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ahmad:11330 – al-Aswad b. ʿĀmir > Abū Isrāʾīl > ʿAṭiyyah > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ , he said: "When one of you throws or strikes, let him avoid the face of his brother."  

أحمد:١١٣٣٠ – حَدَّثَنَا الْأَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا رَمَى أَوْ ضَرَبَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَجْتَنِبْ وَجْهَ أَخِيهِ  

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muslim:2612a – ʿAbdullāh b. Maslamah b. Qaʿnab > al-Mughīrah / al-Ḥizāmī > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

When any one of you fights with his brother he should avoid striking at the face.  

مسلم:٢٦١٢a – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ بْنِ قَعْنَبٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُغِيرَةُ يَعْنِي الْحِزَامِيَّ عَنِ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَاتَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ فَلْيَجْتَنِبِ الْوَجْهَ  

muslim:2612f – Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Hammām > Qatādah > Yaḥyá b. Mālik al-Marāghī / Abū Ayyūb > Abū Hurayrah

When any one of you fights with his brother, he should avoid the face.  

مسلم:٢٦١٢f – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ مَالِكٍ الْمَرَاغِيِّ وَهُوَ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا قَاتَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ فَلْيَجْتَنِبِ الْوَجْهَ  

abudawud:4493 – Abū Kāmil > Abū ʿAwānah > ʿUmar / Ibn Abū Salamah from his father > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said: When one of you inflicts a beating, he should avoid striking the face.  

أبو داود:٤٤٩٣ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ عُمَرَ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا ضَرَبَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَتَّقِ الْوَجْهَ  

ahmad:9799 – Yazīd > Muḥammad > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah And Muḥammad ʿAmman > Abū Ṣāliḥ al-Sammān > Abū Hurayrah

When any one of you fights with his brother he should avoid striking at the face. (Using translation from Muslim 2612a)  

أحمد:٩٧٩٩ – حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَمُحَمَّدٌ عَمَّنْ سَمِعَ أَبَا صَالِحٍ السَّمَّانَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَاتَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَجْتَنِبِ الْوَجْهَ  

ahmad:8339 – ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Ḥammād > Suhayl from his father > Abū Hurayrah

When any one of you fights with his brother, he should avoid the face. (Using translation from Muslim 2612f)  

أحمد:٨٣٣٩ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا قَاتَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ فَلْيَجْتَنِبِ الْوَجْهَ  

ahmad:8573 – ʿAffān > Hammām > Qatādah > Abū Ayyūb al-ʿAtakī / Yaḥyá b. Mālik > ʿAffān Marrah > Abū Ayyūb > Abū Hurayrah

When any one of you fights with his brother he should avoid striking at the face. (Using translation from Muslim 2612a)  

أحمد:٨٥٧٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْعَتَكِيِّ وَهُوَ يَحْيَى بْنُ مَالِكٍ وَقَالَ عَفَّانُ مَرَّةً قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَاتَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَجْتَنِبِ الْوَجْهَ  

ahmad:8441 – ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Ḥammād > Suhayl from his father > Abū Hurayrah

When any one of you fights with his brother, he should avoid the face. (Using translation from Muslim 2612f)  

أحمد:٨٤٤١ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا قَاتَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ فَلْيَجْتَنِبِ الْوَجْهَ  

ahmad:8125 –

The Prophet ﷺ said, "If somebody fights (or beats somebody) then he should avoid the face." (Using translation from Bukhārī 2559)  

أحمد:٨١٢٥ –

وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَاتَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَجْتَنِبِ الْوَجْهَ  

ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ ضَرْبِ الْمُسْلِمِ الْمُسْلِمَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ

ibnhibban:5604 – Muḥammad b. ʿUbaydullāh b. al-Faḍl al-Kalāʿī Biḥimṣ > ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān al-Qurashī from my father > Shuʿayb b. Abū Ḥamzah > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

When any one of you fights with his brother he should avoid striking at the face. (Using translation from Muslim 2612a)  

ابن حبّان:٥٦٠٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ الْكَلَاعِيُّ بِحِمْصَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الْقُرَشِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا قَاتَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَجْتَنِبِ الْوَجْهَ»  

nasai-kubra:7310 – Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm > Yaḥyá > Ibn ʿAjlān from my father > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said: When one of you inflicts a beating, he should avoid striking the face. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4493)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٣١٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا ضَرَبَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَجْتَنِبِ الْوَجْهَ»