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tabarani:7193Muḥammad b. Khālid al-Rāsibī > Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd b. Ḥisāb > Muḥammad b. Ḥumrān > Abū Bishr > Musāfiʿ b. Shaybah > Abīh Shaybah

[Machine] The Prophet entered the Kaaba and performed two units of prayer. He saw images inside it and said, "O elder, cover these for me." This greatly troubled the elder, and a man from the people of Persia said to him, "If you wish, I will polish them and stain them with saffron." So, he did it.  

الطبراني:٧١٩٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الرَّاسِبِيِّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ حِسَابٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حُمْرَانَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو بِشْرٍ عَنْ مُسَافِعِ بْنِ شَيْبَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ شَيْبَةَ قَالَ

دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْكَعْبَةَ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَرَأَى فِيهَا تَصَاوِيرَ فَقَالَ «يَا شَيْبَةُ اكْفِنِي هَذِهِ» فَاشْتَدَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَى شَيْبَةَ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ فَارِسَ إِنْ شِئْتَ طَلَيْتُهَا وَلَطَخْتُهَا بِزَعْفَرَانَ فَفَعَلَ  


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"عَنْ شَيْبَةَ قَالَ: دَخَلَ النَّبىُّ ﷺ الكَعْبَةَ فَصَلَّى فِيهَا رَكْعَتيْنِ، فَإِذَا فيهَا تَصَاوِيرُ، فَقَالَ: يَا شَيْبَةُ اكفِنى شَرَّهُ. فَاشْتَدَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِ، فَقالَ لَهُ رَجُل: اطيِّنْهَا ثُمَّ (*) الطخُهَا بزَعْفَرَان، فَفَعَلَ".  

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