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ahmad:24308 – Ibn Numayr > Saʿd b. Saʿīd > ʿAmrah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Breaking the bone of a believer after they have died is the same as breaking it while they are alive.  

أحمد:٢٤٣٠٨ – حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَتْنِي عَمْرَةُ قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ عَائِشَةَ تَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ كَسْرَ عَظْمِ الْمُؤْمِنِ مَيْتًا مِثْلُ كَسْرِهِ حَيًّا  

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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
abudawud:3207 – al-Qaʿnabī > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muḥammad > Saʿd / Ibn Saʿīd > ʿAmrah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Breaking a dead man's bone is like breaking it when he is alive.  

أبو داود:٣٢٠٧ – حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ سَعْدٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَمْرَةَ بِنْتِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ كَسْرُ عَظْمِ الْمَيِّتِ كَكَسْرِهِ حَيًّا  

ibnmajah:1616 – Hishām b. ʿAmmār > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muḥammad al-Darāwardī > Saʿd b. Saʿīd > ʿAmrah > ʿĀʾishah

“Breaking the bones of the deceased is like breaking his bones when he is alive.”  

ابن ماجة:١٦١٦ – حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الدَّرَاوَرْدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَسْرُ عَظْمِ الْمَيِّتِ كَكَسْرِهِ حَيًّا  

ahmad:24739 – Abū Saʿīd > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Muḥammad b.iʿabd al-Raḥman b. Abū al-Rijāl from Banī al-Najjār > Abū al-Rijāl > ʿAmrah > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Breaking a dead man's bone is like breaking it when he is alive. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3207)  

أحمد:٢٤٧٣٩ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي الرِّجَالِ مِنْ بَنِي النَّجَّارِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الرِّجَالِ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ كَسْرُ عَظْمِ الْمَيِّتِ كَكَسْرِهِ حَيًّا  

ahmad:26275 – Shujāʿ b. al-Walīd > Saʿd b. Saʿīd Akhī Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > ʿAmrah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Breaking the bone of a believer after their death is the same as breaking it while they are alive."  

أحمد:٢٦٢٧٥ – حَدَّثَنَا شُجَاعُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ أَخِي يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ كَسْرَ عَظْمِ الْمُؤْمِنِ مَيْتًا مِثْلُ كَسْرِ عَظْمِهِ حَيًّا  

bayhaqi:7081 – Abū al-Ḥasan al-ʿAlawī > Abū Ḥāmid b. al-Sharqī > Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá Ghayr Marrah > Abū Aḥmad al-Zubayrī > Sufyān > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > ʿAmrah > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Breaking a dead man's bone is like breaking it when he is alive. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3207)   

البيهقي:٧٠٨١ – وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الْعَلَوِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو حَامِدِ بْنُ الشَّرْقِيِّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى غَيْرَ مَرَّةٍ ثنا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ الزُّبَيْرِيُّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ كَسْرُ عَظْمِ الْمَيِّتِ كَكَسْرِهِ حَيًّا