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ahmad:19931Muʿādh b. Hishām from my father > Qatādah > Abū Naḍrah > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

A servant of some poor people cut off the ear of the servant of some rich people. His people came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: Messenger of Allah! we are poor people. So he imposed no compensation on them. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4590)  

أحمد:١٩٩٣١حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

أَنَّ غُلَامًا لِأُنَاسٍ فُقَرَاءَ قَطَعَ أُذُنَ غُلَامٍ لِأُنَاسٍ أَغْنِيَاءَ فَأَتَى أَهْلُهُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالُوا يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ إِنَّا نَاسٌ فُقَرَاءُ فَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ عَلَيْهِ شَيْئًا  


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nasai:4751Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Muʿādh b. Hishām from my father > Qatādah > Abū Naḍrah > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

a slave belonging to some poor people cut off the ear of a slave belonging to some rich people. They came to the Prophet but he did not give them anything.  

النسائي:٤٧٥١أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

أَنَّ غُلاَمًا لأُنَاسٍ فُقَرَاءَ قَطَعَ أُذُنَ غُلاَمٍ لأُنَاسٍ أَغْنِيَاءَ فَأَتَوُا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ لَهُمْ شَيْئًا  

abudawud:4590Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > Muʿādh b. Hishām from my father > Qatādah > Abū Naḍrah > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

A servant of some poor people cut off the ear of the servant of some rich people. His people came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: Messenger of Allah! we are poor people. So he imposed no compensation on them.  

أبو داود:٤٥٩٠حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

أَنَّ غُلاَمًا لأُنَاسٍ فُقَرَاءَ قَطَعَ أُذُنَ غُلاَمٍ لأُنَاسٍ أَغْنِيَاءَ فَأَتَى أَهْلُهُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا أُنَاسٌ فُقَرَاءُ فَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ عَلَيْهِ شَيْئًا  

darimi:2413Muḥammad b. Yazīd al-Rifāʿī > Muʿādh b. Hishām from his father > Qatādah > Abū Naḍrah > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

A servant of some poor people cut off the ear of the servant of some rich people. His people came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: Messenger of Allah! we are poor people. So he imposed no compensation on them. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4590)   

الدارمي:٢٤١٣أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الرِّفَاعِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

أَنَّ عَبْدًا لِأُنَاسٍ فُقَرَاءَ قَطَعَ يَدَ غُلَامٍ لِأُنَاسٍ أَغْنِيَاءَ فَأَتَى أَهْلُهُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُ لِأُنَاسٍ فُقَرَاءَ؟ «فَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ عَلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ شَيْئًا»  

tabarani:15663[Chain 1] ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > Muʿādh b. Hishām [Chain 2] Mūsá b. Hārūn > Isḥāq b. Rāhawayh > Muʿādh b. Hishām [Chain 3] ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Sulaymān b. Aḥmad al-Wāsiṭī > Muʿādh b. Hishām from my father > Qatādah > Abū Naḍrah > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

A servant of some poor people cut off the ear of the servant of some rich people. His people came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: Messenger of Allah! we are poor people. So he imposed no compensation on them. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4590)  

الطبراني:١٥٦٦٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ ثنا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ هَارُونَ ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ رَاهَوَيْهِ أَنَّ مُعَاذَ بْنَ هِشَامٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْوَاسِطِيُّ ثنا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

أَنَّ غُلَامًا لِأُنَاسٍ فُقَرَاءَ قَطَعَ أُذُنَ غُلَامٍ لِأُنَاسٍ أَغْنِيَاءَ فَأَتَى أَهْلُهُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّا فُقَرَاءُ «فَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ عَلَيْهِمْ شَيْئًا»  

nasai-kubra:6927Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Muʿādh b. Hishām from my father > Qatādah > Abū Naḍrah > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

a slave belonging to some poor people cut off the ear of a slave belonging to some rich people. They came to the Prophet but he did not give them anything. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4751)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٩٢٧أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

«أَنَّ غُلَامًا لِأُنَاسٍ فُقَرَاءَ قَطَعَ أُذُنَ غُلَامٍ لِأُنَاسٍ أَغْنِيَاءَ فَأَتَوَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ لَهُمْ شَيْئًا»