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tirmidhi:1991 – Qutaybah > Khālid b. ʿAbdullāh al-Wāsiṭī > Ḥumayd > Anas b. Mālik

"A man sought a mount from the Messenger of Allah who said: 'Indeed, I will let you ride on a she-camel's child.' So he said: 'O Messenger of Allah! What can ashe-camel's child do?' So the Messenger of Allah said: 'Are camels borne from other than she-camels?'"  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ-Gharīb.
الترمذي:١٩٩١ – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْوَاسِطِيُّ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً اسْتَحْمَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنِّي حَامِلُكَ عَلَى وَلَدِ النَّاقَةِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا أَصْنَعُ بِوَلَدِ النَّاقَةِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهَلْ تَلِدُ الإِبِلَ إِلاَّ النُّوقُ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ

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abudawud:4998 – And Hb b. Baqiyyah > Khālid > Ḥumayd > Anas

A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: Messenger of Allah! give me a mount. The Prophet ﷺ said: We shall give you a she-camel's child to ride on. He said: What shall I do with a she-camel's child? The Prophet ﷺ replied: Do any others than she-camels give birth to camels?  

أبو داود:٤٩٩٨ – حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ احْمِلْنِي قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنَّا حَامِلُوكَ عَلَى وَلَدِ نَاقَةٍ قَالَ وَمَا أَصْنَعُ بِوَلَدِ النَّاقَةِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَهَلْ تَلِدُ الإِبِلَ إِلاَّ النُّوقُ  

ahmad:13817 – Khalaf b. al-Walīd > Khālid b. ʿAbdullāh > Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl > Anas b. Mālik

A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: Messenger of Allah! give me a mount. The Prophet ﷺ said: We shall give you a she-camel's child to ride on. He said: What shall I do with a she-camel's child? The Prophet ﷺ replied: Do any others than she-camels give birth to camels? (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4998)   

أحمد:١٣٨١٧ – حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الطَّوِيلِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَاسْتَحْمَلَهُ فَقَالَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّا حَامِلُوكَ عَلَى وَلَدِ نَاقَةٍ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا أَصْنَعُ بِوَلَدِ نَاقَةٍ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَهَلْ تَلِدُ الْإِبِلَ إِلَّا النُّوقُ  

bayhaqi:21168 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Khalaf b. Hishām > Khālid b. ʿAbdullāh > Ḥumayd > Anas

A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: Messenger of Allah! give me a mount. The Prophet ﷺ said: We shall give you a she-camel's child to ride on. He said: What shall I do with a she-camel's child? The Prophet ﷺ replied: Do any others than she-camels give birth to camels? (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4998)   

البيهقي:٢١١٦٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا خَلَفُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ ثنا خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا اسْتَحْمَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّا حَامِلُوكَ عَلَى وَلَدِ نَاقَةٍ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا أَصْنَعُ بِوَلَدِ نَاقَةٍ؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَهَلْ تَلِدُ الْإِبِلَ إِلَّا النُّوقُ  

adab:268 –

Anas ibn Malik said, "A man came to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, to ask him for a mount. He said, 'I will give you a she-camel's foal to ride.' He exclaimed, 'Messenger of Allah, what can I do with a she-camel's foal?' The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Are camels born from anything other than she-camels?'"  

الأدب المفرد:٢٦٨ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ هُوَ ابْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الطَّوِيلِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَسْتَحْمِلُهُ فَقَالَ أَنَا حَامِلُكَ عَلَى وَلَدِ نَاقَةٍ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَمَا أَصْنَعُ بِوَلَدِ نَاقَةٍ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَهَلْ تَلِدُ الإِبِلَ إِلاَّ النُّوقُ