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bayhaqi:21109 – Abū Bakr b. al-Ḥasan al-Qāḍī > Abū Sahl b. Ziyād al-Qaṭṭān > ʿAbd al-Karīm b. al-Haytham > Abū al-Yamān > Shuʿayb > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAbdullāh b. Kaʿb b. Mālik

[Machine] That Ka'b bin Malik, when Allah revealed in poetry what He revealed, came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said to him, "Indeed, Allah has revealed in poetry what you have knowledge of, so how do you see it?" So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, the believer strives with his sword and his tongue."  

البيهقي:٢١١٠٩ – وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي أنبأ أَبُو سَهْلِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ الْقَطَّانُ ثنا عَبْدُ الْكَرِيمِ بْنُ الْهَيْثَمِ ثنا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ أَخْبَرَنِي شُعَيْبٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ كَعْبَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ حِينَ أَنْزَلَ اللهُ فِي الشِّعْرِ مَا أَنْزَلَ أَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَهُ إِنَّ اللهَ قَدْ أَنْزَلَ فِي الشِّعْرِ مَا قَدْ عَلِمْتَ فَكَيْفَ تَرَى فِيهِ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ يُجَاهِدُ بِسَيْفِهِ وَلِسَانِهِ  

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ahmad:15785 – Abū al-Yamān > Shuʿayb > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAbdullāh b. Kaʿb b. Mālik

[Machine] Ka'b ibn Malik, when Allah revealed in poetry that which He revealed, came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "Indeed, Allah, the Most Blessed and Exalted, has revealed in poetry what you know. And what do you think about it?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "Indeed, the believer fights with his sword and his tongue."  

أحمد:١٥٧٨٥ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ كَعْبَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ حِينَ أَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى فِي الشِّعْرِ مَا أَنْزَلَ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى قَدْ أَنْزَلَ فِي الشِّعْرِ مَا قَدْ عَلِمْتَ وَكَيْفَ تَرَى فِيهِ؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ يُجَاهِدُ بِسَيْفِهِ وَلِسَانِهِ  

ahmad:27174 – ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Kaʿb b. Mālik from his father > Lilnnabī ﷺ

[Machine] "He said to the Prophet ﷺ , 'Indeed, Allah has revealed in poetry what He has revealed.' So he said, 'Verily, the believer fights with his sword and tongue. By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, it is as if you are sprinkling them with nobility.'"  

أحمد:٢٧١٧٤ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ قَدْ أَنْزَلَ فِي الشِّعْرِ مَا أَنْزَلَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ يُجَاهِدُ بِسَيْفِهِ وَلِسَانِهِ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَكَأَنَّ مَا تَرْمُونَهُمْ بِهِ نَضْحُ النَّبْلِ  

tabarani:16262 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Kaʿb b. Mālik from his father > Lilnnabī ﷺ

[Machine] He said to the Prophet (PBUH): "Indeed, Allah has revealed in poetry what He has not revealed in any other form." The Prophet (PBUH) replied, "Verily, the believer strives with his sword and tongue, and I swear by the One in whose hand is my soul, it is as if you are throwing pearls and gems at them."  

الطبراني:١٦٢٦٢ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ أِنَّ اللهَ قَدْ أَنْزَلَ فِي الشَّعْرِ مَا أَنْزَلَ قَالَ «إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ يُجَاهِدُ بِسَيْفِهِ وَلِسَانِهِ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَكَأَنَّمَا تَرْمُونَ فِيهِمْ نَضْحَ النَّبْلِ»  

bayhaqi:21108 – Abū al-Ḥusayn b. Bishrān> Ismāʿīl b. Muḥammad al-Ṣaffār > Aḥmad b. Manṣūr > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Kaʿb b. Mālik from his father

[Machine] He said to the Prophet, "Indeed, Allah has revealed in poetry what He has not revealed in other forms. He said, 'Indeed, the believer strives with his sword and his tongue. By the One in whose hand my soul is, it is as if you are throwing pearls at them.'"  

البيهقي:٢١١٠٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ بِشْرَانَ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أنبأ مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ قَدْ أَنْزَلَ فِي الشِّعْرِ مَا أَنْزَلَ قَالَ إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ يُجَاهِدُ بِسَيْفِهِ وَلِسَانِهِ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَكَأَنَّمَا تَرْمُونَهُمْ بِهِ نَضْحُ النَّبْلِ كَذَا قَالَ  

suyuti:537-16b – Kaʿb b. Mālik > Ḥīn Unzil Fiá al-Shiʿr Mā Unzil
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السيوطي:٥٣٧-١٦b –

"عَن كَعْب بن مَالِكٍ أَنَّهُ حِيْنَ أُنْزِلَ فِى الشِّعْرِ مَا أُنْزِلَ قَالَ: يَا رَسُول الله: إِنَّ الله قَدْ أَنْزَلَ فِى الشِّعْرِ مَا قَد عَلِمْت، فكَيْفَ ترىَ فِيهِ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ يُجَاهِد بِسَيْفِهِ ولسَانِهِ، وَالَّذِى نَفْسِى بِيَدِهِ لَكَأَنَّمَا تَنْضَحُونَهُم بِالنَّبْلِ، وَفِى لَفْظٍ لَكَأنَّمَا تَرمُونَهُم بِهِ نَضْح النَّبلِ".  

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