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tabarani:2009 – [Chain 1] Muḥammad b. ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAlī b. Ḥakīm al-Awdī > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman [Chain 2] ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah [Chain 3] al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > ʿUbaydullāh b. Mūsá > Ḥasan b. Ṣāliḥ > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Jābir

[Machine] I saw the seal on the back of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, it was the size of a pigeon's egg.  

الطبراني:٢٠٠٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ الْأَوْدِيُّ ثنا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَا ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَا ثنا حَسَنُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

«رَأَيْتُ الْخَاتَمَ فِي ظَهْرِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِثْلَ بَيْضَةِ الْحَمَامَةِ»  

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muslim:2344c – Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

I saw the seal on his back as if it were a pigeon's egg.  

مسلم:٢٣٤٤c – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ خَاتِمًا فِي ظَهْرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَأَنَّهُ بَيْضَةُ حَمَامٍ  

ahmad:20835 – Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Jābir b. Samurah

I saw the seal on his back as if it were a pigeon's egg. (Using translation from Muslim 2344c)  

أحمد:٢٠٨٣٥ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ خَاتَمًا فِي ظَهْرِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كَأَنَّهُ بَيْضَةُ حَمَامٍ  

ahmad:20895 – Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Jābir b. Samurah

I saw the seal on his back as if it were a pigeon's egg. (Using translation from Muslim 2344c)  

أحمد:٢٠٨٩٥ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ خَاتَمًا فِي ظَهْرِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كَأَنَّهُ بَيْضَةُ حَمَامٍ  

hakim:4197 – Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Ibrāhīm b. Marzūq > Ḥumayd b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṣāʾigh > Shuʿbah > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] "I saw the seal of prophethood on the back of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ resembling the size of a pigeon's egg."  

الحاكم:٤١٩٧ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ ثنا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الصَّائِغُ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

«رَأَيْتُ خَاتَمَ النُّبُوَّةِ عَلَى ظَهْرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِثْلَ بَيْضَةِ الْحَمَّامِ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ على شرط مسلم
tabarani:1908 – Muḥammad b. Muḥammad al-Tammār > Muʿādh b. Asad > al-Naḍr b. Shumayl > Shuʿbah > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and between his shoulders was a seal of prophethood like the size of a dove's egg.  

الطبراني:١٩٠٨ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ التَّمَّارُ ثنا مُعَاذُ بْنُ أَسَدٍ ثنا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

«رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَبَيْنَ كَتِفَيْهِ مِثْلُ بَيْضَةِ الْحَمَامَةِ خاتَمُ النُّبُوَّةِ»