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ahmad:20402 – Yaḥyá > ʿUyaynah from my father > Abū Bakarah

[AI] "Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said, 'A nation who entrusts their affairs to a woman will never succeed.'"

أحمد:٢٠٤٠٢ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ عُيَيْنَةَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي عَنْ أَبِي بَكَرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَنْ يُفْلِحَ قَوْمٌ أَسْنَدُوا أَمْرَهُمْ إِلَى امْرَأَةٍ

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ahmad:20474 – Muḥammad b. Bakr > ʿUyaynah from his father > Abū Bakarah

[AI] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "A nation will not prosper if they entrust their affairs to a woman."

أحمد:٢٠٤٧٤ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُيَيْنَةُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكَرَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَنْ يُفْلِحَ قَوْمٌ أَسْنَدُوا أَمْرَهُمْ إِلَى امْرَأَةٍ

ahmad:20477 – Yazīd b. Hārūn > ʿUyaynah from his father > Abū Bakarah

[AI] The Prophet ﷺ said, "A nation will not succeed if they assign their affairs to a woman."

أحمد:٢٠٤٧٧ – حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَخْبَرَنَا عُيَيْنَةُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكَرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا يُفْلِحُ قَوْمٌ أَسْنَدُواأَمْرَهُمْ إِلَى امْرَأَةٍ

ahmad:20478 – Yazīd b. Hārūn > Mubārak b. Faḍālah > al-Ḥasan > Abū Bakarah

[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A people who are led by a woman will not be successful."

أحمد:٢٠٤٧٨ – حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ حَدَّثَنَا مُبَارَكُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكَرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يُفْلِحُ قَوْمٌ تَمْلِكُهُمْ امْرَأَةٌ

ahmad:20517 – Hāshim > Mubārak > al-Ḥasan > Abū Bakarah

[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A people who are ruled by a woman will never be successful."

أحمد:٢٠٥١٧ – حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمٌ حَدَّثَنَا مُبَارَكٌ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكَرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَنْ يُفْلِحَ قَوْمٌ تَمْلِكُهُمْ امْرَأَةٌ

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَنْ نَفْيِ الْفَلَاحِ عَنْ أَقْوَامٍ تَكُونُ أُمُورُهُمْ مَنْوطَةً بِالنِّسَاءِ

ibnhibban:4516 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Sāmī > Aḥmad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Yūnus > Mubārak b. Faḍālah > al-Ḥasan > Abū Bakrah

[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A nation will not be successful if it is ruled by a woman."

ابن حبّان:٤٥١٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السَّامِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يُونُسَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُبَارَكُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَنْ يُفْلِحَ قَوْمٌ تَمْلِكُهُمُ امْرَأَةٌ»

عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ قَاصُّ مَسْلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ، عَنْ عَوْفِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

tabarani:15296 – Yaḥyá b. ʿUthmān b. Ṣāliḥ > Abū al-Aswad al-Naḍr b. ʿAbd al-Jabbār > Ibn Lahīʿah > Bukayr b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ashaj And Yazīd b. Ḥuṣayfah > Umā > ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd Qāṣ Maslamah Ḥaddathahumā > ʿAwf b. Mālik

[AI] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "No one should speak among the people except a leader, a commander, or a fraudster."

الطبراني:١٥٢٩٦ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ ثنا أَبُو الْأَسْوَدِ النَّضْرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ ثنا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْأَشَجِّ وَيَزِيدَ بْنِ حُصَيْفَةَ أَنَّهُمَا حَدَّثَاهُ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ يَزِيدَ قَاصَّ مَسْلَمَةَ حَدَّثَهُمَا أَنَّ عَوْفَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَا يَقُصُّ عَلَى النَّاسِ إِلَّا أَمِيرٌ أَوْ مَأْمُورٌ أَوْ مُحْتَالٌ»