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ahmad:3873ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > ʿAbdullāh b. Murrah > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > ʿAbdullāh > Laʾan Aḥlif Tisʿ

If I were to swear by Allah nine times that, indeed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ has been killed, that would be more beloved to me than swearing only once that he was not killed, because Allah ﷻ took His Prophet and made him into a martyr. He said: Then I mentioned that to Ibrahim, and he said: They used to say that the Jews poisoned him and his Abū Bakr. (Using translation from Aḥmad 4139)  

أحمد:٣٨٧٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ عَبدِ اللهِ قَالَ

لَأَنْ أَحْلِفَ تِسْعًا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قُتِلَ قَتْلًا أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَحْلِفَ وَاحِدَةً أَنَّهُ لَمْ يُقْتَلْ وَذَلِكَ بِأَنَّ اللهَ جَعَلَهُ نَبِيًّا وَاتَّخَذَهُ شَهِيدًا قَالَ الْأَعْمَشُ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ فَقَالَ كَانُوا يَرَوْنَ أَنَّ الْيَهُودَ سَمُّوهُ وَأَبَا بَكْرٍ  


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ahmad:3617Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > ʿAbdullāh b. Murrah > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > ʿAbdullāh

If I were to swear by Allah nine times that, indeed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ has been killed, that would be more beloved to me than swearing only once, because Allah the Exalted took His Prophet and made him into a martyr.  

أحمد:٣٦١٧حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ؛ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ؛ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ؛ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ؛ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

لَأَنْ أَحْلِفَ بِاللهِ تِسْعًا إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قُتِلَ قَتْلًا أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَحْلِفَ وَاحِدَةً وَذَلِكَ بِأَنَّ اللهَ ﷻ اتَّخَذَهُ نَبِيًّا وَجَعَلَهُ شَهِيدًا  

ahmad:4139ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > ʿAbdullāh b. Murrah > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > ʿAbdullāh > Laʾan Aḥlif Tisʿ

If I were to swear by Allah nine times that, indeed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ has been killed, that would be more beloved to me than swearing only once that he was not killed, because Allah ﷻ took His Prophet and made him into a martyr. He said: Then I mentioned that to Ibrahim, and he said: They used to say that the Jews poisoned him and his Abū Bakr.  

أحمد:٤١٣٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

لَأَنْ أَحْلِفَ تِسْعًا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قُتِلَ قَتْلًا أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَحْلِفَ وَاحِدَةً أَنَّهُ لَمْ يُقْتَلْ وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ اللهَ ﷻ جَعَلَهُ نَبِيًّا وَاتَّخَذَهُ شَهِيدًا۔ قَالَ: فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ فَقَالَ كَانُوا يَرَوْنَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ سَمُّوهُ وَأَبَا بَكْرٍ