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ahmad:1545Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > ʿĀmir b. Saʿd > Abīh Yablugh Bih

The Muslim who offends most against the Muslims is he who enquires about something which has not been forbidden to men, and it is declared forbidden because of his enquiry. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4610)   

أحمد:١٥٤٥حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ يَبْلُغُ بِهِ

النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَعْظَمُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فِي الْمُسْلِمِينَ جُرْمًامَنْ سَأَلَ عَنْ أمْرٍ لَمْ يُحَرَّمْ فَحُرِّمَ عَلَى النَّاسِ مِنْ أَجْلِ مَسْأَلَتِهِ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Ḥibbān, Suyūṭī
bukhari:7289ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd al-Muqriʾ > Saʿīd > ʿUqayl > Ibn Shihāb > ʿĀmir b. Saʿd b. Abū Waqqāṣ from his father

The Prophet ﷺ said, "The most sinful person among the Muslims is the one who asked about something which had not been prohibited, but was prohibited because of his asking."  

البخاري:٧٢٨٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الْمُقْرِئُ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ أَعْظَمَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ جُرْمًا مَنْ سَأَلَ عَنْ شَىْءٍ لَمْ يُحَرَّمْ فَحُرِّمَ مِنْ أَجْلِ مَسْأَلَتِهِ  

muslim:2358aYaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd > Ibn Shihāb > ʿĀmir b. Saʿd from his father

The greatest sinner amongst the Muslims is one who asked about a thing (from Allah's Apostle) which had not been forbidden for the Muslims and it was forbidden for them because of his persistently asking about it.  

مسلم:٢٣٥٨aحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ أَعْظَمَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فِي الْمُسْلِمِينَ جُرْمًا مَنْ سَأَلَ عَنْ شَىْءٍ لَمْ يُحَرَّمْ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَحُرِّمَ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ أَجْلِ مَسْأَلَتِهِ  

muslim:2358b[Chain 1] Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And Ibn Abū ʿUmar > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > al-Zuhrī [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. ʿAbbād > Sufyān > Aḥfaẓuh Kamā Aḥfaẓ Bism Allāh al-Raḥman al-Raḥīm al-Zuhrī > ʿĀmir b. Saʿd from his father

The greatest sinner of the Muslims amongst Muslims is one who asked about a certain thing which had not been prohibited and it was prohibited because of his asking about it.  

مسلم:٢٣٥٨bوَحَدَّثَنَاهُ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ

أَحْفَظُهُ كَمَا أَحْفَظُ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَعْظَمُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فِي الْمُسْلِمِينَ جُرْمًا مَنْ سَأَلَ عَنْ أَمْرٍ لَمْ يُحَرَّمْ فَحُرِّمَ عَلَى النَّاسِ مِنْ أَجْلِ مَسْأَلَتِهِ  

abudawud:4610ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > ʿĀmir b. Saʿd from his father

The Muslim who offends most against the Muslims is he who enquires about something which has not been forbidden to men, and it is declared forbidden because of his enquiry.  

أبو داود:٤٦١٠حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ أَعْظَمَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فِي الْمُسْلِمِينَ جُرْمًا مَنْ سَأَلَ عَنْ أَمْرٍ لَمْ يُحَرَّمْ فَحُرِّمَ عَلَى النَّاسِ مِنْ أَجْلِ مَسْأَلَتِهِ  

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَمَّا يَجِبُ عَلَى الْمَرْءِ مِنْ تَرْكِ التَّكَلُّفِ فِي دِينِ اللَّهِ، بِمَا تُنُكِّبَ عَنْهُ وَأُغْضِيَ عَنْ إِبْدَائِهِ

ibnhibban:110Ibn Salm > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ibrāhīm > Bishr b. Bakr > al-Awzāʿī > al-Zuhrī > ʿĀmir b. Saʿd b. Abū Waqqāṣ from his father

The Muslim who offends most against the Muslims is he who enquires about something which has not been forbidden to men, and it is declared forbidden because of his enquiry. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4610)   

ابن حبّان:١١٠أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ سَلْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَامِرُ بْنُ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ أَعْظَمَ النَّاسِ فِي الْمُسْلِمِينَ جُرْمًا مَنْ سَأَلَ عَنْ مَسْأَلَةٍ لَمْ تُحَرَّمْ فَحُرِّمَ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ مِنْ أَجْلِ مَسْأَلَتِهِ»  

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السيوطي:٦٢٢٧a

"إِنَّ أَعْظَمَ الْمُسلِمِينَ في الْمُسلِمِينَ جُرمًا من سَأَلَ عَنْ شَىْءٍ لَمْ يُحرَّمْ علَى المُسلمِين فَحُرِّمَ عليهم من أَجلِ مَسْألَتِه".  

الشافعى [حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري [م] مسلم [د] أبو داود [حب] ابن حبّان عن عامر بن سعد عن أبيه ، [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن عبد اللَّه بن عبيد بن عمير عن أَبيه عن جده