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tabarani:16615 – Bakr b. Sahl al-Dimyāṭī > ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Ḥajjāj > Sahl b. Muḥammad b. Abū Ḥathmah from his uncle Sulaymān b. Abū Ḥathmah > Raʾayt Muḥammad b. Maslamah Yuṭārid Thubaytah b. al-Ḍaḥḥāk > Baʿḍ Manāzil al-Madīnah Bibaṣarih > Lah Tafʿal Hadhā > Naʿam

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "When Allah places the love of a woman in the heart of a man, there is no harm in him looking at her." This was narrated by Abu Mu'awiyah from Al-Hajjaj from Sahl ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Hathmah, from his uncle Sulayman ibn Abi Hathmah.  

الطبراني:١٦٦١٥ – حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ الدِّمْيَاطِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ ثنا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ ثنا الْحَجَّاجُ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ عَنْ عَمِّهِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ مَسْلَمَةَ يُطَارِدُ ثُبَيْتَةَ بِنْتَ الضَّحَّاكِ عَلَى بَعْضِ مَنَازِلِ الْمَدِينَةِ بِبَصَرِهِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ تَفْعَلُ هَذَا؟ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِذَا أَلْقَى اللهُ فِي قَلْبِ امْرِئٍ خِطْبَةَ امْرَأَةٍ فَلَا بَأْسَ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَيْهَا» هَكَذَا رَوَاهُ أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ عَنْ عَمِّهِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ  

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ahmad:17981 – Wakīʿ > Thawr > a man from Ahl al-Baṣrah > Muḥammad b. Maslamah

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "When Allah casts a love for a woman in the heart of a man, it is not wrong for him to look at her."  

أحمد:١٧٩٨١ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ ثَوْرٍ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَصْرَةِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَسْلَمَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِذَا قَذَفَ اللهُ فِي قَلْبِ امْرِئٍ خِطْبَةَ امْرَأَةٍ فَلَا بَأْسَ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَيْهَا  

ahmad:16028 – Yazīd b. Hārūn > al-Ḥajjāj b. Arṭāh > Muḥammad b. Sulaymān b. Abū Ḥathmah > Sahl b. Abū Ḥathmah > Raʾayt Muḥammad b. Maslamah Yuṭārid Āmraʾah Bibaṣarih Faqult Tanẓur Ilayhā And ʾAnt from Aṣḥāb Muḥammad ﷺ > Innī

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "When Allah casts a love speech in the heart of a person for a woman, it is not wrong for him to look at her."  

أحمد:١٦٠٢٨ – حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَجَّاجُ بْنُ أَرْطَاةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ مَسْلَمَةَ يُطَارِدُ امْرَأَةً بِبَصَرِهِ فَقُلْتُ تَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهَا وَأَنْتَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنِّي

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِذَا أَلْقَى الله ﷻ فِي قَلْبِ امْرِئٍ خِطْبَةً لِامْرَأَةٍفَلَا بَأْسَ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَيْهَا