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Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Anyone who does not show mercy to our children nor acknowledge the right of our old people is not one of us."  

الأدب المفرد:٣٥٣حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عِيسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ عَنْ أَبِي صَخْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ قُسَيْطٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ لَمْ يَرْحَمْ صَغِيرَنَا وَيَعْرِفْ حَقَّ كَبِيرِنَا فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا  

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abudawud:4943Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And Ibn al-Sarḥ > Sufyān > Ibn Abū Najīḥ > Ibn ʿĀmir > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr Yarwīh > Ibn al-Sarḥ

The Prophet ﷺ said: Those who do not show mercy to our young ones and do not realise the right of our elders are not from us.  

أبو داود:٤٩٤٣حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَابْنُ السَّرْحِ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَامِرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو يَرْوِيهِ قَالَ ابْنُ السَّرْحِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ لَمْ يَرْحَمْ صَغِيرَنَا وَيَعْرِفْ حَقَّ كَبِيرِنَا فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا  

tirmidhi:1920Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Abān > Muḥammad b. Fuḍayl > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

'He is not one of us who does not have mercy upon our young, nor knows the honor of our elders."  

الترمذي:١٩٢٠حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبَانَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَيْسَ مِنَّا مَنْ لَمْ يَرْحَمْ صَغِيرَنَا وَيَعْرِفْ شَرَفَ كَبِيرِنَا  

حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ نَحْوَهُ إِلاَّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ وَيَعْرِفْ حَقَّ كَبِيرِنَا