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ahmad:18424 – Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Malik > Zuhayr > Jābir > Abū ʿĀzib

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, or I heard him say, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Everything is a mistake except the sword, and in every mistake there is sin."  

أحمد:١٨٤٢٤ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا جَابِرٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَازِبٍ قَالَ دَخَلْنَا عَلَى النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ فِي شَهَادَةٍ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَوْ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ خَطَأٌ إِلَّا السَّيْفَ وَفِي كُلِّ خَطَإٍ أَرْشٌ  

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ahmad:18395 – Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Jābir > Abū ʿĀzib > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Everything has a fault except the sword, and every mistake has a whip."  

أحمد:١٨٣٩٥ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَازِبٍ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ خَطَأٌ إِلَّا السَّيْفَ وَلِكُلِّ خَطَإٍ أَرْشٌ