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bayhaqi:18165 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. ʿAṭāʾ > Sulaymān al-Taymī > Anas b. Mālik > Rasūl

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Who will go see what Abu Jahl has done?" So Abdullah ibn Mas'ood went and found that he had been beaten by the sons of Afrah. He descended and grabbed him by his beard and said, "Are you Abu Jahl? Have you not killed a man or had his people kill him?"  

البيهقي:١٨١٦٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ بْنُ عَطَاءٍ أنبأ سُلَيْمَانُ التَّيْمِيُّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ يَنْظُرُ مَا صَنَعَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ؟ قَالَ فَانْطَلَقَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ فَوَجَدَهُ قَدْ ضَرَبَهُ ابْنَا عَفْرَاءَ فَنَزَلَ فَأَخَذَ بِلِحْيَتِهِ قَالَ أَنْتَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ؟ قَالَ وَهَلْ فَوْقَ رَجُلٍ قَتَلْتُمُوهُ أَوْ قَتَلَهُ قَوْمُهُ؟  

أَخْرَجَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ وَمُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ أَوْجُهٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ التَّيْمِيِّ

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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Aḥmad, Suyūṭī
bukhari:3962 – Aḥmad b. Yūnus > Zuhayr > Sulaymān al-Taymī > Anas

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Who will go and see what has happened to Abu Jahl?" Ibn Masʿud went and found that the two sons of 'Afra had struck him fatally (and he was in his last breaths). ʿAbdullah bin Masʿud said, "Are you Abu Jahl?" And took him by the beard. Abu Jahl said, "Can there be a man superior to one you have killed or one whom his own folk have killed?"  

البخاري:٣٩٦٢ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ التَّيْمِيُّ أَنَّ أَنَسًا حَدَّثَهُمْ قَالَ قَالَ

النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ح وَحَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ خَالِدٍ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَنْ يَنْظُرُ مَا صَنَعَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ فَانْطَلَقَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ فَوَجَدَهُ قَدْ ضَرَبَهُ ابْنَا عَفْرَاءَ حَتَّى بَرَدَ قَالَ آأَنْتَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ قَالَ فَأَخَذَ بِلِحْيَتِهِ قَالَ وَهَلْ فَوْقَ رَجُلٍ قَتَلْتُمُوهُ أَوْ رَجُلٍ قَتَلَهُ قَوْمُهُ? قَالَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ أَنْتَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ?  

bukhari:3963 – Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Ibn Abū ʿAdī > Sulaymān al-Taymī > Anas

On the day of Badr, the Prophet ﷺ said, "Who will go and see what has happened to Abu Jahl?" Ibn Masʿud went and found that the two sons of 'Afra had struck him fatally. ʿAbdullah bin Masʿud got hold of his beard and said, "'Are you Abu Jahl?" He replied, "Can there be a man more superior to one whom his own folk have killed (or you have killed)?"  

البخاري:٣٩٦٣ – حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ قَالَ قَالَ

النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ مَنْ يَنْظُرُ مَا فَعَلَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ فَانْطَلَقَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ فَوَجَدَهُ قَدْ ضَرَبَهُ ابْنَا عَفْرَاءَ حَتَّى بَرَدَ فَأَخَذَ بِلِحْيَتِهِ فَقَالَ أَنْتَ أَبَا جَهْلٍ قَالَ وَهَلْ فَوْقَ رَجُلٍ قَتَلَهُ قَوْمُهُ أَوْ قَالَ قَتَلْتُمُوهُ  

bukhari:4020 – Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm > Ibn ʿUlayyah > Sulaymān al-Taymī > Anas

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said on the day of Badr, "Who will go and see what has happened to Abu Jahl?" Ibn Masʿud went and saw him struck by the two sons of 'Afra and was on the point of death . Ibn Masʿud said, "Are you Abu Jahl?" Abu Jahl replied, "Can there be a man more superior to the one whom you have killed (or as Sulaiman said, or his own folk have killed.)?" Abu Jahl added, "Would that I had been killed by other than a mere farmer. "  

البخاري:٤٠٢٠ – حَدَّثَنِي يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ التَّيْمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسٌ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ مَنْ يَنْظُرُ مَا صَنَعَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ فَانْطَلَقَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ فَوَجَدَهُ قَدْ ضَرَبَهُ ابْنَا عَفْرَاءَ حَتَّى بَرَدَ فَقَالَ آنْتَ أَبَا جَهْلٍ قَالَ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ هَكَذَا قَالَهَا أَنَسٌ قَالَ أَنْتَ أَبَا جَهْلٍ قَالَ وَهَلْ فَوْقَ رَجُلٍ قَتَلْتُمُوهُ قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ أَوْ قَالَ قَتَلَهُ قَوْمُهُ قَالَ وَقَالَ أَبُو مِجْلَزٍ قَالَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ فَلَوْ غَيْرُ أَكَّارٍ قَتَلَنِي  

muslim:1800a – ʿAlī b. Ḥujr al-Saʿdī > Ismāʿīl / Ibn ʿUlayyah > Sulaymān al-Taymī > Anas b. Mālik

Who will ascertain for us what has happened to Abu Jahl? Ibn Mas'ud went (to gather this information). He found that the two sons of 'Afra' had struck him and he lay cold at the point of death. He caught him by his beard and said: Art thou Abu Jahl? He said: is there anybody superior to the person you have killed, or (he said) his people have killed him. Ibn Mas'ud says that, according to Abu Mijlaz, Abu Jahl said: Alas! a person other than a farmer would have killed me.  

مسلم:١٨٠٠a – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ السَّعْدِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عُلَيَّةَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ التَّيْمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ يَنْظُرُ لَنَا مَا صَنَعَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ فَانْطَلَقَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ فَوَجَدَهُ قَدْ ضَرَبَهُ ابْنَا عَفْرَاءَ حَتَّى بَرَكَ قَالَ فَأَخَذَ بِلِحْيَتِهِ فَقَالَ آنْتَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ فَقَالَ وَهَلْ فَوْقَ رَجُلٍ قَتَلْتُمُوهُ أَوْ قَالَ قَتَلَهُ قَوْمُهُ قَالَ وَقَالَ أَبُو مِجْلَزٍ قَالَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ فَلَوْ غَيْرُ أَكَّارٍ قَتَلَنِي  

ahmad:13477 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Muthanná > Sulaymān al-Taymī > Anas b. Mālik

Who will ascertain for us what has happened to Abu Jahl? Ibn Mas'ud went (to gather this information). He found that the two sons of 'Afra' had struck him and he lay cold at the point of death. He caught him by his beard and said: Art thou Abu Jahl? He said: is there anybody superior to the person you have killed, or (he said) his people have killed him. Ibn Mas'ud says that, according to Abu Mijlaz, Abu Jahl said: Alas! a person other than a farmer would have killed me. (Using translation from Muslim 1800a)   

أحمد:١٣٤٧٧ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ التَّيْمِيُّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ مَنْ يَنْظُرُ مَا فَعَلَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ؟ قَالَ فَانْطَلَقَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ فَوَجَدَ ابْنَيْ عَفْرَاءَ قَدْ ضَرَبَاهُ حَتَّى بَرَكَ قَالَ فَأَخَذَ بِلِحْيَتِهِ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ فَقَالَ آنْتَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ؟ آنْتَ الشَّيْخُ الضَّالُّ؟ قَالَ فَقَالَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ هَلْ فَوْقَ رَجُلٍ قَتَلْتُمُوهُ أَوْ قَالَ قَتَلَهُ قَوْمُهُ  

ahmad:12304 – Ibn Abū ʿAdī > Sulaymān > Anas

On the day of Badr, the Prophet ﷺ said, "Who will go and see what has happened to Abu Jahl?" Ibn Masʿud went and found that the two sons of 'Afra had struck him fatally. ʿAbdullah bin Masʿud got hold of his beard and said, "'Are you Abu Jahl?" He replied, "Can there be a man more superior to one whom his own folk have killed (or you have killed)?" (Using translation from Bukhārī 3963)  

أحمد:١٢٣٠٤ – حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ مَنْ يَنْظُرُ مَا فَعَلَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ؟ قَالَ فَانْطَلَقَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ فَوَجَدَهُ قَدْ ضَرَبَهُ ابْنَا عَفْرَاءَ حَتَّى بَرَكَ قَالَ فَأَخَذَ بِلِحْيَتِهِ وَقَالَ أَنْتَ أَبا جَهْلٍ؟ قَالَ وَهَلْ فَوْقَ رَجُلٍ قَتَلَهُ قَوْمُهُ أَوْ قَالَ قَتَلْتُمُوهُ  

ahmad:12143 – Yaḥyá > al-Taymiyyuʿan Anas

On the day of Badr, the Prophet ﷺ said, "Who will go and see what has happened to Abu Jahl?" Ibn Masʿud went and found that the two sons of 'Afra had struck him fatally. ʿAbdullah bin Masʿud got hold of his beard and said, "'Are you Abu Jahl?" He replied, "Can there be a man more superior to one whom his own folk have killed (or you have killed)?" (Using translation from Bukhārī 3963)  

أحمد:١٢١٤٣ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا التَّيْمِيُّعَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ مَنْ يَنْظُرُ مَا فَعَلَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ؟ فَانْطَلَقَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ فَوَجَدَ ابْنَيْ عَفْرَاءَ قَدْ ضَرَبَاهُ حَتَّى بَرَدَ فَأَخَذَ بِلِحْيَتِهِ فَقَالَ أَنْتَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ؟ فَقَالَ وَهَلْ فَوْقَ رَجُلٍ قَتَلْتُمُوهُ أَوْ قَتَلَهُ قَوْمُهُ؟  

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"عَنْ أنَسٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ : مَنْ يَنْظُر مَا صَنَعَ أبو جَهْلٍ؟ فَانْطَلَقَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ فَوَجدَهُ قَدْ ضَرَبَهُ ابْنَا عَفْرَاءَ حَتَّى بَرَدَ (*)، قَالَ: أَنْتَ أبُو جَهْلٍ؟ ! فَأخَذَ بِلِحْيَتِهِ قَالَ: وَهَلْ فَوْقَ رَجُل قَتَلتُمُوهُ أَوْ قَتَلَهُ قَوْمهُ؟ ".  

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