al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 15989
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حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو الْخَلَّالُ الْمَكِّيُّ ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو الْعَدَنِيُّ ثَنَا فَرَجُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبْيَضَ بْنِ حَمَّالٍ حَدَّثَنِي عَمِّي ثَابِتُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ فَرْوَةَ بْنَ مِسِّيكٍ الْمُرَادِيَّ حَدَّثَهُ
أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ سَبَأٍ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا سَبَأٌ؟ أَرَجُلٌ أَمْ جَبَلٌ أَمْ وَادٍ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا بَلْ رَجُلٌ وَلَدَ عَشَرَةَ فَتَشَاءَمَ أَرْبَعَةٌ وَتَيَامَنَ سِتَّةٌ تَشَاءَمَ لَخْمٌ وَجُذَامُ وَعَامِلَةُ وَغَسَّانُ وَتَيَامَنَ حِمْيَرُ وَمَذْحِجٌ وَالْأَزْدُ وَكِنْدَةُ وَالْأَشْعَرِيُّونَ وَأنْمَارٌ الَّتِي مِنْهَا بَجِيلَةُ»
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Aḥmad b. Abū ʿAmr al-Khallāl al-Makkī
- Muḥammad b. Abū ʿAmr al-ʿAdanī
- Faraj b. Saʿīd b. ʿAlqamah b. Saʿīd b. Abyaḍ b. Ḥammāl
- ʿAmmī Thābit b. Saʿīd from his father
- Farwah b. Missīk al-Murādī
✧ That he asked the Messenger of God ﷺ about Sabaʾ, saying, "O Messenger of God, what is Sabaʾ? Is it a man, a mountain, or a valley?" The Messenger of God ﷺ said, "No; rather, it is a man who fathered ten. Four went north and six went south. Those who went north: Lakhm, Judhām, ʿĀmila, and Ghassān. Those who went south: Ḥimyar, Madhḥij, al-Azd, Kinda, al-Ashʿariyyūn, and Anmār, from whom is Bajīla."
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