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[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ cursed or said cursed is the one on the tongue of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ who sits in the middle of the gathering.  

أحمد:٢٣٤٠٦حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مِجْلَزٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا جَلَسَ وَسْطَ حَلْقَةِ قَوْمٍ فَقَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ

لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَوْ قَالَ مَلْعُونٌ عَلَى لِسَانِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الَّذِي يَجْلِسُ وَسْطَ الْحَلْقَةِ  


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bayhaqi:5909Abū Bakr b. Fūrak > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > Yūnus b. Ḥabīb > Abū Dāwud > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Lāḥiq b. Ḥumayd / Abū Mijlaz > a man Qaʿad Wasaṭ al-Ḥalqah > Ḥudhayfah Malʿūn > Lisān Muḥammad ﷺ Aw

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ cursed the one who sat in the middle of a circle. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4826)   

البيهقي:٥٩٠٩وَقَدْ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ فُورَكٍ أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا يُونُسُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ لَاحِقِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ وَهُوَ أَبُو مِجْلَزٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَعَدَ وَسَطَ الْحَلْقَةِ فَقَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ مَلْعُونٌ عَلَى لِسَانِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ أَوْ قَالَ

إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَعَنَ الَّذِي يَجْلِسُ وَسَطَ الْحَلْقَةِ