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ahmad:17984 – Ibrāhīm b. Khālid > Umayyah b. Shibl And Ghayruh > ʿUrwah b. Muḥammad from my father from my father

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When the ruler becomes tyrannical, the devil gains control."  

أحمد:١٧٩٨٤ – حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ حَدَّثَنِي أُمَيَّةُ بْنُ شِبْلٍ وَغَيْرُهُ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ جَدِّي قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا اسْتَشَاطَ السُّلْطَانُ تَسَلَّطَ الشَّيْطَانُ  

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tabarani:14573 – [Chain 1] ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal from my father [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > Ibrāhīm b. Khālid al-Ṣanʿānī > Umayyah b. Shibl And Ghayruh > ʿUrwah b. Muḥammad from his father from his grandfather

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When the ruler becomes reckless, the devil gains control."  

الطبراني:١٤٥٧٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الصَّنْعَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي أُمَيَّةُ بْنُ شِبْلٍ وَغَيْرُهُ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا اسْتَشَاطَ السُّلْطَانُ تَسَلَّطَ الشَّيْطَانُ»  

suyuti:1204a –
Translation not available.

  

السيوطي:١٢٠٤a –

" إِذَا استشاطَ السلطانُ تسلَّط الشَّيطانُ" .  

[حم] أحمد [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن عروة بن محمد بن عطية السعدى عن أبيه عن جده: (ورجال أحمد والطبراني ثقات)