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tabarani:19170 – Mūsá b. ʿĪsá b. al-Mundhir al-Ḥimṣī > Abū al-Yamān > Shuʿayb b. Abū Ḥamzah > al-Zuhrī > Namlah b. Abū Namlah > Abū Namlah al-Anṣārī

[Machine] While he was sitting with the Prophet ﷺ , a Jewish man came to him and said, "O Muhammad, does this corpse speak?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "Allah knows best." The Jewish man said, "I bear witness that it does speak." The Prophet ﷺ said, "What the people of the Book tell you, neither believe nor deny them, and say, 'We believe in Allah and His Books and His Messengers.' If it is true, you do not deny it, and if it is false, you do not believe in it."  

الطبراني:١٩١٧٠ – حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ عِيسَى بْنِ الْمُنْذِرِ الْحِمْصِيُّ ثنا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ أَنَا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي نَمْلَةُ بْنُ أَبِي نَمْلَةَ أَنَّ أَبَا نَمْلَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ حَدَّثَهُ

أَنَّهُ بَيْنَا هُوَ جَالِسٌ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ هَلْ تَكَلَّمُ هَذِهِ الْجَنَازَةُ؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «اللهُ أَعْلَمُ» فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ أَنَا أَشْهَدُ أَنَّهَا تَكَلَّمُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «مَا حَدَّثَكُمْ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ فَلَا تُصَدِّقُوهُمْ وَلَا تُكَذِّبُوهُمْ وَقُولُوا آمَنَّا بِاللهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ حَقًّا لَمْ تُكَذِّبُوا وَإِنْ كَانَ بَاطِلًا لَمْ تُصَدِّقُوا بِهِ»  

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abudawud:3644 – Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Thābit al-Marwazī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Ibn Abū Namlah al-Anṣārī from his father

When he was sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and a Jew was also with him, a funeral passed by him. He (the Jew) asked (Him): Muhammad, does this funeral speak? The Prophet ﷺ said: Allah has more knowledge. The Jew said: It speaks. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Whatever the people of the Book tell you, do not verify them, nor falsify them, but say: We believe in Allah and His Apostle. If it is false, do not confirm it, and if it is right, do not falsify it.  

أبو داود:٣٦٤٤ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي نَمْلَةَ الأَنْصَارِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّهُ بَيْنَمَا هُوَ جَالِسٌ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَعِنْدَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ مُرَّ بِجَنَازَةٍ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ هَلْ تَتَكَلَّمُ هَذِهِ الْجَنَازَةُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ إِنَّهَا تَتَكَلَّمُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا حَدَّثَكُمْ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ فَلاَ تُصَدِّقُوهُمْ وَلاَ تُكَذِّبُوهُمْ وَقُولُوا آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ بَاطِلاً لَمْ تُصَدِّقُوهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ حَقًّا لَمْ تُكَذِّبُوهُ  

ahmad:17225 – Ḥajjāj > Layth b. Saʿd > ʿUqayl > Ibn Shihāb > Ibn Abū Namlah > Abū Namlah al-Anṣārī

When he was sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and a Jew was also with him, a funeral passed by him. He (the Jew) asked (Him): Muhammad, does this funeral speak? The Prophet ﷺ said: Allah has more knowledge. The Jew said: It speaks. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Whatever the people of the Book tell you, do not verify them, nor falsify them, but say: We believe in Allah and His Apostle. If it is false, do not confirm it, and if it is right, do not falsify it. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3644)   

أحمد:١٧٢٢٥ – حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا لَيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَمْلَةَ أَنَّ أَبَا نَمْلَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ بَيْنَا هُوَ جَالِسٌ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ هَلْ تَتَكَلَّمُ هَذِهِ الْجَنَازَةُ؟ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اللهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ أَنَا أَشْهَدُ أَنَّهَا تَتَكَلَّمُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا حَدَّثَكُمْ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ فَلَا تُصَدِّقُوهُمْ وَلَا تُكَذِّبُوهُمْ وَقُولُوا آمَنَّا بِاللهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ حَقًّا لَمْ تُكَذِّبُوهُمْ وَإِنْ كَانَ بَاطِلًا لَمْ تُصَدِّقُوهُمْ  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الدَّالِّ عَلَى صِحَّةِ مَا تَأَوَّلْنَا قَوْلَهُ ﷺ «حَدِّثُوا عَنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَلَا حَرَجَ»

ibnhibban:6257 – Ibn Qutaybah > Ḥarmalah > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > Namlah b. Abū Namlah al-Anṣārī > Abū Namlah

When he was sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and a Jew was also with him, a funeral passed by him. He (the Jew) asked (Him): Muhammad, does this funeral speak? The Prophet ﷺ said: Allah has more knowledge. The Jew said: It speaks. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Whatever the people of the Book tell you, do not verify them, nor falsify them, but say: We believe in Allah and His Apostle. If it is false, do not confirm it, and if it is right, do not falsify it. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3644)   

ابن حبّان:٦٢٥٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ أَنَّ نَمْلَةَ بْنَ أَبِي نَمْلَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ أَبَا نَمْلَةَ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ بَيْنَمَا هُوَ جَالِسٌ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ فَقَالَ هَلْ تَكَلَّمَ هَذِهِ الْجِنَازَةُ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ» فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ أَنَا أَشْهَدُ أَنَّهَا تَتَكَلَّمُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَا حَدَّثَكُمْ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ فَلَا تُصَدِّقُوهُمْ وَلَا تُكَذِّبُوهُمْ وَقَالُوا آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَمَلَائِكَتِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ حَقًّا لَمْ تُكَذِّبُوهُمْ وَإِنْ كَانَ بَاطِلًا لَمْ تُصَدِّقُوهُمْ» وَقَالَ «قَاتَلَ اللَّهُ الْيَهُودَ لَقَدْ أُوتُوا عِلْمًا»  

bayhaqi:2237 – Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Bishrān > Abū ʿAlī Ismāʿīl b. Muḥammad al-Ṣaffār > ʿAbbās b. Muḥammad al-Dūrī > ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > Ibn Abū Namlah from his father

When he was sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and a Jew was also with him, a funeral passed by him. He (the Jew) asked (Him): Muhammad, does this funeral speak? The Prophet ﷺ said: Allah has more knowledge. The Jew said: It speaks. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Whatever the people of the Book tell you, do not verify them, nor falsify them, but say: We believe in Allah and His Apostle. If it is false, do not confirm it, and if it is right, do not falsify it. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3644)   

البيهقي:٢٢٣٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ بِشْرَانَ أنبأ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا عَبَّاسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الدُّورِيُّ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ ثنا يُونُسُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَمْلَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كُنْتُ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِذْ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَتَكَلَّمُ هَذِهِ الْجِنَازَةُ؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ اللهُ أَعْلَمُ فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ أَنَا أَشْهَدُ أَنَّهَا تَكَلَّمُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَا حَدَّثَكُمْ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ فَلَا تُصَدِّقُوهُمْ وَلَا تُكَذِّبُوهُمْ وَقُولُوا آمَنَّا بِاللهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ حَقًّا لَمْ تُكَذِّبُوهُمْ وَإِنْ كَانَ بَاطِلًا لَمْ تُصَدِّقُوهُمْ ابْنُ أَبِي نَمْلَةَ هُوَ نَمْلَةُ بْنُ أَبِي نَمْلَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ  

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السيوطي:١٨٨٨٧a –

"مَا حَدثكُمْ أهلُ الكتَابِ فَلَا تُصَدِّقُوهُمْ وَلَا تُكَذَبوهُمْ، وَقُولُوا: آمنا باللهِ، وَكتُبه، وَرُسُله، فَإِن كَانَ بَاطلًا لَمْ تُصَدّقُوه، وَإِنْ كَانَ حَقًّا لَمْ تُكَذبوه".  

[حم] أحمد [د] أبو داود وابن سعد، [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير [ق] البيهقى في السنن والبغوى، [حب] ابن حبّان عن أبي نملة الأنصاري