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ahmad:23116Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Simāk b. Ḥarb > a man from Banī Layth

[Machine] "People from the companions of the Prophet ﷺ captured me, so I was with them. They obtained some sheep and slaughtered them. Then I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'Verily, spoils of war (booty) are not suitable, so distribute the pots.'"  

أحمد:٢٣١١٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَجُلًا مِنْ بَنِي لَيْثٍ قَالَ

أَسَرَنِي نَاسٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَكُنْتُ مَعَهُمْ فَأَصَابُوا غَنَمًا فَانْتَهَبُوهَا فَطَبَخُوهَا قَالَ فَسَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ النُّهْبَى أَوِ النُّهْبَةَ لَا تَصْلُحُ فَأَكْفِئُوا الْقُدُورَ  


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tabarani:1377Zakariyyā b. Yaḥyá al-Sājī > Mūsá b. Sufyān al-Jundīsābūrī > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Jahm > ʿAmr b. Abū Qays > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Thaʿlabah b. al-Ḥakam

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Indeed, looting is not permissible." So a group seized sheep, and they informed him [the Prophet]. So the Prophet ﷺ said, "Gather the pots and what is in them."  

الطبراني:١٣٧٧حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى السَّاجِيُّ ثنا مُوسَى بْنُ سُفْيَانَ الْجُنْدِيسَابُورِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْجَهْمِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ أَبِي قَيْسٍ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ النُّهْبَةَ لَا تَحِلُّ» فَانْتَهَبَ قَوْمٌ غَنَمًا فَأَخْبَرُوهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَكْفِئُوا الْقُدُورَ وَمَا فِيهَا»