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Sahih al-Bukhari 5346

Chapter: The earnings of a prostitute and the illegal wedding.

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari 5346

Narrator:Abu Mas‘ūd al-Badrī

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ نَهَى النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنْ

ثَمَنِ الْكَلْبِ، وَحُلْوَانِ الْكَاهِنِ، وَمَهْرِ الْبَغِيِّ‏.‏

Narrated Abu Mas`ud:

The Prophet (ﷺ) prohibited taking the price of a dog, the earnings of a soothsayer and the money earned by prostitution.

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 5346).

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Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

حَدِيث أَبِي مَسْعُود - وَهُوَ عُقْبَة بْن عَمْرو الْأَنْصَارِيّ - فِي النَّهْي عَنْ ثَمَن الْكَلْب وَحُلْوَانِ الْكَاهِن وَمَهْر الْبَغِيّ , وَقَوْله " عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْر بْن عَبْد الرَّحْمَن " هُوَ اِبْن الْحَارِث بْن هِشَام , فِي رِوَايَة الْحُمَيْدِيّ " عَنْ سُفْيَان حَدَّثَنَا الزُّهْرِيِّ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا بَكْر بْن عَبْد الرَّحْمَن ". وَتَقَدَّمَ شَرْحه فِي آخِر الْبُيُوع…

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  • الفوائد الشهير بالغيلانيات لأبي بكر الشافعي (691)ثَمَنِ الْكَلْبِ ، وَحُلْوَانِ الْكَاهِنِ ، وَمَهْرِ الْبَغِيِّ
  • المعجم الكبير للطبراني (14167)عَنْ ثَمَنِ الْكَلْبِ ،وَحُلْوَانِ الْكَاهِنِ , وَمَهْرِ الْبَغِيِّ
  • مستخرج أبي عوانة (4211)عَنْ ثَمَنِ الْكَلْبِ ، وَحُلْوَانِ الْكَاهِنِ ، وَمَهْرِ الْبَغِيِّ

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