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[Machine] That the Prophet ﷺ said: "When one of you strikes, let him avoid the face."  

البيهقي:١٧٥٨٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ شَيْبَانَ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا ضَرَبَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَجْتَنِبِ الْوَجْهَ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ عَمْرٍو النَّاقِدِ وَزُهَيْرٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ

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nasai-kubra:7310 – Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm > Yaḥyá > Ibn ʿAjlān from my father > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said: When one of you inflicts a beating, he should avoid striking the face. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4493)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٣١٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا ضَرَبَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَجْتَنِبِ الْوَجْهَ»