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ahmad:18579 – Hushaym > Ashʿath > ʿAdī b. Thābit > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib

[Machine] My uncle, Al-Harith bin Amr, passed by me with a battalion that the Prophet ﷺ had given to him. So I said to him, "Oh my uncle, where did the Prophet ﷺ send you?" He replied, "He sent me to a man who married his father's wife, and he commanded me to strike his neck."  

أحمد:١٨٥٧٩ – حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ أَخْبَرَنَا أَشْعَثُ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ قَالَ

مَرَّ بِي عَمِّي الْحَارِثُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو وَمَعَهُ لِوَاءٌ قَدْ عَقَدَهُ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَيْ عَمِّ أَيْنَ بَعَثَكَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ؟ قَالَ بَعَثَنِي إِلَى رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةَ أَبِيهِ فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَضْرِبَ عُنُقَهُ  

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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Ḥākim, Ṭabarānī, Suyūṭī
abudawud:4457 – ʿAmr b. Qusayṭ al-Raqqī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAmr > Zayd b. Abū Unaysah > ʿAdī b. Thābit > Yazīd b. al-Barāʾ from his father > Laqīt ʿAmmī And Maʿah Rāyah > Lah Ayn Turīd

I met my uncle who was carrying a standard. I asked him: Where are you going? He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has sent me to a man who has married his father's wife. He has ordered me to cut off his head and take his property.  

أبو داود:٤٤٥٧ – حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ قُسَيْطٍ الرَّقِّيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَبِي أُنَيْسَةَ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْبَرَاءِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

لَقِيتُ عَمِّي وَمَعَهُ رَايَةٌ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ قَالَ بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى رَجُلٍ نَكَحَ امْرَأَةَ أَبِيهِ فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَضْرِبَ عُنُقَهُ وَآخُذَ مَالَهُ  

ibnmajah:2607 – [Chain 1] Ismāʿīl b. Mūsá > Hushaym [Chain 2] Sahl b. Abū Sahl > Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth > Ashʿath > ʿAdī b. Thābit > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib

“My maternal uncle passed by me - (one of the narrators) Hushaim named him in his narration as Harith bin Amr - and the Prophet ﷺ had given him a banner to carry. I said to him: 'Where are you going?’ He said: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has sent me to a man who married his father's wife after he died, and has commanded me to strike his neck (i.e. execute him).”  

ابن ماجة:٢٦٠٧ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا سَهْلُ بْنُ أَبِي سَهْلٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ جَمِيعًا عَنْ أَشْعَثَ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ قَالَ

مَرَّ بِي خَالِي سَمَّاهُ هُشَيْمٌ فِي حَدِيثِهِ الْحَارِثَ بْنَ عَمْرٍو وَقَدْ عَقَدَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لِوَاءً فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ فَقَالَ بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةَ أَبِيهِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَضْرِبَ عُنُقَهُ  

hakim:2776 – Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī b. ʿAffān al-ʿĀmirī > Yaḥyá b. Fuḍayl > al-Ḥasn b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Suddī > ʿAdī b. Thābit > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib > Laqīt Khālī And Maʿah al-Rāyah > Ayn Turīd

"I met my maternal uncle who was carrying a flag (for an expedition) and I said: 'Where are you going?' He said: 'The Messenger of Allah is sending me to a man who has married his father's wife after he died, to strike his neck or kill him.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3331)   

الحاكم:٢٧٧٦ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَفَّانَ الْعَامِرِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ ثنا الْحَسْنُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ عَنِ السُّدِّيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ قَالَ

لَقِيتُ خَالِي وَمَعَهُ الرَّايَةُ قُلْتُ أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ؟ قَالَ «بَعَثَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِلَى رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةَ أَبِيهِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَضْرِبَ عُنُقَهُ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ وَلَهُ شَوَاهِدُ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ وَعَنِ الْبَرَاءِ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَدِيثِ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ
tabarani:3405 – [Chain 1] Yūsuf al-Qāḍī > Abū al-Rabīʿ al-Zahrānī [Chain 2] ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > Abū al-Rabīʿ al-Zahrānī > Hushaym > Ashʿath b. Sawwār > ʿAdī b. Thābit > Yazīd b. al-Barāʾ > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib

[Machine] Harith ibn Amr came across me, and the Messenger of Allah s.a.w.s made a pact with him. So I asked him, "Where did the Messenger of Allah s.a.w.s send you?" He said, "The Messenger of Allah s.a.w.s sent me to a man who married his father's wife after him, to strike his neck."  

الطبراني:٣٤٠٥ – حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ الْقَاضِي ثنا أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ ثنا هُشَيْمٌ أَنَا أَشْعَثُ بْنُ سَوَّارٍ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْبَرَاءِ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ قَالَ

مَرَّ بِي الْحَارِثُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو وَقَدْ عَقَدَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ إِلَى أَيْنَ بَعَثَكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟ فَقَالَ «بَعَثَنِي إِلَى رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةَ أَبِيهِ بَعْدَهُ أَنْ أَضْرِبَ عُنُقَهُ»  

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السيوطي:١٠٨-٧٠b –

"عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ قَالَ: مَرَّ بِي عَمِّي الْحارِثُ بْنُ عَمْرو، وَقَدْ عَقَدَ لَهُ رَسُول اللهِ ﷺ لِوَاءً؛ فَقُلتُ: أَي عَمّ إِلَى أَيْنَ بَعثَكَ رَسُول اللهِ ﷺ ؟ قَالَ: بَعَثَنِي إِلَى رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةَ أَبِيهِ فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَضْرِبَ عُنُقَهُ وآخُذَ مَالَهُ".  

[حم] أحمد والحسن بن سفيان، وأبو نعيم