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ahmad:14445[Chain 1] ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Ibn Jurayj [Chain 2] Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] He heard Jabir ibn Abdullah saying that the Prophet ﷺ wrote on every contracted womb its intellect. Then he wrote that it is not permissible to pass a slave of a Muslim to someone else without his permission. He said, "Souls are to be respected."  

أحمد:١٤٤٤٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ ح وَرَوْحٌ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ يَقُولُ كَتَبَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى كُلِّ بَطْنٍ عُقُولَهُ ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ كَتَبَ أَنَّهُ لَا يَحِلُّ أَنْ يُتَوَالَى مَوْلَى رَجُلٍ مُسْلِمٍ بِغَيْرِ إِذْنِهِ قَالَ رَوْحٌ يُتَوَلَّى  


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muslim:1507Muḥammad b. Rāfiʿ > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

I was informed that he (the Holy Prophet) cursed the one who did that (and it was recorded) in his Sahifa (in a document).  

مسلم:١٥٠٧وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ كَتَبَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى كُلِّ بَطْنٍ عُقُولَهُ ثُمَّ كَتَبَ أَنَّهُ لاَ يَحِلُّ لِمُسْلِمٍ أَنْ يَتَوَالَى مَوْلَى رَجُلٍ مُسْلِمٍ بِغَيْرِ إِذْنِهِ ثُمَّ أُخْبِرْتُ أَنَّهُ لَعَنَ فِي صَحِيفَتِهِ مَنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ  

nasai:4829al-ʿAbbās b. ʿAbd al-ʿAẓīm > al-Ḍaḥḥāk b. Makhlad > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

"The Messenger of Allah ruled that every clan should take part in paying the blood money, and it is not permissible for a freed slave to take a Muslim (other than the one who freed him) as his Mawla (Patron) without the permission (of his former master who set him free)"  

النسائي:٤٨٢٩أَخْبَرَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَظِيمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الضَّحَّاكُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرًا يَقُولُ كَتَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى كُلِّ بَطْنٍ عُقُولَةً وَلاَ يَحِلُّ لِمَوْلًى أَنْ يَتَوَلَّى مُسْلِمًا بِغَيْرِ إِذْنِهِ  

ahmad:14760Mūsá > Ibn Lahīʿah > Abū al-Zubayr > Saʾalt Jābir > al-a man Yuwālī Mawālī al-a man Bighayr Idhnih

[Machine] About the man who appoints the man's followers without his permission, the Prophet ﷺ said: "Every ruler is responsible for those under his authority." Then he wrote: "It is not permissible for someone to appoint the followers of a man without his permission."  

أحمد:١٤٧٦٠حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ جَابِرًا

عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يُوَالِي مَوَالِيَ الرَّجُلِ بِغَيْرِ إِذْنِهِ فَقَالَ كَتَبَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى كُلِّ بَطْنٍ عُقُولَهُمْ ثُمَّ كَتَبَ إِنَّهُ لَا يَحِلُّ أَنْ يُوَالِيَ مَوَالِيَ رَجُلٍ بِغَيْرِ إِذْنِهِ  

ahmad:14686Ḥasan > Ibn Lahīʿah > Abū al-Zubayr > Saʾalt Jābir > al-a man Yatawallá a freed slave of al-a man Bighayr Idhnih

[Machine] "Regarding a man who appoints someone else as his representative without his permission, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: On every person, their intellect is binding. He further said: It is not permissible for a Muslim slave to be entrusted to someone without his permission."  

أحمد:١٤٦٨٦حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ جَابِرًا

عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَتَوَلَّى مَوْلَى الرَّجُلِ بِغَيْرِ إِذْنِهِ فَقَالَ كَتَبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى كُلِّ بَطْنٍ عُقُولَهُمْ ثُمَّ كَتَبَ إِنَّهُ لَا يَحِلُّ أَنْ يُتَوَلَّى مَوْلَى رَجُلٍ مُسْلِمٍ بِغَيْرِ إِذْنِهِ  

nasai-kubra:7004al-ʿAbbās b. ʿAbd al-ʿAẓīm > al-Ḍaḥḥāk b. Makhlad > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

"The Messenger of Allah ruled that every clan should take part in paying the blood money, and it is not permissible for a freed slave to take a Muslim (other than the one who freed him) as his Mawla (Patron) without the permission (of his former master who set him free)" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4829)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٠٠٤أَخْبَرَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَظِيمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الضَّحَّاكُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرًا يَقُولُ «كَتَبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى كُلِّ بَطْنٍ عُقُولَهُ وَلَا يَحِلُّ لِمَوْلًى أَنْ يَتَوَلَّى مُسْلِمًا بِغَيْرِ إِذْنِهِ»  

bayhaqi:16380Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad > Muḥammad b. Rāfiʿ > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh > Katab

[Machine] He heard Jabir ibn Abdullah saying that the Prophet ﷺ wrote on every belly that their minds should be guarded. Then he wrote that it is not permissible for a Muslim's servant to succeed him without his permission. Then I was informed that anyone who does that is cursed in a document.  

البيهقي:١٦٣٨٠وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أنبأ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ يَقُولُ كَتَبَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى كُلِّ بَطْنٍ عُقُولُهُ ثُمَّ كَتَبَ أَنَّهُ لَا يَحِلُّ أَنْ يَتَوَالَى مَوْلَى رَجُلٍ مُسْلِمٍ بِغَيْرِ إِذْنِهِ ثُمَّ أُخْبِرْتُ أَنَّهُ لَعَنَ فِي صَحِيفَةٍ مَنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ قَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى الْعَاقِلَةِ وَلَا دِيوَانَ حَتَّى كَانَ الدِّيوَانُ حِينَ كَثُرَ الْمَالُ فِي زَمَانِ عُمَرَ ؓ