبْعٍ وَنُهِيَ أَنْ يَكُفَّ شَعَرَهُ وَثِيَابَهُ  

ahmad:1940Sufyān > Ibn Ṭāwus from his father

[Machine] Narrated by Ibn Abbas: The Prophet ﷺ was ordered to prostrate on seven body parts, and he was forbidden to cover his hair or garment.  

أحمد:١٩٤٠حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ ابْنِ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أُمِرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يَسْجُدَ عَلَى سَبْعٍ وَنُهِيَ أَنْ يَكُفَّ شَعْرًا أَوْ ثَوْبًا  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ هَذَا الْخَبَرَ مَا رَوَاهُ إِلَّا عَمْرُو بْنُ دِينَارٍ

ibnhibban:1924al-Faḍl b. al-Ḥubāb > Ibrāhīm b. Bashhār > Sufyān > Ibrāhīm b. Maysarah > Ṭāwūs > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "I have been commanded to prostrate on seven and not to tuck up my hair or garment." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1113)   

ابن حبّان:١٩٢٤أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنْ طَاوُوسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَسْجُدَ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَعْظُمٍ وَأَنْ لَا أَكُفَّ شَعْرًا وَلَا ثَوْبًا»  

nasai-kubra:684Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Ḥammād > ʿAmr > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ was ordered to prostrate on seven bony parts and not to tuck up his clothes or hair. (Using translation from Bukhārī 815)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٨٤أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

«أُمِرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يَسْجُدَ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَعْظُمٍ وَلَا يَكُفَّ شَعَرَهُ وَلَا ثِيَابَهُ»  

nasai-kubra:706Muḥammad b. Manṣūr > Sufyān > ʿAmr > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The Prophet ﷺ was commanded to prostrate on seven bones and was forbidden to tuck up his hair and garment." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1115)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٠٦أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

«أُمِرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَسْجُدَ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَعْظُمٍ وَنُهِيَ أَنْ يَكُفَّ الشَّعْرَ وَالثِّيَابَ»