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bayhaqi:16893Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. ʿAbdān > Aḥmad b. ʿUbayd al-Ṣaffār > Muḥammad b. al-Faḍl b. Jābir > ʿUbayd > Ibn Janniād > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAmr > Zayd b. Abū Unaysah > ʿAdī b. Thābit > Yazīd b. al-Barāʾ from his father > Laqiyanī ʿAmmī And Qad Āʿtaqad Rāyah Faqult Ayn Turīd

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me to a man who had married his father's wife after he died, to strike his neck (execute him) and confiscate his wealth.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2608)   

البيهقي:١٦٨٩٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ جَابِرٍ ثنا عُبَيْدٌ هُوَ ابْنُ جَنِّادٍ ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَبِي أُنَيْسَةَ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْبَرَاءِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ لَقِيَنِي عَمِّي وَقَدِ اعْتَقَدَ رَايَةً فَقُلْتُ أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ؟ قَالَ

بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى رَجُلٍ نَكَحَ امْرَأَةَ أَبِيهِ أَنْ أَضْرِبَ عُنُقَهُ وَآخُذَ مَالَهُ  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ḥākim, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī
nasai:3332ʿAmr b. Manṣūr > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAmr > Zayd > ʿAdī b. Thābit > Yazīd b. al-Barāʾ from his father > Aṣabt ʿAmmī And Maʿah Rāyah > Ayn Turīd

"I met my maternal uncle who was carrying a flag (for an expedition) and I said: 'Where are you going?' He said: 'The Messenger of Allah is sending me to a man who has married his father's wife, and he has commanded me to strike his neck (kill him) and seize his wealth.'"  

النسائي:٣٣٣٢أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْبَرَاءِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

أَصَبْتُ عَمِّي وَمَعَهُ رَايَةٌ فَقُلْتُ أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ فَقَالَ بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى رَجُلٍ نَكَحَ امْرَأَةَ أَبِيهِ فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَضْرِبَ عُنُقَهُ وَآخُذَ مَالَهُ  

abudawud:4457ʿAmr b. Qusayṭ al-Raqqī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAmr > Zayd b. Abū Unaysah > ʿAdī b. Thābit > Yazīd b. al-Barāʾ from his father > Laqīt ʿAmmī And Maʿah Rāyah > Lah Ayn Turīd

I met my uncle who was carrying a standard. I asked him: Where are you going? He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has sent me to a man who has married his father's wife. He has ordered me to cut off his head and take his property.  

أبو داود:٤٤٥٧حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ قُسَيْطٍ الرَّقِّيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَبِي أُنَيْسَةَ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْبَرَاءِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

لَقِيتُ عَمِّي وَمَعَهُ رَايَةٌ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ قَالَ بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى رَجُلٍ نَكَحَ امْرَأَةَ أَبِيهِ فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَضْرِبَ عُنُقَهُ وَآخُذَ مَالَهُ  

ibnmajah:2608Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman from my cousin al-Ḥusayn al-Juʿfī > Yūsuf b. Manāzil al-Taymī > ʿAbdullāh b. Idrīs > Khālid b. Abū Karīmah > Muʿāwiyah b. Qurrah from his father

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me to a man who had married his father's wife after he died, to strike his neck (execute him) and confiscate his wealth.”  

ابن ماجة:٢٦٠٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ابْنُ أَخِي الْحُسَيْنِ الْجُعْفِيِّ حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ مَنَازِلَ التَّيْمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ أَبِي كَرِيمَةَ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ قُرَّةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةَ أَبِيهِ أَنْ أَضْرِبَ عُنُقَهُ وَأُصَفِّيَ مَالَهُ  

ahmad:18557Wakīʿ > Ḥasan b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Suddī > ʿAdī b. Thābit > al-Barāʾ > Laqīt Khālī Wamaʿah al-Rāyah > Ayn Turīd

I met my uncle who was carrying a standard. I asked him: Where are you going? He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has sent me to a man who has married his father's wife. He has ordered me to cut off his head and take his property. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4457)   

أحمد:١٨٥٥٧حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ عَنِ السُّدِّيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ قَالَ

لَقِيتُ خَالِي وَمَعَهُ الرَّايَةُ فَقُلْتُ أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ؟ قَالَ بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةَ أَبِيهِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ أَنْ أَضْرِبَ عُنُقَهُ أَوْ أَقْتُلَهُ وَآخُذَ مَالَهُ  

darimi:2285ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar al-Raqqī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAmr > Zayd > ʿAdī b. Thābit > Yazīd b. al-Barāʾ from his father > Laqīt ʿAmmī And Maʿah Rāyah > Ayn Turīd

I met my uncle who was carrying a standard. I asked him: Where are you going? He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has sent me to a man who has married his father's wife. He has ordered me to cut off his head and take his property. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4457)  

الدارمي:٢٢٨٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الرَّقِّيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْبَرَاءِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

لَقِيتُ عَمِّي وَمَعَهُ رَايَةٌ فَقُلْتُ أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ؟ قَالَ «بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى رَجُلٍ نَكَحَ امْرَأَةَ أَبِيهِ فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَضْرِبَ عُنُقَهُ وَآخُذَ مَالَهُ»  

hakim:8056Zayd b. Abū Unaysah > ʿAdī b. Thābit > Yazīd b. al-Barāʾ from his father > Laqīt ʿAmmī And Maʿah al-Rāyah > Lah Ayn Turīd

I met my uncle who was carrying a standard. I asked him: Where are you going? He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has sent me to a man who has married his father's wife. He has ordered me to cut off his head and take his property. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4457)   

الحاكم:٨٠٥٦حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ أَبِي أُنَيْسَةَ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْبَرَاءِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

لَقِيتُ عَمِّي وَمَعَهُ الرَّايَةُ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ؟ قَالَ «بَعَثَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِلَى رَجُلٍ نَكَحَ امْرَأَةَ أَبِيهِ فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَضْرِبَ عُنُقَهُ وَآخُذَ مَالَهُ» سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص  

nasai-kubra:5465ʿAmr b. Manṣūr > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAmr > Ibn ʿUmar al-Raqqī > Zayd > ʿAdī b. Thābit > Yazīd b. al-Barāʾ from his father > Aṣabt ʿAmmī And Maʿah Rāyah Faqult Ayn Turīd

I met my uncle who was carrying a standard. I asked him: Where are you going? He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has sent me to a man who has married his father's wife. He has ordered me to cut off his head and take his property. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4457)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٤٦٥أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو هُوَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ الرَّقِّيُّ عَنْ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْبَرَاءِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ أَصَبْتُ عَمِّي وَمَعَهُ رَايَةٌ فَقُلْتُ أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ؟ فَقَالَ

«بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى رَجُلٍ نَكَحَ امْرَأَةَ أَبِيهِ فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَضْرِبَ عُنُقَهُ وَآخُذُ مَالَهُ»  

nasai-kubra:7184Aḥmad b. ʿUthmān b. Ḥakīm al-Kūfī > Abū Nuʿaym > al-Ḥasan / Ibn Ṣāliḥ > al-Suddī > ʿAdī b. Thābit > al-Barāʾ > Laqīt Khālī And Maʿah al-Rāyah Faqult Ayn Turīd

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me to a man who had married his father's wife after he died, to strike his neck (execute him) and confiscate his wealth.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2608)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٧١٨٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ الْكُوفِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ صَالِحٍ عَنِ السُّدِّيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ قَالَ لَقِيتُ خَالِي وَمَعَهُ الرَّايَةُ فَقُلْتُ أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ؟ قَالَ

«بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةَ أَبِيهِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ أَنْ أَضْرِبَ عُنُقَهُ أَوْ أَقْتُلَهُ»  

bayhaqi:13918Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > ʿAbbās b. Muḥammad > ʿUbayd b. Jannād al-Ḥalabī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAmr > Zayd b. Abū Unaysah > ʿAdī b. Thābit > Yazīd b. al-Barāʾ from his father > Laqīt ʿAmmī And Qad Āʿtaqad Rāyah > Ayn Turīd

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me to a man who married his father's wife. I will strike his neck and take his wealth.  

البيهقي:١٣٩١٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا عَبَّاسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ثنا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ جَنَّادٍ الْحَلَبِيُّ ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَبِي أُنَيْسَةَ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْبَرَاءِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ لَقِيتُ عَمِّي وَقَدِ اعْتَقَدَ رَايَةً فَقُلْتُ أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ؟ قَالَ

بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى رَجُلٍ نَكَحَ امْرَأَةَ أَبِيهِ أَضْرِبُ عُنُقَهُ وَآخُذُ مَالَهُ