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tabarani:7373[Chain 1] ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar al-Qawārīrī [Chain 2] Yaḥyá b. Khalaf Abū Salamah al-Jūbārī > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Khālid b. Kathīr al-Hamdānī > ʿĀṣim b. Abū al-Najūd > Zir b. Ḥubaysh > Ṣafwān b. ʿAssāl > Atayt Rasūl Allāh

[Machine] "I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to ask him about wiping over the socks. So I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, I came to ask you about knowledge.' He said, 'Verily, the angels lower their wings for the seeker of knowledge, satisfied with what he seeks.' 'And what knowledge do you ask about?' I said. 'O Prophet of Allah, I ask about wiping over the socks,' he said. 'Yes, there is one day and night for the resident and three for the traveler, from defecation or urination, then he renews ablution.'"  

الطبراني:٧٣٧٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ ح وحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ السَّقطِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ خَلَفٍ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ الْجُوبَارِيُّ قَالَا ثنا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَنِي خَالِدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ أَبِي النَّجُودِ عَنْ زِرِّ بْنِ حُبَيْشٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ عَسَّالٍ قَالَ

أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الْمَسْحِ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ جِئْتُ أَسْأَلُكَ عَنِ الْعِلْمِ قَالَ «إِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ لَتَضَعُ أَجْنِحَتَهَا لِطَالِبِ الْعِلْمِ رِضًى بِمَا يَطْلُبُ» «وَعَنْ أَيِّ الْعِلْمِ تَسْأَلُ؟» قُلْتُ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ عَنِ الْمَسْحِ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ قَالَ «نَعَمْ يَوْمٌ وَلَيْلَةٌ لِلْمُقِيمِ وَثَلَاثٌ لِلْمُسَافِرِ مِنْ غَائِطٍ أَوْ بَوْلٍ ثُمَّ أَحْدَثَ وُضُوءًا»  


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tabarani:7349Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī al-Daqīqī > al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī b. ʿAffān > Yaḥyá b. Qabīṣah > al-Ḥasan b. Ṣāliḥ > Abū Janāb > Ṭalḥah b. Muṣarrif > Zir b. Ḥubaysh Atá Ṣafwān b. ʿAssāl > Mā Ghadā Bik Ilay al-Ghadāh > Ghadā Bī al-Timās al-ʿIlm > Amā Innah Mā

[Machine] Indeed, whatever He does, no one else can do except for Him. Whenever you make wudu, the angels spread their wings in approval of what you are doing. I said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have come to ask you about wiping over the socks." He said, "Indeed, I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ if I could wipe over the socks, and he said, 'Yes, there are three things for the traveler that should not be removed: urine, feces, and sleep. And for the resident, one day.'"  

الطبراني:٧٣٤٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ الدَّقِيقِيُّ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَفَّانَ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ قَبِيصَةَ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ ثنا أَبُو جَنَابٍ حَدَّثَنِي طَلْحَةُ بْنُ مُصَرِّفٍ أَنَّ زِرَّ بْنَ حُبَيْشٍ أَتَى صَفْوَانَ بْنَ عَسَّالٍ فَقَالَ مَا غَدَا بِكَ إِلَيَّ الْغَدَاةَ؟ فَقَالَ غَدَا بِي الْتِمَاسُ الْعِلْمِ قَالَ

أَمَا إِنَّهُ مَا يَصْنَعُ مَا صَنَعْتَ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا وَضَعَتْ لَهُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ أَجْنِحَتَهَا رِضًا بِالَّذِي يَصْنَعُ قُلْتُ إِنِّي غَدَوْتُ أَسْأَلُكَ عَنِ الْمَسْحِ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ قَالَ إِنِّي سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَأَمْسَحُ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ ثَلَاثٌ لِلْمُسَافِرِ لَا يَنْزِعْهُمَا مِنْ غَائِطٍ وَلَا بَوْلٍ وَلَا نَوْمٍ وَيَوْمٌ لِلْمُقِيمِ»  

tabarani:7368Yaḥyá b. Muḥammad al-Ḥinnāʾī > Shaybān b. Farrūkh > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muslim > Yazīd b. Abū Ziyād > ʿĀṣim b. Bahdalah > Zir b. Ḥubaysh > Atayt Ṣafwān b. ʿAssāl al-Murādī > Mā Jāʾ Bik

[Machine] "What brought you here?" I said, "I came in search of knowledge." He said, "We were talking that the angels spread their wings for the seeker of knowledge, pleased with what he seeks." Then I asked him about wiping over the socks. He said, "We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a journey, and we used to wipe over our socks for three days and nights, and for the resident it is one day and night."  

الطبراني:٧٣٦٨حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْحِنَّائِيُّ ثنا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخٍ ثنا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ بَهْدَلَةَ عَنْ زِرِّ بْنِ حُبَيْشٍ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ صَفْوَانَ بْنَ عَسَّالٍ الْمُرَادِيَّ فَقَالَ

مَا جَاءَ بِكَ؟ قُلْتُ جِئْتُ فِي طَلَبِ الْعِلْمِ قَالَ كُنَّا نَتَحَدَّثُ أَنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ تَضَعُ أَجْنِحَتَهَا لِطَالِبِ الْعِلْمِ رِضًى بِمَا يَطْلُبُ ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْمَسْحِ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ قَالَ «كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَفَرًا وَكُنَّا نَمْسَحُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَلَيَالِيَهُنَّ وَالْمُقِيمُ يَوْمٌ وَلَيْلَةٌ»  

tabarani:7379Aslam b. Sahl al-Wāsiṭī > Abū al-Shaʿthāʾ ʿAlī b. al-Ḥasan > ʿAbdah b. Sulaymān > Ṣāliḥ b. Ṣāliḥ > ʿĀṣim b. Abū al-Najūd > Zir b. Ḥubaysh > Atayt Ṣafwān b. ʿAssāl

[Machine] "What brings you here?" I said, "I seek knowledge." He said, "Verily, the angels spread their wings for the seeker of knowledge, pleased with what he seeks." I asked him about wiping over the socks, and he said, "We used to wipe over the socks for three days and nights for the traveler, and one day and night for the resident."  

الطبراني:٧٣٧٩حَدَّثَنَا أَسْلَمُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ الْوَاسِطِيُّ ثنا أَبُو الشَّعْثَاءِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ ثنا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ أَبِي النَّجُودِ عَنْ زِرِّ بْنِ حُبَيْشٍ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ صَفْوَانَ بْنَ عَسَّالٍ فَقَالَ

مَا جَاءَ بِكَ؟ قُلْتُ أَطْلُبُ الْعِلْمَ قَالَ إِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ لَتَبْسُطُ أَجْنِحَتَهَا لِطَالِبِ الْعِلْمِ رِضًى بِمَا يَطْلُبُ وَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْمَسْحِ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ فَقَالَ «كُنَّا نَمْسَحُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَلَيَالِيَهُنَّ لِلْمُسَافِرِ وَيَوْمٌ وَلَيْلَةٌ لِلْمُقِيمِ»