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bayhaqi:18063 – [Chain 1] Abū al-Qāsim ʿAlī b. Muḥammad al-Iyādī > Aḥmad b. Yūsuf al-Naṣībī > al-Ḥārith b. Abū Usāmah > Abū al-Naḍr > al-Layth > Bukayr [Chain 2] Abū Bakr al-Ismāʿīlī > al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Layth > Bukayr > Sulaymān b. Yasār > Abū Hurayrah ؓ

[Machine] Bukayr informed me that Abu Amr Al-Adibi reported to me from Abu Bakr Al-Isma'iliy who informed me that Al-Hasan ibn Sufyan narrated that Qutaybah ibn Saeed narrated from Al-Laith who narrated from Bukayr who narrated from Sulaiman ibn Yassar who narrated from Abu Hurayrah that he said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent us on a mission and said, "If you find so-and-so and so-and-so, two men from Quraysh, then burn them with fire." Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, when we were about to depart, "I had commanded you to burn so-and-so and so-and-so with fire, and verily, only Allah punishes with the Fire. So, if you find them, then kill them, for their word is the same."  

البيهقي:١٨٠٦٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْإِيَادِيُّ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ النَّصِيبِيُّ ثنا الْحَارِثُ بْنُ أَبِي أُسَامَةَ ثنا أَبُو النَّضْرِ ثنا اللَّيْثُ

حَدَّثَنِي بُكَيْرٌ ح وَأنبأ أَبُو عَمْرٍو الْأَدِيبُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيُّ أَخْبَرَنِي الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ ثنا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ثنا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ أَنَّهُ قَالَ بَعَثَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي بَعْثٍ وَقَالَ إِنْ وَجَدْتُمْ فُلَانًا وَفُلَانًا لِرَجُلَيْنِ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ فَاحْرِقُوهُمَا بِالنَّارِ ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ أَرَدْنَا الْخُرُوجَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَمَرْتُكُمْ أَنْ تَحْرِقُوا فُلَانًا وَفُلَانًا بِالنَّارِ وَإِنَّ النَّارَ لَا يُعَذِّبُ بِهَا إِلَّا اللهُ فَإِنْ وَجَدْتُمُوهُمَا فَاقْتُلُوهُمَا لَفْظُهُمَا سَوَاءٌ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ قُتَيْبَةَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ

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Collected by Bukhārī, Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
bukhari:2954 – Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr > Bukayr > Sulaymān b. Yasār > Abū Hurayrah > Baʿathanā

Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent us on military expedition telling us, "If you find such and such persons (he named two men from Quraish), burn them fire." Then we came to bid him farewell, when we wanted to set out, he said: "Previously I ordered you to burn so-and-so and so-and-so with fire, but as punishment with fire is done by none except Allah, if you capture them, kill them, (instead)."  

البخاري:٢٩٥٤ – وَقَالَ ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرٌو عَنْ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ بَعَثَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي بَعْثٍ وَقَالَ لَنَا إِنْ لَقِيتُمْ فُلاَنًا وَفُلاَنًا لِرَجُلَيْنِ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ سَمَّاهُمَا فَحَرِّقُوهُمَا بِالنَّارِ قَالَ ثُمَّ أَتَيْنَاهُ نُوَدِّعُهُ حِينَ أَرَدْنَا الْخُرُوجَ فَقَالَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَمَرْتُكُمْ أَنْ تُحَرِّقُوا فُلاَنًا وَفُلاَنًا بِالنَّارِ وَإِنَّ النَّارَ لاَ يُعَذِّبُ بِهَا إِلاَّ اللَّهُ فَإِنْ أَخَذْتُمُوهُمَا فَاقْتُلُوهُمَا  

tirmidhi:1571 – Qutaybah > al-Layth > Bukayr b. ʿAbdullāh > Sulaymān b. Yasār > Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent us with an army and said: 'If you see so-and-so, and so-and-so' referring to two men from the Quraish: 'then burn them with fire.' Then, upon our departure, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'I ordered you to burn so-and-so, and so-and-so with fire, and indeed, none punishes with fire except Allah. So if you see them, then kill them.'" There are narrations on this topic from Ibn 'Abbas and Hamzah bin 'Amr Al-Aslami.  

[Abu 'Eisa said:] The Hadith of Abu Hurairah is a Hasan Sahih Hadith. This is acted upon according to the people of knowledge. In this Hadith, Muhammad bin Ishaq mentioned a man (narrating) between Sulaiman bin Yasar and Abu Hurairah. Others reported this Hadith the same as Al-Laith reported it(here, without a man between them). The narration of Al-Laith bin Sa'd is more appropriate and more correct.
الترمذي:١٥٧١ – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

بَعَثَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي بَعْثٍ فَقَالَ إِنْ وَجَدْتُمْ فُلاَنًا وَفُلاَنًا لِرَجُلَيْنِ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ فَأَحْرِقُوهُمَا بِالنَّارِ ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حِينَ أَرَدْنَا الْخُرُوجَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَمَرْتُكُمْ أَنْ تَحْرِقُوا فُلاَنًا وَفُلاَنًا بِالنَّارِ وَإِنَّ النَّارَ لاَ يُعَذِّبُ بِهَا إِلاَّ اللَّهُ فَإِنْ وَجَدْتُمُوهُمَا فَاقْتُلُوهُمَا قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَحَمْزَةَ بْنِ عَمْرٍو الأَسْلَمِيِّ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ وَقَدْ ذَكَرَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بَيْنَ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ وَبَيْنَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَجُلاً فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ وَرَوَى غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ مِثْلَ رِوَايَةِ اللَّيْثِ وَحَدِيثُ اللَّيْثِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ أَشْبَهُ وَأَصَحُّ قَالَ الْبُخَارِيُّ وَسُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ يَسَارٍ قَدْ سَمِعَ مِنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ وَحَدِيثُ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ عَمْرٍو فِي هَذَا الْبَابِ صَحِيحٌ
ahmad:9844 – Ḥajjāj > Layth > Bukayr b. ʿAbdullāh > Sulaymān b. Yasār > Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent us with an army and said: 'If you see so-and-so, and so-and-so' referring to two men from the Quraish: 'then burn them with fire.' Then, upon our departure, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'I ordered you to burn so-and-so, and so-and-so with fire, and indeed, none punishes with fire except Allah. So if you see them, then kill them.'" There are narrations on this topic from Ibn 'Abbas and Hamzah bin 'Amr Al-Aslami. (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1571)   

أحمد:٩٨٤٤ – حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ عَنْ لَيْثٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي بُكَيْرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ بَعَثَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي بَعْثٍ وَقَالَ إِنْ وَجَدْتُمْ فُلَانًا وَفُلَانًا لِرَجُلَيْنِ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ فَأَحْرِقُوهُمَا بِالنَّارِ ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ أَرَدْنَا الْخُرُوجَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَمَرْتُكُمْ أَنْ تُحْرِقُوا فُلَانًا وَفُلَانًا بِالنَّارِ وَإِنَّ النَّارَ لَا يُعَذِّبُ بِهَا إِلَّا اللهُ فَإِنْ وَجَدْتُمُوهُمَا فَاقْتُلُوهُمَا  

ahmad:8068 – Hāshim b. al-Qāsim > Layth / Ibn Saʿd > Bukayr b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ashaj > Sulaymān b. Yasār > Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent us with an army and said: 'If you see so-and-so, and so-and-so' referring to two men from the Quraish: 'then burn them with fire.' Then, upon our departure, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'I ordered you to burn so-and-so, and so-and-so with fire, and indeed, none punishes with fire except Allah. So if you see them, then kill them.'" There are narrations on this topic from Ibn 'Abbas and Hamzah bin 'Amr Al-Aslami. (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1571)   

أحمد:٨٠٦٨ – حَدَّثَنِي هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَعْدٍ حَدَّثَنِي بُكَيْرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْأَشَجِّ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

بَعَثَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي بَعْثٍ فَقَالَ إِنْ وَجَدْتُمْ فُلَانًا وَفُلَانًا لِرَجُلَيْنِ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ فَأَحْرِقُوهُمَابِالنَّارِ ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ أَرَدْنَا الْخُرُوجَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَمَرْتُكُمْ أَنْ تُحْرِقُوا فُلَانًا وَفُلَانًا بِالنَّارِ وَإِنَّ النَّارَ لَا يُعَذِّبُ بِهَا إِلَّا اللهُ ﷻ فَإِنْ وَجَدْتُمُوهُمَا فَاقْتُلُوهُمَا  

ahmad:8461 – Yūnus > Layth > Bukayr > Sulaymān b. Yasār > Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent us with an army and said: 'If you see so-and-so, and so-and-so' referring to two men from the Quraish: 'then burn them with fire.' Then, upon our departure, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'I ordered you to burn so-and-so, and so-and-so with fire, and indeed, none punishes with fire except Allah. So if you see them, then kill them.'" There are narrations on this topic from Ibn 'Abbas and Hamzah bin 'Amr Al-Aslami. (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1571)   

أحمد:٨٤٦١ – حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنِي بُكَيْرٌ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

بَعَثَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي بَعْثٍ فَقَالَ إِنْ وَجَدْتُمْ فُلَانًا وَفُلَانًا لِرَجُلَيْنِ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ فَأَحْرِقُوهُمَا بالنَّارِ ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ أَرَدْنَا الْخُرُوجَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَمَرْتُكُمْ أَنْ تُحْرِقُوا فُلَانًا وَفُلَانًا بِالنَّارِ وَإِنَّ النَّارَ لَا يُعَذِّبُ بِهَا إِلَّا اللهُ تَعَالَى فَإِنْ وَجَدْتُمُوهُمَا فَاقْتُلُوهُمَا  

nasai-kubra:8559 – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Layth > Bukayr > Sulaymān b. Yasār > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent us on military expedition telling us, "If you find such and such persons (he named two men from Quraish), burn them fire." Then we came to bid him farewell, when we wanted to set out, he said: "Previously I ordered you to burn so-and-so and so-and-so with fire, but as punishment with fire is done by none except Allah, if you capture them, kill them, (instead)." (Using translation from Bukhārī 2954)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٥٥٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

بَعَثَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي بَعْثٍ وَقَالَ «إِنْ وَجَدْتُمْ فُلَانًا وَفُلَانًا لِرَجُلَيْنِ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ فَأَحْرِقُوهُمَا بِالنَّارِ» ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ أَرَدْنَا الْخُرُوجَ «إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَمَرْتُكُمْ أَنْ تَحْرِقُوا فُلَانًا وَفُلَانًا وَإِنَّ النَّارَ لَا يُعَذِّبُ بِهَا إِلَّا اللهُ فَإِنْ وَجَدْتُمُوهُمَا فَاقْتُلُوهُمَا»