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abudawud:5117al-Nufaylī > Zuhayr > Simāk b. Ḥarb > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd from his father

If anyone helps his people in an unrighteous cause, he is like a camel which falls into a well and is pulled out by its tail.  

أبو داود:٥١١٧حَدَّثَنَا النُّفَيْلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا سِمَاكُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

مَنْ نَصَرَ قَوْمَهُ عَلَى غَيْرِ الْحَقِّ فَهُوَ كَالْبَعِيرِ الَّذِي رُدِّيَ فَهُوَ يُنْزَعُ بِذَنَبِهِ  


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Collected by Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Suyūṭī
ahmad:4292ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Isrāʾīl > Simāk > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAbdullāh from his father

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said: "Whoever supports his people in injustice, he is like a camel that is dragging its tail."  

أحمد:٤٢٩٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَنْ أَعَانَ قَوْمَهُ عَلَى ظُلْمٍفَهُوَ كَالْبَعِيرِ الْمُتَرَدِّي يَنْزِعُ بِذَنَبِهِ  

ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ أَنْ يُعِينَ الْمَرْءُ أَحَدًا عَلَى مَا لَيْسَ لِلَّهِ فِيهِ رِضًا

ibnhibban:5942Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm a freed slave of Thaqīf > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Ḥanẓalī > al-Muʾammal > Sufyān > Simāk > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd from his father

[Machine] The translation of the Arabic sentence is: On the authority of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , he said: "The example of someone who helps his people in a way that is not true is like a camel that falls into a well and is taken out by its own hump."  

ابن حبّان:٥٩٤٢أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مَوْلَى ثَقِيفٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْحَنْظَلِيُّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا الْمُؤَمَّلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَثَلُ الَّذِي يُعِينُ قَوْمَهُ عَلَى غَيْرِ الْحَقِّ كَمَثَلِ بَعِيرٍ تَرَدَّى فِي بِئْرٍ فَهُوَ يُنْزَعُ مِنْهَا بِذَنَبِهِ»