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tabarani:1953Abū Ḥuṣayn al-Qāḍī > Yaḥyá al-Ḥimmānī > Sharīk > Simāk b. Ḥarb

[Machine] I asked Jabir, "Were you sitting with the Prophet ﷺ?" He replied, "Yes, he used to be silent for long periods of time."  

الطبراني:١٩٥٣وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حُصَيْنٍ الْقَاضِي ثنا يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيُّ ثنا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لِجَابِرٍ أَكُنْتَ تُجَالِسُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ كَانَ طَوِيلَ الصَّمْتِ»  


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ahmad:20810Sulaymān b. Dāwud > Sharīk > Simāk

I said to Jabir in Samrah, "Have you sat with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him?" Jabir said, "Yes, and he would observe silence for long periods of time and seldom laugh. His companions would mention poetry in his presence and some of their affairs. They would laugh and smile at times."  

أحمد:٢٠٨١٠حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ أَخْبَرَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لِجَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ أَكُنْتَ تُجَالِسُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ وَكَانَ طَوِيلَ الصَّمْتِ قَلِيلَ الضَّحِكِ وَكَانَ أَصْحَابُهُ يَذْكُرُونَ عِنْدَهُ الشِّعْرَ وَأَشْيَاءَ مِنْ أُمُورِهِمْ فَيَضْحَكُونَ وَرُبَّمَا تَبَسَّمَ  

tabarani:2017a[Chain 1] ʿUmar b. Ḥafṣ al-Sadūsī > ʿĀṣim b. ʿAlī [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. ʿAbdūs b. Kāmil > ʿAlī b. al-Jaʿd > Qays b. al-Rabīʿ > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Jābir

[Machine] I said to him, "Were you sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?" He said, "Yes, and he used to be silent for long periods."  

الطبراني:٢٠١٧aحَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ السَّدُوسِيُّ ثنا عَاصِمُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ح وَثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدُوسِ بْنِ كَامِلٍ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْجَعْدِ قَالَا ثنا قَيْسُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ حَدَّثَنِي سِمَاكُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لَهُ أَكُنْتَ تُجَالِسُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ وَكَانَ طَوِيلَ الصَّمْتِ»  

tabarani:2017b[Chain 1] ʿUmar b. Ḥafṣ al-Sadūsī > ʿĀṣim b. ʿAlī [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. ʿAbdūs b. Kāmil > ʿAlī b. al-Jaʿd > Qays b. al-Rabīʿ > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Jābir

[Machine] I said to him, "Were you used to sitting with the Messenger of Allah?" He said, "Yes, and he was long in silence."  

الطبراني:٢٠١٧bحَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ السَّدُوسِيُّ ثنا عَاصِمُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ح وَثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدُوسِ بْنِ كَامِلٍ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْجَعْدِ قَالَا ثنا قَيْسُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ حَدَّثَنِي سِمَاكُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لَهُ أَكُنْتَ تُجَالِسُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ وَكَانَ طَوِيلَ الصَّمْتِ»  

bayhaqi:21118Abū al-Ḥusayn b. al-Faḍl al-Qaṭṭān > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > Yaʿqūb b. Sufyān > Yaḥyá b. ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd > Sharīk > Simāk

[Machine] I asked Jabir ibn Samurah, "Did you used to sit with the Prophet ﷺ?" He said, "Yes, and he was often silent and rarely laughed. The companions of the Prophet ﷺ used to exchange poems, and the Prophet ﷺ would smile."  

البيهقي:٢١١١٨وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْقَطَّانُ أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ ثنا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لِجَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ أَكُنْتَ تُجَالِسُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ وَكَانَ طَوِيلَ الصَّمْتِ قَلِيلَ الضَّحِكِ وَكَانَ أَصْحَابُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَتَنَاشَدُونَ الشِّعْرَ وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَتَبَسَّمُ