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tabarani:11758[Chain 1] Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > Musaddad [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. Muḥammad al-Tammār > Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Abū ʿAwānah > Simāk > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] An Arab came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and started speaking in clear words, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, some speech is magic and indeed, some poetry is wisdom."  

الطبراني:١١٧٥٨حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ التَّمَّارُ ثنا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَجَعَلَ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِكَلَامٍ بَيِّنٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ مِنَ الْبَيَانِ سِحْرًا وَإِنَّ مِنَ الشِّعْرِ حِكَمًا»  


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abudawud:5011Musaddad > Abū ʿAwānah > Simāk > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

A desert Arab came to the Prophet ﷺ and began to speak. Thereupon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: In eloquence there is magic and in poetry there is wisdom.  

أبو داود:٥٠١١حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَجَعَلَ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِكَلاَمٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ مِنَ الْبَيَانِ سِحْرًا وَإِنَّ مِنَ الشِّعْرِ حُكْمًا  

ahmad:2761Ḥasan b. Mūsá > Abū ʿAwānah > Simāk b. Ḥarb > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

A desert Arab came to the Prophet ﷺ and began to speak. Thereupon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: In eloquence there is magic and in poetry there is wisdom. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 5011)   

أحمد:٢٧٦١حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا جَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَتَكَلَّمَ بِكَلامٍ بَيِّنٍ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنَّ مِنَ البَيَانِ سِحْرًا وَإِنَّ مِنَ الشِّعْرِ حُكْمًا  

ahmad:3025ʿAffān > Abū ʿAwānah > Simāk b. Ḥarb > ʿIkrimahaʿan Ibn ʿAbbās

A desert Arab came to the Prophet ﷺ and began to speak. Thereupon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: In eloquence there is magic and in poetry there is wisdom. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 5011)   

أحمد:٣٠٢٥حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سِمَاكُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَجَعَلَ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِكَلامٍ بَيِّنٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ مِنَ البَيَانِ سِحْرًا وَإِنَّ مِنَ الشِّعْرِ حُكْمًا  

ahmad:3068ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Isrāʾīl > Simāk > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ encountered a man who started praising him, so the Prophet ﷺ said, "Indeed, there is magic in eloquence and there is wisdom in poetry."  

أحمد:٣٠٦٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَجُلٌ فَجَعَلَ يُثْنِي عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنَّ مِنَ البَيَانِ سِحْرًا وَإِنَّ مِنَ الشِّعْرِ حُكْمًا  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ الْأَشْعَارَ بِكُلِّيَّتِهَا لَا يَجِبُ أَنْ يُشْتَغَلَ بِهَا

ibnhibban:5780Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣayrafī Bi-al-Baṣrah Abū al-Ṭayyib > Ibn Abū al-Shawārib > Abū ʿAwānah > Simāk > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

A desert Arab came to the Prophet ﷺ and began to speak. Thereupon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: In eloquence there is magic and in poetry there is wisdom. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 5011)   

ابن حبّان:٥٧٨٠أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الصَّيْرَفِيُّ بِالْبَصْرَةِ أَبُو الطَّيِّبِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي الشَّوَارِبِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَتَكَلَّمَ بِكَلَامٍ بَيِّنٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ مِنَ الْبَيَانِ سِحْرًا وَإِنَّ مِنَ الشِّعْرِ حُكْمًا»