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bayhaqi:20219 – Abū al-Ḥasan Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn al-ʿAlawī Imlāʾ > Abū Ḥāmid Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Isḥāq al-Qalānisī > Muḥammad b. Yazīd > al-ʿAlāʾ b. ʿAbd al-Jabbār > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > ʿUthmān b. Muḥammad b. al-Akhnas > Saʿīd b. Abū Saʿīd al-Maqburī > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] Indeed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever sits as a judge among the Muslims has been slaughtered without a knife."  

البيهقي:٢٠٢١٩ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ الْعَلَوِيُّ إِمْلَاءً أنبأ أَبُو حَامِدٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ الْقَلَانِسِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ ثنا الْعَلَاءُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْأَخْنَسِ عَنْ سَعِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ وَعَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ قَالَ

إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ قَعَدَ قَاضِيًا بَيْنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَقَدْ ذُبِحَ بِغَيْرِ سِكِّينٍ  

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abudawud:3571 – Naṣr b. ʿAlī > Fuḍayl b. Sulaymān > ʿAmr b. Abū ʿAmr > Saʿīd al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said: He who has been appointed a judge has been killed without a knife.  

أبو داود:٣٥٧١ – حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ أَخْبَرَنَا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ وَلِيَ الْقَضَاءَ فَقَدْ ذُبِحَ بِغَيْرِ سِكِّينٍ  

abudawud:3572 – Naṣr b. ʿAlī > Bishr b. ʿUmar > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > ʿUthmān b. Muḥammad al-Akhnasī > al-Maqburī And al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said: He who has been appointed a judge among the people has been killed without a knife.  

أبو داود:٣٥٧٢ – حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ أَخْبَرَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الأَخْنَسِيِّ عَنِ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ وَالأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ جُعِلَ قَاضِيًا بَيْنَ النَّاسِ فَقَدْ ذُبِحَ بِغَيْرِ سِكِّينٍ  

ibnmajah:2308 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Muʿallá b. Manṣūr > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > ʿUthmān b. Muḥammad > al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

“Whoever is appointed judge between the people, he has been slaughtered without a knife.”  

ابن ماجة:٢٣٠٨ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَلَّى بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ جُعِلَ قَاضِيًا بَيْنَ النَّاسِ فَقَدْ ذُبِحَ بِغَيْرِ سِكِّينٍ  

ahmad:7145 – Ṣafwān b. ʿĪsá > ʿAbdullāh b. Saʿīd b. Abū Hind > Saʿīd al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

"Whoever takes the responsibility of judge, or is appointed as judge between the people, then he has been slaughtered without a knife." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1325)   

أحمد:٧١٤٥ – حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عِيسَى أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ جُعِلَ قَاضِيًا بَيْنَ النَّاسِ فَقَدْ ذُبِحَ بِغَيْرِ سِكِّينٍ  

nasai-kubra:5892 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥīm Abū Yaḥyá al-Baghdādī Yuʿraf Biṣāʿiqah > Muʿallá b. Manṣūr > Dāwud b. Khālid > al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said: He who has been appointed a judge has been killed without a knife. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3571)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٨٩٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ أَبُو يَحْيَى الْبَغْدَادِيُّ يُعْرَفُ بِصَاعِقَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُعَلَّى بْنِ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ سَمِعَ الْمَقْبُرِيَّ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ يُحَدِّثُ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ جُعِلَ قَاضِيًا فَقَدْ ذُبِحَ بِغَيْرِ سِكِّينٍ»  

bayhaqi:20220 – Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Muḥammad al-Muqriʾ > al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Yūsuf b. Yaʿqūb al-Qāḍī > Naṣr b. ʿAlī > Fuḍayl b. Sulaymān > ʿAmr b. Abū ʿAmr > al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said: He who has been appointed a judge has been killed without a knife. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3571)   

البيهقي:٢٠٢٢٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُقْرِئُ أنبأ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْقَاضِي ثنا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ثنا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو عَنِ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ وَلِيَ الْقَضَاءَ فَقَدْ ذُبِحَ بِغَيْرِ سِكِّينٍ