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bayhaqi:15109 – [Chain 1] Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Muḥammad al-Muqriʾ > al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Yūsuf b. Yaʿqūb > Abū al-Rabīʿ > Hushaym > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ [Chain 2] Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Abū Bakr b. Dāsah > Abū Dāwud > Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Wuhayb > Khālid > Abū al-Ḍuḥá > ʿAlī ؓ

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ who said: "The pen has been lifted for three: the sleeper until he wakes up, the child until he reaches maturity, and the insane person until he regains sanity." This narration has been reported to us through various chains of transmission from Ali. And Al-Shafi'i, may Allah have mercy on him, used the hadith of Ibn Umar as evidence in regards to permission during battles, and this has already passed.  

البيهقي:١٥١٠٩ – اسْتِدْلَالًا بِمَا أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُقْرِئُ أنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ نا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ نا أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ نا هُشَيْمٌ أنا خَالِدٌ الْحَذَّاءُ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ دَاسَةَ نا أَبُو دَاوُدَ نا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ نا وُهَيْبٌ عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي الضُّحَى عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ رُفِعَ الْقَلَمُ عَنْ ثَلَاثَةٍ عَنِ النَّائِمِ حَتَّى يَسْتَيْقِظَ وَعَنِ الصَّبِيِّ حَتَّى يَحْتَلِمَ وَعَنِ الْمَجْنُونِ حَتَّى يَعْقِلَ وَرُوِّينَاهُ مِنْ أَوْجُهٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ وَاحْتَجَّ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ بِحَدِيثِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ فِي الْإِجَازَةِ فِي الْقِتَالِ وَقَدْ مَضَى  

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abudawud:4403 – Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Wuhayb > Khālid > Abū al-Ḍuḥá > ʿAlī ʿAlayh al-Salām

The Prophet ﷺ said: There are three (persons) whose actions are not recorded: a sleeper till he awakes, a boy till he reaches puberty, and a lunatic till he comes to reason. Abu Dawud said: Ibn Juraij has transmitted it from Al-Qasim b. Yazid on the authority of 'Ali from the Prophet ﷺ. This version adds: "and an old man who is feeble-minded."  

أبو داود:٤٤٠٣ – حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي الضُّحَى عَنْ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ رُفِعَ الْقَلَمُ عَنْ ثَلاَثَةٍ عَنِ النَّائِمِ حَتَّى يَسْتَيْقِظَ وَعَنِ الصَّبِيِّ حَتَّى يَحْتَلِمَ وَعَنِ الْمَجْنُونِ حَتَّى يَعْقِلَ  

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ رَوَاهُ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ زَادَ فِيهِ وَالْخَرِفِ
ahmad:24694 – ʿAffān > Ḥammād > Ḥammād > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad > ʿĀʾishah

ʿThe Pen has been lifted from three; from the sleeper until he wakes up, from the crazy - or insane- one until he comes back to his senses, and from the minor until he grows up.” (Using translation from Aḥmad 956)   

أحمد:٢٤٦٩٤ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ رُفِعَ الْقَلَمُ عَنْ ثَلَاثٍ عَنِ النَّائِمِ حَتَّى يَسْتَيْقِظَ وَعَنِ الصَّبِيِّ حَتَّى يَحْتَلِمَ وَعَنِ الْمَجْنُونِ حَتَّى يَعْقِلَ وَقَدْ قَالَ حَمَّادٌ وَعَنِ الْمَعْتُوهِ حَتَّى يَعْقِلَ  

darimi:2342 – ʿAffān > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Ḥammād > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad > ʿĀʾishah

ʿThe Pen has been lifted from three; from the sleeper until he wakes up, from the crazy - or insane- one until he comes back to his senses, and from the minor until he grows up.” (Using translation from Aḥmad 956)   

الدارمي:٢٣٤٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ رُفِعَ الْقَلَمُ عَنْ ثَلَاثَةٍ عَنِ النَّائِمِ حَتَّى يَسْتَيْقِظَ وَعَنِ الصَّغِيرِ حَتَّى يَحْتَلِمَ وَعَنِ الْمَجْنُونِ حَتَّى يَعْقِلَ وَقَدْ قَالَ حَمَّادٌ أَيْضًا وَعَنِ الْمَعْتُوهِ حَتَّى يَعْقِلَ  

bayhaqi:12156 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq And ʾAbū Muḥammad b. Mūsá > Muḥammad b. Ayyūb > Abū al-Walīd al-Ṭayālisī Wamūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Ḥammād > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "The pen is lifted from three: from the child until they reach the age of puberty, from the insane person until they regain sanity, and from the sleeper until they wake up." And it was narrated from Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet ﷺ .  

البيهقي:١٢١٥٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ وَأَبُو مُحَمَّدِ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَا أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ أنبأ أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ وَمُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ قَالَا ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ عَنِ

النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ رُفِعَ الْقَلَمُ عَنْ ثَلَاثَةٍ عَنِ الصَّبِيِّ حَتَّى يَحْتَلِمَ وَعَنِ الْمَعْتُوهِ حَتَّى يُفِيقَ وَعَنِ النَّائِمِ حَتَّى يَسْتَيْقِظَ وَرُوِّينَا عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ  

bayhaqi:8612 – Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Muqriʾ > al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Yūsuf b. Yaʿqūb al-Qāḍī > Muḥammad b. Abū Bakr > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Ibn Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan > ʿAlī > Rasūl

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: The pen is lifted from three people; the sleeper until he awakens, the young child until he reaches the age of puberty, and the insane person until he regains his sanity. This hadith was narrated to us by Abu Thabyan and Abu Al-Dhuhay from Ali.  

البيهقي:٨٦١٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْمُقْرِئُ أنبأ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْقَاضِي ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ ثنا ابْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رُفِعَ الْقَلَمُ عَنْ ثَلَاثَةٍ عَنِ النَّائِمِ حَتَّى يَسْتَيْقِظَ وَعَنِ الصَّغِيرِ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ الْحِنْثَ وَعَنِ الْمَجْنُونِ حَتَّى يُفِيقَ وَرُوِّينَاهُ مِنْ حَدِيثِ أَبِي ظَبْيَانَ وَأَبِي الضُّحَى عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ  

bayhaqi:5089 – Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Bakr > Abū Dāwud > Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Wuhayb > Khālid > Abū al-Ḍuḥá > ʿAlī

ʿThe Pen has been lifted from three; from the sleeper until he wakes up, from the crazy - or insane- one until he comes back to his senses, and from the minor until he grows up.” (Using translation from Aḥmad 956)   

البيهقي:٥٠٨٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ثنا وُهَيْبٌ عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي الضُّحَى عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ رُفِعَ الْقَلَمُ عَنْ ثَلَاثَةٍ عَنِ النَّائِمِ حَتَّى يَسْتَيْقِظَ وَعَنِ الصَّبِيِّ حَتَّى يَحْتَلِمَ وَعَنِ الْمَجْنُونِ حَتَّى يَعْقِلَ