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bayhaqi:11510 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > ʿAlī b. Ḥamshādh al-ʿAdl > Abū al-Muthanná > Musaddad > al-Muʿtamir > Ḥumayd > Anas

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Help your brother, whether he is an oppressor or he is an oppressed one. People asked, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! It is all right to help him if he is oppressed, but how should we help him if he is an oppressor?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "By preventing him from oppressing others." (Using translation from Bukhārī 2444)   

البيهقي:١١٥١٠ – وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَمْشَاذٍ الْعَدْلُ ثنا أَبُو الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا الْمُعْتَمِرُ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ انْصُرْ أَخَاكَ ظَالِمًا أَوْ مَظْلُومًا فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَذَا نَنْصُرُهُ مَظْلُومًا فَكَيْفَ نَنْصُرُهُ ظَالِمًا؟ قَالَ تَأْخُذُ فَوْقَ يَدَيْهِ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ مُسَدَّدٍ

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Collected by Bukhārī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān
bukhari:2444 – Musaddad > Muʿtamir > Ḥumayd > Anas

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Help your brother, whether he is an oppressor or he is an oppressed one. People asked, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! It is all right to help him if he is oppressed, but how should we help him if he is an oppressor?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "By preventing him from oppressing others."  

البخاري:٢٤٤٤ – حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرٌ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ انْصُرْ أَخَاكَ ظَالِمًا أَوْ مَظْلُومًا قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَذَا نَنْصُرُهُ مَظْلُومًا فَكَيْفَ نَنْصُرُهُ ظَالِمًا قَالَ تَأْخُذُ فَوْقَ يَدَيْهِ  

ahmad:13079 – Yazīd > Ḥumayd > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Help your brother, whether he is the oppressor or the oppressed." It was asked, "O Messenger of Allah, we understand how to help him when he is oppressed, but how do we help him when he is the oppressor?" He said, "By preventing him from oppressing."  

أحمد:١٣٠٧٩ – حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ انْصُرْ أَخَاكَ ظَالِمًا أَوْ مَظْلُومًا قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَذَا نَنْصُرُهُ مَظْلُومًا فَكَيْفَ نَنْصُرُهُ ظَالِمًا؟ قَالَ تَمْنَعُهُ مِنَ الظُّلْمِ  

ذِكْرُ الْأَمْرِ بِرَدِّ الظَّالِمِ عَنْ ظُلْمِهِ وَنُصْرَةِ الْمَظْلُومِ إِذْ رَدُّ الظَّالِمِ عَنْ ظُلْمِهِ نُصْرَتُهُ

ibnhibban:5166 – al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Maḥfūẓ b. Abū Tawbah > ʿAlī b. ʿAyyāsh > Abū Isḥāq al-Fazārī > ʿĀṣim b. Muḥammad b. Zayd al-ʿUmarī from his father > Ibn ʿUmar

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Help your brother, whether he is an oppressor or he is an oppressed one." (Using translation from Bukhārī 2443)  

ابن حبّان:٥١٦٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنَا مَحْفُوظُ بْنُ أَبِي تَوْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الْفَزَارِيُّ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ الْعُمَرِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «انْصُرْ أَخَاكَ ظَالِمًا أَوْ مَظْلُومًا» قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَذَا نَصَرُهُ مَظْلُومًا فَكَيْفَ أَنْصُرُهُ ظَالِمًا؟ قَالَ «تُمْسِكُهُ مِنَ الظُّلْمِ فَذَاكَ نَصْرُكَ إِيَّاهُ»  

ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ ثَانٍ يُصَرِّحُ بِصِحَّةِ مَا ذَكَرْنَاهُ

ibnhibban:5167 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Sāmī > Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb al-Maqābirī > Ismāʿīl b. Jaʿfar > Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl > Anas b. Mālik

"Help your brother whether he is an oppressor or oppressed." It was said: "O Messenger of Allah! I help him when he is oppressed. But how can I help him when he oppresses?" He said: "Prevent him from oppression, that is your help for him." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2255)   

ابن حبّان:٥١٦٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السَّامِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ الْمَقَابِرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ وَأَخْبَرَنِي حُمَيْدٌ الطَّوِيلُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «انْصُرْ أَخَاكَ ظَالِمًا أَوْ مَظْلُومًا» فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَذَا نَنْصُرُهُ مَظْلُومًا فَكَيْفَ أَنْصُرُهُ ظَالِمًا؟ قَالَ «تَكُفُّهُ عَنِ الظُّلْمِ»  

ذِكْرُ الْأَمْرِ لِلْمَرْءِ بِنُصْرَةِ الظَّالِمِ وَالْمَظْلُومِ مَعًا، إِذَا قَدَرَ الْمَرْءُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ

ibnhibban:5168 – ʿUmar b. Muḥammad al-Hamdānī > Abū al-Rabīʿ > Ibn Wahb > Sulaymān b. Bilāl > Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Support your brother, whether he is an oppressor or oppressed." The companions asked, "O Messenger of Allah, we understand supporting him when he is oppressed, but how do we support him when he is an oppressor?" He replied, "By preventing him from oppression."  

ابن حبّان:٥١٦٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلَالٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الطَّوِيلِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «انْصُرْ أَخَاكَ ظَالِمًا أَوْ مَظْلُومًا» قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَذَا يَنْصُرُهُ مَظْلُومًا فَكَيْفَ يَنْصُرُهُ ظَالِمًا قَالَ «يَكُفُّهُ عَنِ الظُّلْمِ»