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ahmad:17999ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Muʿāwiyah b. Ṣāliḥ > Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Sulamī

[Machine] I heard Wabisah ibn Ma'bad, a companion of the Prophet ﷺ , saying: "I went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and asked him about righteousness and sin. He said, 'You came to ask about righteousness and sin?' I said, 'By Him who sent you with the truth, I did not come to ask about anything else.' He said, 'Righteousness is that which brings peace to the heart, and sin is that which disturbs the soul, even if people give you a fatwa (religious verdict) declaring it permissible.'"  

أحمد:١٧٩٩٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ السُّلَمِيِّ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ وَابِصَةَ بْنَ مَعْبَدٍ صَاحِبَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ جِئْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الْبِرِّ وَالْإِثْمِ فَقَالَ جِئْتَ تَسْأَلُ عَنِ الْبِرِّ وَالْإِثْمِ فَقُلْتُ وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ مَا جِئْتُكَ أَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ غَيْرِهِ فَقَالَ الْبِرُّ مَا انْشَرَحَ لَهُ صَدْرُكَ وَالْإِثْمُ مَا حَاكَ فِي صَدْرِكَ وَإِنْ أَفْتَاكَ عَنْهُ النَّاسُ  


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أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدٌ الْأَسَدِيُّ، عَنْ وَابِصَةَ

tabarani:18696[Chain 1] Abū Yazīd al-Qarāṭīsī > Asad b. Mūsá [Chain 2] Bakr b. Sahl > ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ > Muʿāwiyah b. Ṣāliḥ > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad al-Asadī

[Machine] He heard Wabisa bin Ma'bad, a companion of the Prophet ﷺ, saying, "I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about righteousness and sin, and he said, 'O Wabisa, have you come to ask me about righteousness and sin?' So I said, 'Yes, by the One who has sent you with the truth, I have come to ask you about it.' He said, 'Righteousness is what brings expansion to your chest, and sin is what causes restlessness in your heart, even if people give you a fatwa [ruling] regarding it.'"  

الطبراني:١٨٦٩٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَزِيدَ الْقَرَاطِيسِيُّ ثنا أَسَدُ بْنُ مُوسَى ح وَحَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ قَالَا ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدٌ الْأَسَدِيُّ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ وَابِصَةَ بْنَ مَعْبَدٍ صَاحِبَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَقُولُ سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْبِرِّ وَالْإِثْمِ فَقَالَ «يَا وَابِصَةُ جِئْتَ تَسْأَلُنِي عَنِ الْبِرِّ وَالْإِثْمِ» فَقُلْتُ إِي وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ إِنَّهُ لِلَّذِي جِئْتُ أَسْأَلُكَ عَنْهُ قَالَ «فَالْبِرُّ مَا انْشَرَحَ لَهُ صَدْرُكَ وَالْإِثْمُ مَا حَاكَ فِي صَدْرِكَ وَإِنْ أَفْتَاكَ عَنْهُ النَّاسُ»