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ahmad:17557ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad > ʿAbdullāh And Samiʿtuh > from ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Abū Shaybah > Muḥammad b. Fuḍayl > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > ʿAbdullāh b. Ḥafṣ > Yaʿlá b. Murrah

[Machine] He was sitting with Ziyad when a man was brought to give testimony, but he changed his testimony. Ziyad said to him, "I will cut your tongue!" The man replied, "Can I not tell you a hadith that I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?" He heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Allah says, 'Do not make images of My servants.'" So Ziyad left him.  

أحمد:١٧٥٥٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ وَسَمِعْتُهُ أَنَا مِنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ حَفْصٍ عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ مُرَّةَ

أَنَّهُ كَانَ عِنْدَ زِيَادٍ جَالِسَا فَأُتِيَ بِرَجُلٍ شَهِدَ فَغَيَّرَ شَهَادَتَهُ فَقَالَ لَأَقْطَعَنَّ لِسَانَكَ فَقَالَ لَهُ يَعْلَى أَلَا أُحَدِّثُكَ حَدِيثًا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ قَالَ اللهُ ﷻ لَا تُمَثِّلُوا بِعِبَادِي قَالَ فَتَرَكَهُ