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tabarani:1635al-ʿAbbās b. al-Faḍl al-Asfāṭī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Mubārak al-ʿAyshī > Sūwayd Abū Ḥātim > Qatādah And Maṭar al-Warrāq > Ḥumayd b. Hilāl > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ṣāmit > Abū Dhar

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said, "The black dog and the woman interrupt the prayer." I said, "O Messenger of Allah, what is the matter with the black dog compared to the white or red dog?" He said, "Indeed, the black dog is a devil."  

الطبراني:١٦٣٥حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْأَسْفَاطِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ الْعَيْشِيُّ ثنا سُوَيْدٌ أَبُو حَاتِمٍ ثنا قَتَادَةُ وَمَطَرٌ الْوَرَّاقُ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَقْطَعُ الصَّلَاةَ الْكَلْبُ الْأَسْوَدُ وَالْمَرْأَةُ» قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا بَالُ الْأَسْوَدِ مِنَ الْأَبْيَضِ مِنَ الْأَحْمَرِ؟ قَالَ «إِنَّ الْأَسْوَدَ شَيْطَانٌ»  


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ahmad:21323ʿAffān > Shuʿbah > Ḥumayd b. Hilāl > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ṣāmit > Abū Dhar

Abu Dharr said (and not the Prophet): If there is not anything like the back of a saddle in front of a man who is praying, then a donkey, a black dog, and a woman cut off his prayer. I asked him: Why has the black dog been specified, distinguishing it from a red, a yellow and a white dog? He replied: My nephew, I also asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ the same question as you asked me. He said: The black dog is a devil. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 702)   

أحمد:٢١٣٢٣حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ أَخْبَرَنِي حُمَيْدُ بْنُ هِلَالٍ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ الصَّامِتِ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْطَعُ صَلَاةَ الرَّجُلِ إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ كَآخِرَةِ الرَّحْلِ الْمَرْأَةُ وَالْحِمَارُ وَالْكَلْبُ الْأَسْوَدُ قُلْتُ مَا بَالُ الْأَسْوَدِ مِنَ الْأَحْمَرِ؟ قَالَ ابْنَ أَخِي سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَمَا سَأَلْتَنِي فَقَالَ الْكَلْبُ الْأَسْوَدُ شَيْطَانٌ  

ahmad:21430Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar And Ḥajjāj > Shuʿbah > Ḥumayd b. Hilāl > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ṣāmit > Abū Dhar

“The prayer is severed by a woman, a donkey, and a black dog, if there is not something like the handle of a saddle in front of a man.” I (‘Abdullah) said: “What is wrong with a black dog and not a red one?” He (Abu Dharr) said: ‘I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ the same question, and he said: “The black dog is a Shaitan (satan).” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 952)   

أحمد:٢١٤٣٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ وَحَجَّاجٌ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَقْطَعُ الصَّلَاةَ إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ الرَّجُلِ مِثْلُ آخِرَةِ الرَّحْلِ الْمَرْأَةُ وَالْحِمَارُ وَالْكَلْبُ الْأَسْوَدُ فَقُلْتُ مَا بَالُ الْأَسْوَدِ مِنَ الْأَحْمَرِ؟ فَقَالَ سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَاللهِ ﷺ كَمَا سَأَلْتَنِي فَقَالَ إِنَّ الْأَسْوَدَ شَيْطَانٌ  

darimi:1454Abū al-Walīd And Ḥajjāj > Shuʿbah > Ḥumayd b. Hilāl > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ṣāmit > Abū Dhar

Abu Dharr said (and not the Prophet): If there is not anything like the back of a saddle in front of a man who is praying, then a donkey, a black dog, and a woman cut off his prayer. I asked him: Why has the black dog been specified, distinguishing it from a red, a yellow and a white dog? He replied: My nephew, I also asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ the same question as you asked me. He said: The black dog is a devil. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 702)   

الدارمي:١٤٥٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ وَحَجَّاجٌ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ أَخْبَرَنِي حُمَيْدُ بْنُ هِلَالٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ الصَّامِتِ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَقْطَعُ صَلَاةَ الرَّجُلِ إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ كَآخِرَةِ الرَّحْلِ الْحِمَارُ وَالْكَلْبُ الْأَسْوَدُ وَالْمَرْأَةُ قَالَ قُلْتُ فَمَا بَالُ الْأَسْوَدِ مِنَ الْأَحْمَرِ مِنَ الْأَصْفَرِ فَقَالَ سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَمَا سَأَلْتَنِي فَقَالَ «الْأَسْوَدُ شَيْطَانٌ»  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ هَذَا الْحُكْمَ إِنَّمَا يَكُونُ لِمَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ كَآخِرَةِ الرَّحْلِ

ibnhibban:2383ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ al-Bukhārī > ʿAbdullāh b. Isḥāq al-Adhramī > ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. ʿAṭāʾ > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > Ḥumayd b. Hilāl > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ṣāmit > Saʾalt Abū Dhar ʿAmmā Yaqṭaʿ al-Ṣalāh

Abu Dharr said (and not the Prophet): If there is not anything like the back of a saddle in front of a man who is praying, then a donkey, a black dog, and a woman cut off his prayer. I asked him: Why has the black dog been specified, distinguishing it from a red, a yellow and a white dog? He replied: My nephew, I also asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ the same question as you asked me. He said: The black dog is a devil. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 702)   

ابن حبّان:٢٣٨٣أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ الْبُخَارِيُّ بِبَغْدَادَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْأَذْرَمِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ بْنُ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ عَمَّا يَقْطَعُ الصَّلَاةَ فَقَالَ إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ كَآخِرَةِ الرَّحْلِ الْمَرْأَةُ وَالْحِمَارُ وَالْكَلْبُ الْأَسْوَدُ قُلْتُ مَا بَالُ الْأَسْوَدِ مِنَ الْأَصْفَرِ مِنَ الْأَبْيَضِ؟ قَالَ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَمَا سَأَلْتَنِي فَقَالَ «الْكَلْبُ الْأَسْوَدُ شَيْطَانٌ»  

ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ أَوْهَمَ عَالِمًا مِنَ النَّاسِ أَنَّ أَوَّلَ هَذَا الْخَبَرِ غَيْرُ مَرْفُوعٍ

ibnhibban:2384Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn > Shaybān b. Farrūkh > Sulaymān b. al-Mughīrah > Ḥumayd b. Hilāl > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ṣāmit > Abū Dhar

Abu Dharr said (and not the Prophet): If there is not anything like the back of a saddle in front of a man who is praying, then a donkey, a black dog, and a woman cut off his prayer. I asked him: Why has the black dog been specified, distinguishing it from a red, a yellow and a white dog? He replied: My nephew, I also asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ the same question as you asked me. He said: The black dog is a devil. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 702)   

ابن حبّان:٢٣٨٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ هِلَالٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ

يَقْطَعُ صَلَاةَ الرَّجُلِ إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ مِثْلُ آخِرَةِ الرَّحْلِ الْمَرْأَةُ وَالْحِمَارُ وَالْكَلْبُ الْأَسْوَدُ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ مَا بَالُ الْأَسْوَدِ مِنَ الْأَبْيَضِ مِنَ الْأَحْمَرِ؟ قَالَ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَمَا سَأَلْتَنِي فَقَالَ «الْكَلْبُ الْأَسْوَدُ شَيْطَانٌ»  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ أَوَّلَ هَذَا الْخَبَرِ مَوْقُوفٌ غَيْرُ مُسْنَدٍ

ibnhibban:2385al-Faḍl b. al-Ḥubāb al-Jumaḥī > Muḥammad b. Kathīr > Shuʿbah > Ḥumayd b. Hilāl > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ṣāmit > Abū Dhar

Abu Dharr said (and not the Prophet): If there is not anything like the back of a saddle in front of a man who is praying, then a donkey, a black dog, and a woman cut off his prayer. I asked him: Why has the black dog been specified, distinguishing it from a red, a yellow and a white dog? He replied: My nephew, I also asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ the same question as you asked me. He said: The black dog is a devil. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 702)   

ابن حبّان:٢٣٨٥أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ الْجُمَحِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي حُمَيْدُ بْنُ هِلَالٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ الصَّامِتِ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «يَقْطَعُ صَلَاةَ الرَّجُلِ إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ كَآخِرَةِ الرَّحْلِ الْحِمَارُ وَالْكَلْبُ الْأَسْوَدُ وَالْمَرْأَةُ» قَالَ قُلْتُ مَا بَالُ الْأَسْوَدِ مِنَ الْأَحْمَرِ مِنَ الْأَصْفَرِ؟ فَقَالَ سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَمَا سَأَلْتَنِي فَقَالَ «الْأَسْوَدُ شَيْطَانٌ»  

ibnhibban:2388Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. Qutaybah Bikhabar Gharīb > Ibn Abū al-Sarī > Muʿtamir b. Sulaymān > Salm b. Abū al-Dhayyāl > Ḥumayd b. Hilāl al-ʿAdawī > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ṣāmit > Abū Dhar

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The prayer is invalidated by a woman, a donkey, and a black dog." So I said, "O Abu Dharr, what about a dog that is black and red or yellow?" He said, "I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ just as you asked me, and he said, 'The black dog is a devil.'"  

ابن حبّان:٢٣٨٨أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ بِخَبَرٍ غَرِيبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي السَّرِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَلْمُ بْنُ أَبِي الذَّيَّالِ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ الْعَدَوِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَقْطَعُ الصَّلَاةَ الْمَرْأَةُ وَالْحِمَارُ وَالْكَلْبُ الْأَسْوَدُ» فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ مَا بَالُ الْأَسْوَدِ مِنَ الْأَحْمَرِ مِنَ الْأَصْفَرِ؟ فَقَالَ سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَمَا سَأَلْتَنِي فَقَالَ «الْأَسْوَدُ شَيْطَانٌ»  

ibnhibban:2389Abū Yaʿlá > Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥajjāj al-Sāmī > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Ayyūb And Ḥabīb b. al-Shahīd Wayūnus b. ʿUbayd > Ḥumayd b. Hilāl > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ṣāmit > Abū Dhar

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The prayer is cut off by a donkey, a woman, and a black dog." I asked, "What about a black dog compared to a red one, a yellow one, or a white one?" He said, "O son of my brother, I said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , he said, 'Verily, the black dog is a devil.'"  

ابن حبّان:٢٣٨٩حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ السَّامِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ وَحَبِيبِ بْنِ الشَّهِيدِ وَيُونُسَ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «يَقْطَعُ الصَّلَاةَ الْحِمَارُ وَالْمَرْأَةُ وَالْكَلْبُ الْأَسْوَدُ» قَالَ فَقُلْتُ مَا بَالُ الْأَسْوَدِ مِنَ الْأَحْمَرِ مِنَ الْأَصْفَرِ مِنَ الْأَبْيَضِ؟ قَالَ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي قُلْتُ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ الْكَلْبَ الْأَسْوَدَ شَيْطَانٌ»  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ صَلَاةَ الْمَرْءِ إِنَّمَا تُقْطَعُ مُرُورِ الْكَلْبِ وَالْحِمَارِ وَالْمَرْأَةِ لَا كَوْنِهِنَّ وَاعْتِرَاضِهِنَّ

ibnhibban:2391Ibn Khuzaymah > Muḥammad b. al-Walīd al-Busrī > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Hishām b. Ḥassān > Ḥumayd b. Hilāl > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ṣāmit > Abū Dhar

“The prayer is severed by a woman, a donkey, and a black dog, if there is not something like the handle of a saddle in front of a man.” I (‘Abdullah) said: “What is wrong with a black dog and not a red one?” He (Abu Dharr) said: ‘I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ the same question, and he said: “The black dog is a Shaitan (satan).” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 952)   

ابن حبّان:٢٣٩١أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ خُزَيْمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ الْبُسْرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «تُعَادُ الصَّلَاةُ مِنْ مَمَرِّ الْحِمَارِ وَالْمَرْأَةِ وَالْكَلْبِ الْأَسْوَدِ» قُلْتُ مَا بَالُ الْأَسْوَدِ مِنَ الْأَصْفَرِ مِنَ الْأَحْمَرِ؟ فَقَالَ فَسَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَمَا سَأَلْتَنِي فَقَالَ «الْكَلْبُ الْأَسْوَدُ شَيْطَانٌ»  

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السيوطي:٢٨١٠٩a

"يَقْطَعُ صَلاةَ الرَّجُلِ إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ كَمُؤَخَّرَةِ الرَّحْلِ: الْمَرْأَةُ، وَالْحِمَارُ، وَالْكَلْبُ الأَسْوَدُ، قِيلَ: مَا بَالُ الأَسْوَدِ مِنَ الأَحْمَرِ؟ قَالَ: الْكَلْبُ الأَسْوَدُ شَيْطانٌ".

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[ط] الطيالسي [حم] أحمد [د] أبو داود تحسن صحيح، [ن] النسائي [هـ] ابن ماجة والدرامى، وابن خزيمة، [حب] ابن حبّان عن أَبى ذر