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tabarani:3309Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. al-Mundhir al-Qazzāz > Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Abān b. Yazīd > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Isḥāq b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Ṭalḥah > Mawlāh Abū Wāqid al-Laythī

[Machine] While we were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a gathering, three people came. As for one man, he found a space in the gathering and sat in it. As for the second man, he sat behind the gathering. As for the third man, he left. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then said, "Shall I inform you about these three? As for the one who sat in the gathering, he is a man who sought refuge and Allah provided him with refuge. As for the one who sat behind the gathering, he is a man who felt shy and Allah felt shy from him. As for the one who turned away, Allah turned away from him."  

الطبراني:٣٣٠٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْمُنْذِرِ الْقَزَّازُ ثنا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ثنا أَبَانُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ عَنْ مَوْلَاهُ أَبِي وَاقِدٍ اللَّيْثِيِّ قَالَ

بَيْنَا نَحْنُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي حَلْقَةٍ إِذْ جَاءَ ثَلَاثَةُ نَفَرٍ فأَمَّا رَجُلٌ فَوَجَدَ فُرْجَةً فِي الْحَلْقَةِ فَقَعَدَ فِيهَا وَأَمَّا الْآخَرُ فَقَعَدَ خَلْفَ الْحَلْقَةِ وَأَمَّا رَجُلٌ آخَرُ فَمَضَى فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ عَنِ الثَّلَاثَةِ؟ أَمَّا الَّذِي جَلَسَ فِي الْحَلْقَةِ فَرَجُلٌ أَوَى فَآوَاهُ اللهُ وَأَمَّا الَّذِي جَلَسَ خَلْفَ الْحَلْقَةِ فَرَجُلٌ اسْتَحْيَى فَاسْتَحْيَى اللهُ مِنْهُ وَأَمَّا الَّذِي أَعْرَضَ فَأَعْرَضَ اللهُ عَنْهُ»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Bayhaqī
bukhari:66Ismāʿīl > Mālik > Isḥāq b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Ṭalḥah > Abū Murrah a freed slave of ʿAqīl b. Abū Ṭālib > Abū Wāqid al-Laythī

While Messenger of Allah ﷺ was sitting in the mosque with some people, three men came. Two of them came in front of Messenger of Allah ﷺ and the third one went away. The two persons kept on standing before Messenger of Allah ﷺ for a while and then one of them found a place in the circle and sat there while the other sat behind the gathering, and the third one went away. When Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished his preaching, he said, "Shall I tell you about these three persons? One of them betook himself to Allah, so Allah took him into His grace and mercy and accommodated him, the second felt shy from Allah, so Allah sheltered Him in His mercy (and did not punish him), while the third turned his face from Allah and went away, so Allah turned His face from him likewise. "  

البخاري:٦٦حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ أَنَّ أَبَا مُرَّةَ مَوْلَى عَقِيلِ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ أَخْبَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي وَاقِدٍ اللَّيْثِيِّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَيْنَمَا هُوَ جَالِسٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَالنَّاسُ مَعَهُ إِذْ أَقْبَلَ ثَلاَثَةُ نَفَرٍ فَأَقْبَلَ اثْنَانِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَذَهَبَ وَاحِدٌ قَالَ فَوَقَفَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَمَّا أَحَدُهُمَا فَرَأَى فُرْجَةً فِي الْحَلْقَةِ فَجَلَسَ فِيهَا وَأَمَّا الآخَرُ فَجَلَسَ خَلْفَهُمْ وَأَمَّا الثَّالِثُ فَأَدْبَرَ ذَاهِبًا فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَلاَ أُخْبِرُكُمْ عَنِ النَّفَرِ الثَّلاَثَةِ أَمَّا أَحَدُهُمْ فَأَوَى إِلَى اللَّهِ فَآوَاهُ اللَّهُ وَأَمَّا الآخَرُ فَاسْتَحْيَا فَاسْتَحْيَا اللَّهُ مِنْهُ وَأَمَّا الآخَرُ فَأَعْرَضَ فَأَعْرَضَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ  

ahmad:21907ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Ḥarb / Ibn Shaddād > Yaḥyá / Ibn Abū Kathīr > Isḥāq b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Ṭalḥah > Abū Murrah > Abū Wāqid al-Laythī

[Machine] While we were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, three people passed by. One of them found a gap in the circle and sat down, and the other sat behind them. The third person left. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Shall I inform you about the status of these three people?" They said, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "As for the one who sat down and took refuge, Allah will grant him refuge. As for the one who sat behind you, Allah felt shy and turned away from him. And as for the one who left, he turned away from Allah."  

أحمد:٢١٩٠٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا حَرْبٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ شَدَّادٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ حَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ عَنْ حَدِيثِ أَبِي مُرَّةَ أَنَّ أَبَا وَاقِدٍ اللَّيْثِيَّ حَدَّثَهُ

قَالَ بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِذْ مَرَّ ثَلَاثَةُ نَفَرٍ فَجَاءَ أَحَدُهُمْ فَوَجَدَ فُرْجَةً فِي الْحَلْقَةِ فَجَلَسَ وَجَلَسَ الْآخَرُ مِنْ وَرَائِهِمْ وَانْطَلَقَ الثَّالِثُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِخَبَرِ هَؤُلَاءِ النَّفَرِ؟ قَالُوا بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ أَمَّا الَّذِي جَاءَ فَجَلَسَ فَأَوَى فَآوَاهُ اللهُ وَالَّذِي جَلَسَ مِنْ وَرَائِكُمْ فَاسْتَحْيَافَاسْتَحْيَا اللهُ مِنْهُ وَأَمَّا الَّذِي انْطَلَقَ فَرَجُلٌ أَعْرَضَ فَأَعْرَضَ اللهُ عَنْهُ  

ذِكْرُ أَمَانِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا مِنَ النَّارِ مَنْ أَوَى إِلَى مَجْلِسِ عِلْمٍ وَنِيَّتُهُ فِيهِ صَحِيحَةٌ

ibnhibban:86ʿUmar b. Saʿīd b. Sinān > Aḥmad b. Abū Bakr > Mālik > Isḥāq b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Ṭalḥah > Abū Murrah a freed slave of ʿAqīl b. Abū Ṭālib > Abū Wāqid al-Laythī

Abu Waqid al-Laith reported that Messenger of Allah ﷺ was sitting in the mosque along wish tome people when there came to him three persons; two of them stepped forward to the direction of Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and one of them went away. The two stood by the side of Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and one of them found a space in his circle and he sat in that; and the other one sat behind him and the third one went away. When Messenger of Allah ﷺ had finished his work, he said. Should I not inform you about these three persons? One of them sought refuge with Allah and Allah gave him refuge and the second one felt shy and Allah showed kindness to has shyness (and so he was accommodated in that meeting), and the last one reverted and Allah turned away His attention from him. (Using translation from Muslim 2176a)  

ابن حبّان:٨٦أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ أَنَّ أَبَا مُرَّةَ مَوْلَى عَقِيلِ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ أَخْبَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي وَاقِدٍ اللَّيْثِيِّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَيْنَمَا هُوَ جَالِسٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَالنَّاسُ مَعَهُ إِذْ أَقْبَلَ ثَلَاثَةُ نَفَرٍ فَأَقْبَلَ اثْنَانِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَذَهَبَ وَاحِدٌ فَلَمَّا وَقَفَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَلَّمَا فَأَمَّا أَحَدُهُمَا فَرَأَى فُرْجَةً فِي الْحَلْقَةِ فَجَلَسَ فِيهَا وَأَمَّا الْآخَرُ فَجَلَسَ خَلْفَهُمْ وَأَمَّا الثَّالِثُ فَأَدْبَرَ ذَاهِبًا فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ عَنِ النَّفَرِ الثَّلَاثَةِ أَمَّا أَحَدُهُمْ فَأَوَى إِلَى اللَّهِ فَآوَاهُ اللَّهُ وَأَمَّا الْآخَرُ فَاسْتَحْيَى فَاسْتَحْيَى اللَّهُ مِنْهُ وَأَمَّا الْآخَرُ فَأَعْرَضَ فَأَعْرَضَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ»  

bayhaqi:5906Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-ʿAbbās b. Muḥammad al-Dūrī > ʿUbaydullāh b. Mūsá > Abān al-ʿAṭṭār > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Isḥāq b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Ṭalḥah > Abū Murrah > Abū Wāqid al-Laythī

[Machine] While the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was sitting with his companions, three people came. One of them found an empty space in the circle, so he sat down. Another person sat behind the circle, and the third person walked away. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then said, "Shall I inform you about these three individuals? As for the person who sat in the circle, he is a man who sought refuge and Allah sheltered him. As for the person who sat behind the circle, he was shy and Allah was shy from him. And as for the person who walked away, he turned away and Allah turned away from him."  

البيهقي:٥٩٠٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الدُّورِيُّ ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا أَبَانُ الْعَطَّارُ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مُرَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي وَاقِدٍ اللَّيْثِيِّ قَالَ

بَيْنَمَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَاعِدٌ فِي أَصْحَابِهِ إِذْ جَاءَ ثَلَاثَةُ نَفَرٍ فَأَمَّا رَجُلٌ فَوَجَدَ فُرْجَةً فِي الْحَلْقَةِ فَجَلَسَ وَأَمَّا رَجُلٌ فَجَلَسَ أَظُنُّهُ قَالَ خَلْفَ الْحَلْقَةِ وَأَمَّا رَجُلٌ فَانْطَلَقَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ عَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ النَّفَرِ أَمَا الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي جَلَسَ فِي الْحَلْقَةِ فَرَجُلٌ أَوَى فَآوَاهُ اللهُ وَأَمَّا الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي جَلَسَ خَلْفَ الْحَلْقَةِ فَاسْتَحْيَى فَاسْتَحْيَى اللهُ مِنْهُ وَأَمَّا الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي انْطَلَقَ فَرَجُلٌ أَعْرَضَ فَأَعْرَضَ اللهُ عَنْهُ  

أَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ أَبَانَ الْعَطَّارِ وَرَوَاهُ حَرْبُ بْنُ شَدَّادٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ فَقَالَ بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي حَلْقَةٍ