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tirmidhi:582 – Qutaybah > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Muḥammad b. Ziyād / Abū al-Ḥārith al-Baṣrī Thiqah > Abū Hurayrah

"Muhammad said: 'Does not the one who raises his head before the Imam fear that Allah will transform his head into a donkey's head?'"

الترمذي:٥٨٢ – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ وَهُوَ أَبُو الْحَارِثِ الْبَصْرِيُّ ثِقَةٌ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ

مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ أَمَا يَخْشَى الَّذِي يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ قَبْلَ الإِمَامِ أَنْ يُحَوِّلَ اللَّهُ رَأْسَهُ رَأْسَ حِمَارٍ قَالَ قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَمَّادٌ قَالَ لِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ وَإِنَّمَا قَالَ أَمَا يَخْشَى

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ هُوَ بَصْرِيٌّ ثِقَةٌ وَيُكْنَى أَبَا الْحَارِثِ

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muslim:427a – Khalaf b. Hishām And ʾAbū al-Rabīʿ al-Zahrānī Waqutaybah b. Saʿīd > Ḥammād > Khalaf > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Does the man who lifts his head ahead of the Imam (from prostration) not fear that Allah may change his head into the head of an ass?

مسلم:٤٢٧a – حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ وَأَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ وَقُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ كُلُّهُمْ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ قَالَ خَلَفٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ

مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ أَمَا يَخْشَى الَّذِي يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ قَبْلَ الإِمَامِ أَنْ يُحَوِّلَ اللَّهُ رَأْسَهُ رَأْسَ حِمَارٍ

nasai:828 – Qutaybah > Ḥammād > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

"Muhammad ﷺ said: 'Does the one who raises his head before the Imam not fear that Allah may turn his head into the head of a donkey?"'

النسائي:٨٢٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ

مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ أَلاَ يَخْشَى الَّذِي يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ قَبْلَ الإِمَامِ أَنْ يُحَوِّلَ اللَّهُ رَأْسَهُ رَأْسَ حِمَارٍ

ibnmajah:961 – Ḥumayd b. Masʿadah And Sūwayd b. Saʿīd > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Does not the one who raises his head before the Imam fear that Allah may turn his head into the head of a donkey?’”

ابن ماجة:٩٦١ – حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ وَسُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ

رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَلاَ يَخْشَى الَّذِي يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ قَبْلَ الإِمَامِ أَنْ يُحَوِّلَ اللَّهُ رَأْسَهُ رَأْسَ حِمَارٍ؟

ahmad:10104 – Wakīʿ > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Does not the one who raises his head before the Imam fear that Allah may turn his head into the head of a donkey?’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 961)

أحمد:١٠١٠٤ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَا يَخَافُ الَّذِي يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ قَبْلَ الْإِمَامِ أَنْ يُحَوَّلَ رَأْسُهُ رَأْسَ حِمَارٍ

ibnhibban:2282 – ʿImrān b. Mūsá b. Mujāshiʿ > Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad b. al-ʿAbbās al-Shāfiʿī And ʿUbayd Allāh b. ʿUmar al-Qawārīrī And Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd b. Ḥisāb Washaybān b. Farrūkh > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Does not the one who raises his head before the Imam fear that Allah may turn his head into the head of a donkey?’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 961)

ابن حبّان:٢٢٨٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ مُجَاشِعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ الشَّافِعِيُّ وَعُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ حِسَابٍ وَشَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخٍ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَمَا يَخْشَى الَّذِي يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ قَبْلَ الْإِمَامِ أَنْ يُحَوِّلَ اللَّهُ رَأْسَهُ رَأْسَ حِمَارٍ»

ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنِ اسْتِعْمَالِ هَذَا الْفِعْلِ الَّذِي ذَكَرْنَاهُ حَذَرَ أَنْ يُحَوَّلَ رَأْسُهُ رَأْسَ كَلْبٍ

ibnhibban:2283 – al-Haytham b. Khalaf al-Dūrī > al-Rabīʿ b. Thaʿlab > Abū Ismāʿīl al-Muʾaddib > Muḥammad b. Maysarah > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Doesn't the person who raises his head before the Imam fear that Allah will turn his head into the head of a dog?"

ابن حبّان:٢٢٨٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ الدُّورِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ ثَعْلَبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْمَاعِيلَ الْمُؤَدِّبُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «أَمَا يَخْشَى الَّذِي يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ قَبْلَ الْإِمَامِ أَنْ يُحَوِّلَ اللَّهُ رَأْسَهُ رَأْسَ الْكَلْبِ»

nasai-kubra:904 – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Ḥammād > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Does not the one who raises his head before the Imam fear that Allah may turn his head into the head of a donkey?’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 961)

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٠٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ «أَلَا يَخْشَى الَّذِي يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ قَبْلَ الْإِمَامِ أَنْ يُحَوِّلَ اللهُ رَأْسَهُ رَأْسَ حِمَارٍ؟»

bayhaqi:2599 – Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf al-Aṣbahānī > Abū Saʿīd Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Ziyād al-Baṣrī Bimakkah > al-Haytham b. Sahl al-Tustarī > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Does not the one who raises his head before the Imam fear that Allah may turn his head into the head of a donkey?’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 961)

البيهقي:٢٥٩٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ ثنا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ الْبَصْرِيُّ بِمَكَّةَ ثنا الْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَا يَخْشَى الَّذِي يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ قَبْلَ الْإِمَامِ أَنْ يَحُوِّلَ اللهُ رَأْسَهُ رَأْسَ حِمَارٍ

bayhaqi:2601 – Abū al-Ḥasan Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn b. Dāwud al-ʿAlawī Imlāʾ > Abū Ḥammād b. al-Sharqī > Muḥammad b. ʿAqīl from Kitābih And from Ḥifẓih > Ḥafṣ b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibrāhīm b. Ṭahmān > Ayyūb > Muḥammad / Ibn Sīrīn > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] "He (Prophet Muhammad ﷺ) said: 'Doesn't anyone of you fear that when he raises his head from prostration before the Imam, Allah will transform his head into the head of a donkey?'"

البيهقي:٢٦٠١ – وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ دَاوُدَ الْعَلَوِيُّ إِمْلَاءً أنبأ أَبُو حَمَّادِ بْنُ الشَّرْقِيِّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَقِيلٍ مِنْ كِتَابِهِ وَمِنْ حِفْظِهِ أنبأ حَفْصُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ طَهْمَانَ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَا يَخَافُ أَحَدُكُمْ إِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ السُّجُودِ قَبْلَ الْإِمَامِ أَنْ يُحَوِّلَ اللهُ رَأْسَهُ رَأْسَ حِمَارٍ