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tabarani:17830Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad al-Firyābī And Sulaymān b. Ayyūb b. Ḥadhlam al-Dimashqī > Sulaymān b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Dimashqī > Ismāʿīl b. ʿAyyāsh > Baḥīr b. Saʿd > Khālid b. Maʿdān > al-Miqdām b. Maʿdī Karib

[Machine] "He saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ pointing with his hand, saying, 'None of you has eaten food in this world that is better for him than eating from the work of his own hands.'"  

الطبراني:١٧٨٣٠حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْفِرْيَابِيُّ وَسُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ حَذْلَمٍ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ قَالَا ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ بَحِيرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ عَنِ الْمِقْدَامِ بْنِ مَعْدِي كَرِبٍ

أَنَّهُ رَأَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُشِيرُ بِيَدِهِ يَقُولُ «مَا أَكَلَ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ طَعَامًا فِي الدُّنْيَا خَيْرًا لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ مِنْ عَمِلِ يَدَيْهِ»  


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ahmad:17181Ibrāhīm b. Abū al-ʿAbbās > Baqiyyah > Baḥīr b. Saʿd > Khālid b. Maʿdān > al-Miqdām b. Maʿdī Karib

[Machine] "He heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'There is none among you who eats food that is more beloved to Allah than the work of his own hands.'"  

أحمد:١٧١٨١حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ حَدَّثَنَا بَحِيرُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ مَعْدَانَ عَنِ الْمِقْدَامِ بْنِ مَعْدِي كَرِبَ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَا أَكَلَ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ طَعَامًا أَحَبَّ إِلَى اللهِ ﷻ مِنْ عَمَلِ يَدَيْهِ  

ahmad:17190al-Ḥakam b. Nāfiʿ > Ismāʿīl b. ʿAyyāsh > Baḥīr b. Saʿd > Khālid b. Maʿdān > al-Miqdām b. Maʿdī Karib

[Machine] He saw the Prophet ﷺ stretching out his hands and saying, "What one of you eats as food in this world is better for him than eating from the work of his own hands."  

أحمد:١٧١٩٠حَدَّثَنَا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ بَحِيرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ عَنِ الْمِقْدَامِ بْنِ مَعْدِي كَرِبَ

أَنَّهُ رَأَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بَاسِطًا يَدَيْهِ يَقُولُ مَا أَكَلَ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ طَعَامًا فِي الدُّنْيَا خَيْرًا لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ مِنْ عَمَلِ يَدَيْهِ