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ahmad:14467Yaḥyá b. Ādam And ʾAbū al-Naḍr > Zuhayr > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir > Āqtatal Ghulāmān Ghulām from al-Muhājirīn Waghulām from al-Anṣār > al-Muhājirī Yā Lalmuhājirīn

What is this, the proclamation of the days of jahiliya (ignorance)? They said: Messenger of Allah, there is nothing serious. The two young men fell into dispute and the one struck at the back of the other. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Well, a person should help his brother whether he is an oppressor or an oppressed. If he is the oppressor he should prevent him from doing it, for that is his help; and if he is the oppressed he should be helped (against oppression). (Using translation from Muslim 2584a)   

أحمد:١٤٤٦٧حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ وَأَبُو النَّضْرِ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ حَدَّثَنَا جَابِرٌ قَالَ

اقْتَتَلَ غُلَامَانِ غُلَامٌ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَغُلَامٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَقَالَ الْمُهَاجِرِيُّ يَا لَلْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَقَالَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ يَا لَلْأَنْصَارِ فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَدَعْوَى الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ؟ فَقَالُوا لَا وَاللهِ إِلَّا أَنَّ غُلَامَيْنِ كَسَعَ أَحَدُهُمَا الْآخَرَ فَقَالَ لَا بَأْسَ لِيَنْصُرِ الرَّجُلُ أَخَاهُ ظَالِمًا أَوْ مَظْلُومًا فَإِنْ كَانَ ظَالِمًا فَلْيَنْهَهُ فَإِنَّهُ لَهُ نُصْرَةٌ وَإِنْ كَانَ مَظْلُومًا فَلْيَنْصُرْهُ  


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muslim:2584aAḥmad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Yūnus > Zuhayr > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

What is this, the proclamation of the days of jahiliya (ignorance)? They said: Messenger of Allah, there is nothing serious. The two young men fell into dispute and the one struck at the back of the other. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Well, a person should help his brother whether he is an oppressor or an oppressed. If he is the oppressor he should prevent him from doing it, for that is his help; and if he is the oppressed he should be helped (against oppression).  

مسلم:٢٥٨٤aحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

اقْتَتَلَ غُلاَمَانِ غُلاَمٌ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَغُلاَمٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ فَنَادَى الْمُهَاجِرُ أَوِ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ يَا لَلْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَنَادَى الأَنْصَارِيُّ يَا لَلأَنْصَارِ فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَا هَذَا دَعْوَى أَهْلِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ قَالُوا لاَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِلاَّ أَنَّ غُلاَمَيْنِ اقْتَتَلاَ فَكَسَعَ أَحَدُهُمَا الآخَرَ قَالَ فَلاَ بَأْسَ وَلْيَنْصُرِ الرَّجُلُ أَخَاهُ ظَالِمًا أَوْ مَظْلُومًا إِنْ كَانَ ظَالِمًا فَلْيَنْهَهُ فَإِنَّهُ لَهُ نَصْرٌ وَإِنْ كَانَ مَظْلُومًا فَلْيَنْصُرْهُ  

bayhaqi:20467Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū ʿAbdullāh b. Yaʿqūb > Yaḥyá b. Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá > Aḥmad b. Yūnus > Zuhayr > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

What is this, the proclamation of the days of jahiliya (ignorance)? They said: Messenger of Allah, there is nothing serious. The two young men fell into dispute and the one struck at the back of the other. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Well, a person should help his brother whether he is an oppressor or an oppressed. If he is the oppressor he should prevent him from doing it, for that is his help; and if he is the oppressed he should be helped (against oppression). (Using translation from Muslim 2584a)   

البيهقي:٢٠٤٦٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ ثنا زُهَيْرٌ ثنا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

اقْتَتَلَ غُلَامَانِ غُلَامٌ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَغُلَامٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَنَادَى الْمُهَاجِرِيُّ يَا لِلْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَنَادَى الْأَنْصَارِيُّ يَا لِلْأَنْصَارِ فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَا هَذَا؟ أَدَعْوَى الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ ؟ قَالُوا لَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِلَّا أَنَّ غُلَامَيْنِ اقْتَتَلَا فَكَسَعَ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمَا الْآخَرَ قَالَ فَلَا بَأْسَ وَلْيَنْصُرِ الرَّجُلُ أَخَاهُ ظَالِمًا أَوْ مَظْلُومًا إِنْ كَانَ ظَالِمًا فَلْيَنْهَهُ فَإِنَّهُ لَهُ نَصْرٌ أَوْ كَلِمَةً نَحْوَهَا وَإِنْ كَانَ مَظْلُومًا فَلْيَنْصُرْهُ  

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