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ahmad:21410Wakīʿ > ʿUmar b. Dhar > Mujāhid > Abū Dhar

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah did not send any prophet except in the language of his people."  

أحمد:٢١٤١٠حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ ذَرٍّ قَالَ قَالَ مُجَاهِدٌ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَمْ يَبْعَثِ اللهُ نَبِيًّا إِلَّا بِلُغَةِ قَوْمِهِ  


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Collected by Ṭabarānī, Suyūṭī
tabarani:18992al-Miqdām b. Dāwud > Asad b. Mūsá > Wrqāʾ b. ʿUmar > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > Ghayr Wāḥid from Thaqīf > Yaʿlá b. Murrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not make idols of the servants of Allah."  

الطبراني:١٨٩٩٢حَدَّثَنَا الْمِقْدَامُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ ثنا أَسَدُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا ورْقَاءُ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ غَيْرِ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ ثَقِيفٍ عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ مُرَّةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا تُمَثِّلُوا بِعِبَادِ اللهِ