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bayhaqi:11536 – Abū Bakr b. Fūrak > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > Yūnus b. Ḥabīb > Abū Dāwud > Wuhayb > Suhayl from his father > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said: "Whoever takes a span of land unjustly will be surrounded by it from seven lands."  

البيهقي:١١٥٣٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ فُورَكٍ أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا يُونُسُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا وُهَيْبٌ عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ أَخَذَ شِبْرًا مِنَ الْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ حَقِّهِ طُوِّقَهُ مِنْ سَبْعِ أَرَضِينَ  

أَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ مِنْ حَدِيثِ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ

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ahmad:9019 – ʿAffān > Abū ʿAwānah > ʿUmar b. Abū Salamah from his father > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] Narrated by the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ , he said: "Whoever wrongfully takes even a hand span from the earth will be surrounded by collars from seven earths."  

أحمد:٩٠١٩ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ أَخَذَ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ شِبْرًا بِغَيْرِ حَقِّهِ طُوِّقَهُ مِنْ سَبْعِ أَرَضِينَ  

ahmad:9044 – ʿAffān > Wuhayb > Suhayl from his father > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said: "Whoever unjustly takes a handful of land, seven earths will be tied around his neck."  

أحمد:٩٠٤٤ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُهَيْلٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ أَخَذَ شِبْرًا مِنَ الْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ حَقِّهِ طُوِّقَهُ مِنْ سَبْعِ أَرَضِينَ  

ذِكْرُ وَصْفِ عَذَابِ اللَّهِ مَنْ ظَلَمَ أَخَاهُ الْمُسْلِمَ عَلَى شِبْرٍ مِنْ أَرْضِهِ

ibnhibban:5161 – al-Faḍl b. al-Ḥubāb al-Jumaḥī > Musaddad b. Musarhad > Khālid b. ʿAbdullāh > Suhayl b. Abū Ṣāliḥ from his father > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever takes a span of land unjustly, a collar made of seven earths will be placed around his neck."  

ابن حبّان:٥١٦١ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ الْجُمَحِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدُ بْنُ مُسَرْهَدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ أَخَذَ شِبْرًا مِنَ الْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ حَقِّهِ طُوِّقَهُ مِنْ سَبْعِ أَرَضِينَ»