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tirmidhi:1884bBidhalik Muḥammad b. Bashhār > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > ʿAzrah b. Thābit al-Anṣārī > Thumāmah > Anas b. Mālik

From Thumamah, from Anas that: "The Prophet ﷺ would breathe three times in the vessel." Another chain from Anas bin Malik: "The Prophet ﷺ would breathe three times in the vessel." He said: This Hadith is Hasan Sahih.  

الترمذي:١٨٨٤bحَدَّثَنَا بِذَلِكَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا عَزْرَةُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ الأَنْصَارِيُّ عَنْ ثُمَامَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَتَنَفَّسُ فِي الإِنَاءِ ثَلاَثًا قَالَ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ  


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muslim:2028aQutaybah b. Saʿīd And ʾAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ > ʿAzrah b. Thābit al-Anṣārī > Thumāmah b. ʿAbdullāh b. Anas > Anas

Anas reported that Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to breathe three times in the course of a drink (i. e. he drank in three gulps).  

مسلم:٢٠٢٨aوَحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ عَزْرَةَ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ الأَنْصَارِيِّ عَنْ ثُمَامَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَتَنَفَّسُ فِي الإِنَاءِ ثَلاَثًا  

tirmidhi:1884Qutaybah And Yūsuf b. Ḥammād > ʿAbd al-Wārith b. Saʿīd > Abū ʿIṣām > Anas b. Mālik

That the Prophet ﷺ would breathe three times in the vessel and say: "It is more wholesome and thirst quenching."  

[Abu 'Eisa said:] This Hadith is Hasan Gharib. Hisham Ad-Dastawa'i reported it from Abu 'Isam, from Anas.
الترمذي:١٨٨٤حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ وَيُوسُفُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عِصَامٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَتَنَفَّسُ فِي الإِنَاءِ ثَلاَثًا وَيَقُولُ هُوَ أَمْرَأُ وَأَرْوَى  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ وَرَوَاهُ هِشَامٌ الدَّسْتَوَائِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي عِصَامٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ وَرَوَى عَزْرَةُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ ثُمَامَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَتَنَفَّسُ فِي الإِنَاءِ ثَلاَثًا
ahmad:12193Wakīʿ > ʿAzrah b. Thābit al-Anṣārī > Thumāmah b. ʿAbdullāh b. Anas > Anas

Abu Qatada reported on the authority of his father that Allah's Apostle ﷺ forbade breathing in a vessel. (Using translation from Muslim 267d)   

أحمد:١٢١٩٣حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَزْرَةُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا ثُمَامَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَتَنَفَّسُ فِي الْإِنَاءِ ثَلَاثًا  

ذِكْرُ مَا يُسْتَحَبُّ لِلْمَرْءِ التَّنَفُّسُ عِنْدَ شُرْبِهِ لِيَكُونَ فَرْقًا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْبَهَائِمِ فِيهِ

ibnhibban:5329Abū Yaʿlá > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ > ʿAzrah b. Thābit > Thumāmah > Anas

Abu Qatada reported on the authority of his father that Allah's Apostle ﷺ forbade breathing in a vessel. (Using translation from Muslim 267d)   

ابن حبّان:٥٣٢٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ عَزْرَةَ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ ثُمَامَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

«أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَتَنَفَّسُ فِي الْإِنَاءِ ثَلَاثًا»