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[Machine] He told me that a group passed by from Mudar and one of them had a bell. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Angels do not come near a group that has a bell."  

الطبراني:٤١٩٠ – حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ حُسَيْنٍ الْمُعَلِّمِ عَنْ أَبِي بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ خَوْطِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعُزَّى

أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَنِي أَنَّ رُفْقَةً مَرَّتْ مِنْ مُضَرَ وَفِيهَا جَرَسٌ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «لَا تَقْرُبُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ رُفْقَةً فِيهَا جَرَسٌ»  

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ahmad:9738 – Wakīʿ > Sharīk > Suhayl b. Abū Ṣāliḥ from his father > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said: The angels do not go with a travelling company in which there is a bell. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2554)   

أحمد:٩٧٣٨ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي شَرِيكٌ عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا تَصْحَبُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ رُفْقَةً فِيهَا كَلْبٌ وَلَا جَرَسٌ  

ahmad:8998 – ʿAlī > Muʿādh from my father > Qatādah > Zurārah b. Awfá > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said: The angels do not go with a travelling company in which there is a bell. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2554)  

أحمد:٨٩٩٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيٌّ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا تَصْحَبُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ رُفْقَةً فِيهَا جَرَسٌ  

ahmad:9089 – Aswad b. ʿĀmir > Sharīk > Suhayl > Abīhiʿan Abū Hurayrah Rafaʿah

The Prophet ﷺ said: The angels do not go with a travelling company in which there is a bell. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2554)   

أحمد:٩٠٨٩ – حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ

لَا تَصْحَبُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ رُفْقَةً فِيهَا جَرَسٌ  

ahmad:9362 – ʿAffān > Muʿādh b. Hishām from my father > Qatādah > Zurārah b. Awfá > Abū Hurayrah > Nabī Allāh ﷺ

The Prophet ﷺ said: The angels do not go with a travelling company in which there is a bell. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2554)   

أحمد:٩٣٦٢ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَا تَصْحَبُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ رُفْقَةً فِيهَا جَرَسٌ  

ahmad:8097 – Khalaf b. al-Walīd > Khālid > Suhayl from his father > Abū Hurayrah

Abu Hurairah reported the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ as saying “The angels do not accompany the fellow travelers who have a dog or bell (with them).” (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2555)  

أحمد:٨٠٩٧ – حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا تَصْحَبُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ رُفْقَةً فِيهَا كَلْبٌ أَوْ جَرَسٌ  

ahmad:8337 – ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Ḥammād > Suhayl from his father > Abū Hurayrah

Angels do not accompany the travellers who have with them a dog and a bell. (Using translation from Muslim 2113a)  

أحمد:٨٣٣٧ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَا تَصْحَبُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ رُفْقَةً فِيهَا جَرَسٌ  

ahmad:8528 – ʿAffān > Abū ʿAwānah > Suhayl from his father > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said: The angels do not go with a travelling company in which there is a bell. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2554)   

أحمد:٨٥٢٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا تَصْحَبُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ رُفْقَةً فِيهَا كَلْبٌ أَوْ جَرَسٌ  

ahmad:10941 – Hāshim And ʾAbū Kāmil > Zuhayr > Suhayl from his father > Abū Hurayrah

Abu Hurairah reported the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ as saying “The angels do not accompany the fellow travelers who have a dog or bell (with them).” (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2555)  

أحمد:١٠٩٤١ – حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمٌ وَأَبُو كَامِلٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُهَيْلٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا تَصْحَبُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ رُفْقَةً فِيهَا كَلْبٌ أَوْ جَرَسٌ