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ahmad:8738 – Zakariyyā b. ʿAdī > Ibn Mubārak > ʿĪsá b. Yazīd > Jarīr b. Yazīd > Abū Zurʿah > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ who said, "A boundary established on Earth is better for people than receiving rainfall for thirty or forty mornings."  

أحمد:٨٧٣٨ – حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ عَدِيٍّ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ مُبَارَكٍ عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ جَرِيرِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ حَدٌّ يُقَامُ فِي الْأَرْضِ خَيْرٌ لِلنَّاسِ مِنْ أَنْ يُمْطَرُوا ثَلَاثِينَ أَوْ أَرْبَعِينَ صَبَاحًا  

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Collected by Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Suyūṭī
nasai:4904 – Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh > ʿĪsá b. Yazīd > Jarīr b. Yazīd > Abū Zurʿah b. ʿAmr b. Jarīr > Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'A Hadd punishment that is carried out on earth is better for the people of earth than if it were to rain for thirty mornings."' (Daif)  

النسائي:٤٩٠٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي جَرِيرُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا زُرْعَةَ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ جَرِيرٍ يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَدٌّ يُعْمَلُ فِي الأَرْضِ خَيْرٌ لأَهْلِ الأَرْضِ مِنْ أَنْ يُمْطَرُوا ثَلاَثِينَ صَبَاحًا  

ahmad:9226 – ʿAttāb > ʿAbdullāh > ʿĪsá b. Yazīd > Jarīr b. Yazīd > Abū Zurʿah b. ʿAmr b. Jarīr > Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'A Hadd punishment that is carried out on earth is better for the people of earth than if it were to rain for thirty mornings."' (Daif) (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4904)  

أحمد:٩٢٢٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَتَّابٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يَزِيدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي جَرِيرُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا زُرْعَةَ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ جَرِيرٍ يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَدٌّ يُعْمَلُ فِي الْأَرْضِ خَيْرٌ لِأَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ مِنْ أَنْ يُمْطَرُوا ثَلَاثِينَ صَبَاحًا  

ذِكْرُ الْأَمْرِ بِإِقَامَةِ الْحُدُودِ فِي الْبِلَادِ إِذْ إِقَامَةُ الْحَدِّ فِي بَلَدٍ يَكُونُ أَعَمَّ نَفْعًا مِنْ أَضْعَافِهِ الْقَطْرُ إِذَا عَمَّتْهُ

ibnhibban:4398 – Abū Yaʿlá > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Sahm > Ibn al-Mubārak > ʿĪsá b. Yazīd > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Something that happens on the earth that is better than forty mornings of rain."  

ابن حبّان:٤٣٩٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَهْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يَزِيدَ * عَنِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «حَدٌّ يُقَامُ فِي الْأَرْضِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ مَطَرِ أَرْبَعِينَ صَبَاحًا»