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tabarani:8112Muḥammad b. Faḍāʾ al-Jawharī > al-ʿAbbās b. al-Walīd al-Narsī > Wahb > Layth > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Sābiṭ > Abū Umāmah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , saw a group of people performing ablution on the heels of one of them, where the water did not reach. He said, "Woe to the heels from the Fire."  

الطبراني:٨١١٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فَضَاءٍ الْجَوْهَرِيُّ ثنا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ النَّرْسِيُّ ثنا وَهْبٌ ثنا لَيْثٌ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ سَابِطٍ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ قَالَ

رَأَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَوْمًا تَوَضَّئُوا عَلَى أَعْقَابِ أَحَدِهِمْ مِثْلُ مَوْضِعِ الدِّرْهَمِ لَمْ يُصِبْهُ الْمَاءُ قَالَ «وَيْلٌ لِلْأَعْقَابِ مِنَ النَّارِ»  


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ahmad:14392Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Jābir

"The Messenger of Allah saw some people performing ablution, and their heels were dry. He said: 'Woe to the heels because of Hell-fire, perform ablution properly!'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 450)   

أحمد:١٤٣٩٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

رَأَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَوْمًا يَتَوَضَّئُونَ فَلَمْ يَمَسَّ أَعْقَابَهُمُ الْمَاءُ فَقَالَ وَيْلٌ لِلْأَعْقَابِ مِنَ النَّارِ  

tabarani:8114ʿAbdān b. Muḥammad al-Marwazī > Isḥāq b. Rāhawayh > Jarīr > Layth > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Sābiṭ > Abū Umāmah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw a group of people performing ablution, and only a small amount of water, equivalent to a dirham, remained on their feet. He said, "Woe to the heels from the Hellfire."  

الطبراني:٨١١٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ رَاهَوَيْهِ ثنا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ لَيْثٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَابِطٍ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ قَالَ

رَأَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَوْمًا يَتَوَضَّئُونَ فَتَبْقَى عَلَى أَقْدَامِهِمْ قَدْرُ الدِّرْهَمِ لَمْ يُصِبْهُ الْمَاءُ فَقَالَ «وَيْلٌ لِلْأَعْقَابِ مِنَ النَّارِ»  

tabarani:8116Sulaymān b. al-Ḥasan al-ʿAṭṭār > Abū Kāmil al-Jaḥdarī > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ziyād > Layth > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Sābiṭ > Abū Umāmah or > Akhī Abū Umāmah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw a group of people with their backs bent like the back of a coin or the tip of a nail, and water did not reach them. He kept saying, "Woe to the backs from the Hellfire," twice.  

الطبراني:٨١١٦حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْعَطَّارُ ثنا أَبُو كَامِلٍ الْجَحْدَرِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ ثنا لَيْثٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَابِطٍ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ أَوْ عَنْ أَخِي أَبِي أُمَامَةَ قَالَ

رَأَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَوْمًا عَلَى أَعْقَابِ أَحَدِهِمْ مِثْلُ الدِّرْهَمِ أَوْ مَوْضِعُ الظُّفْرِ فَلَمْ يُصِبْهُ الْمَاءُ فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ «وَيْلٌ لِلْأَعْقَابِ مِنَ النَّارِ» مَرَّتَيْنِ  

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"عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: رَأَى رَسُولُ الله ﷺ قَوْمًا قَدْ تَوَضَّئُوا وَلَمْ يَمَسَّ أَعْقَابَهُمُ الْمَاءُ فَقَالَ: وَيْلٌ لِلأَعْقَابِ مِنَ النَّارِ".  

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