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ahmad:14308 – Sufyān > ʿAmr Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh > Marrah ʿAmr Samiʿah from Jābir

[Machine] Amr once said that he heard it from Jabir, who said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "War is deception."  

أحمد:١٤٣٠٨ – حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ سَمِعَ عَمْرٌو جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ

وَقَالَ مَرَّةً عَمْرو سَمِعَهُ مِنْ جَابِرٍ يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْحَرْبُ خَدْعَةٌ  

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ahmad:14177 – Ḥajjāj > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "War is deceit." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1675)  

أحمد:١٤١٧٧ – حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْحَرْبُ خَدْعَةٌ  

ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْمُجَاهِدِ أَنْ يَسْتَعْمِلَ الْخِدَاعَ فِي حَرْبِهِ

ibnhibban:4763 – ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Mūsá Biʿaskar Mukram > Muḥammad b. Maʿmar > Abū ʿĀṣim > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "War is deceit." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1675)  

ابن حبّان:٤٧٦٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُوسَى بِعَسْكَرٍ مُكْرَمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَعْمَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «الْحَرْبُ خَدْعَةٌ»  

tabarani:14022 – Ibrāhīm b. Hāshim al-Baghawī > ʿAmmār b. Hārūn > Hishām Abū al-Miqdām from his father > Yūsuf b. ʿAbdullāh b. Salām from his father

The Prophet ﷺ said, "War is deceit." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3030)  

الطبراني:١٤٠٢٢ – حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ هَاشِمٍ الْبَغَوِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَمَّارُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ أَبُو الْمِقْدَامِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سَلَامٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْحَرْبُ خَدْعَةٌ»  

tabarani:2728 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥasan al-Taghlibī > ʿUbaydullāh b. Bukayr al-Ghanawī > Ḥakīm b. Jubayr > Abū Idrīs > al-Musayyib b. Najabah > al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī

That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "War is deceit." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1675)  

الطبراني:٢٧٢٨ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ التَّغْلِبِيُّ ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ الْغَنَوِيُّ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي إِدْرِيسَ عَنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ بْنِ نَجَبَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْحَرْبُ خَدْعَةٌ»