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tabarani:17571al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Jarīr > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ẓabyān > Muʿādh

[Machine] So I said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have come from a people who prostrate to one another. Should we not do that for you? He said, "If I were to command anyone to prostrate to another person, I would have commanded women to prostrate to their husbands."  

الطبراني:١٧٥٧١حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا جَرِيرٌ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي ظَبْيَانَ عَنْ مُعَاذٍ أَنَّهُ قَدِمَ مِنَ الْيَمَنِ قَالَ

فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي قَدِمْتُ مِنْ عِنْدِ قَوْمٍ يَسْجُدُ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ أَفَلَا نَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ لَكَ؟ قَالَ «لَوْ كُنْتُ آمُرُ بَشَرًا أَنْ يَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ لَأَمَرْتُ النِّسَاءَ أَنْ يَسْجُدْنَ لِأَزْوَاجِهِنِّ»  


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ahmad:21986al-Aʿmash > Abū Ẓabyān > Muʿādh b. Jabal > Lammā Rajaʿ from al-Yaman

[Machine] "O Messenger of Allah, I have seen men in Yemen prostrating to each other. Shouldn't we prostrate to you instead?" He replied, "If I were to command someone to prostrate to another person, I would have commanded the woman to prostrate to her husband."  

أحمد:٢١٩٨٦فِي سَنَةِ ثَمَانٍ وَعِشْرِينَ وَمِائَتَيْنِحَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي ظَبْيَانَ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ أَنَّهُ لَمَّا رَجَعَ مِنَ الْيَمَنِ قَالَ

يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ رَأَيْتُ رِجَالًا بِالْيَمَنِ يَسْجُدُ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ أَفَلَا نَسْجُدُ لَكَ؟ قَالَ لَوْ كُنْتُ آمِرًا بَشَرًا يَسْجُدُ لِبَشَرٍ لَأَمَرْتُ الْمَرْأَةَ أَنْ تَسْجُدَ لِزَوْجِهَا