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صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عَسَّالٍ الْمُرَادِيُّ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ، عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ عَسَّالٍ

tabarani:7347ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal Wmuḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Shaybān b. Farrūkh > al-Ṣaʿq b. Ḥazn > ʿAlī b. al-Ḥakam al-Bunānī > al-Minhāl b. ʿAmr > Zir b. Ḥubaysh > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd > Ḥaddath Ṣafwān b. ʿAssāl al-Murādī > Atayt Rasūl Allāh Ṣallá Allāh ʿAlayh

[Machine] I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was resting in the mosque on a mat made of palm leaves. So I said to him, "O Messenger of Allah, I have come to seek knowledge." He said, "Welcome, seeker of knowledge. The seeker of knowledge is surrounded by angels and they shade him with their wings. Then some angels ride on top of others until they reach the lowest heaven due to their love for what he seeks. So what have you come to seek?" I said, "Safwan said, O Messenger of Allah, we continue to travel between Mecca and Medina, so guide us regarding wiping over the two socks." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "Three days for the traveler and one day and one night for the resident."  

الطبراني:٧٣٤٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ ومُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ قَالَا ثنا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخٍ ثنا الصَّعْقُ بْنُ حَزْنٍ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ الْبُنَانِيُّ عَنِ الْمِنْهَالِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ زِرِّ بْنِ حُبَيْشٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ قَالَ حَدَّثَ صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عَسَّالٍ الْمُرَادِيُّ قَالَ

أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ مُتَّكِئٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ عَلَى بُرْدٍ لَهُ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي جِئْتُ أَطْلُبُ الْعِلْمَ فَقَالَ «مَرْحَبًا بطالبِ الْعِلْمِ طَالِبُ الْعِلْمِ لَتَحُفُّهُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَتُظِلُّهُ بِأَجْنِحَتِهَا ثُمَّ يَرْكَبُ بَعْضُهُ بَعْضًا حَتَّى يَبْلُغُوا السَّمَاءَ الدُّنْيَا مِنْ حُبِّهِمْ لِمَا يَطْلُبُ فَمَا جِئْتَ تَطْلُبُ؟» قَالَ قَالَ صَفْوَانُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَا نَزَالُ نُسَافِرُ بَيْنَ مَكَّةَ وَالْمَدِينَةِ فَأَفْتِنَا عَنِ الْمَسْحِ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «ثَلَاثَةُ أَيَّامٍ لِلْمُسَافِرِ وَيَوْمٌ وَلَيْلَةٌ لِلْمُقِيمِ»