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

[Machine] 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  

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

[Machine] "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  

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

[Machine] 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  

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

[Machine] 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»