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bayhaqi:6060Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū ʿAmr Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-Muqriʾ > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Kurayb > Khālid b. Makhlad > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > al-ʿAlāʾ b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman from his father > Abū Hurayrah

A person came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: Messenger of Allah, what do you think if a man comes to me in order to appropriate my possession? He (the Holy Prophet) said: Don't surrender your possession to him. He (the inquirer) said: If he fights me? He (the Holy Prophet) remarked: Then fight (with him). He (the inquirer) again said: What do you think if I am killed? He (the Holy Prophet) observed: You would be a martyr. He (the inquirer) said: What do you think of him (Messenger of Allah) If I kill him. He (the Holy Prophet) said: he would be in the Fire. (Using translation from Muslim 140)   

البيهقي:٦٠٦٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو عَمْرٍو مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْمُقْرِئُ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ثنا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ ثنا خَالِدُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ يُرِيدُ أَخْذَ مَالِي قَالَ فَلَا تُعْطِهِ مَالَكَ قَالَ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ قَاتَلَنِي قَالَ قَاتِلْهُ قَالَ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ قَتَلَنِي قَالَ فَأَنْتَ شَهِيدٌ قَالَ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ قَتَلْتُهُ؟ قَالَ فَهُوَ فِي النَّارِ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَبِي كُرَيْبٍ

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muslim:140Abū Kurayb Muḥammad b. al-ʿAlāʾ > Khālid / Ibn Makhlad > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > al-ʿAlāʾ b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman from his father > Abū Hurayrah

A person came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: Messenger of Allah, what do you think if a man comes to me in order to appropriate my possession? He (the Holy Prophet) said: Don't surrender your possession to him. He (the inquirer) said: If he fights me? He (the Holy Prophet) remarked: Then fight (with him). He (the inquirer) again said: What do you think if I am killed? He (the Holy Prophet) observed: You would be a martyr. He (the inquirer) said: What do you think of him (Messenger of Allah) If I kill him. He (the Holy Prophet) said: he would be in the Fire.  

مسلم:١٤٠حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مَخْلَدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنِ الْعَلاَءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ يُرِيدُ أَخْذَ مَالِي قَالَ فَلاَ تُعْطِهِ مَالَكَ قَالَ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ قَاتَلَنِي قَالَ قَاتِلْهُ قَالَ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ قَتَلَنِي قَالَ فَأَنْتَ شَهِيدٌ قَالَ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ قَتَلْتُهُ قَالَ هُوَ فِي النَّارِ  

bayhaqi:17637Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Ḥāmid al-Muqriʾ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-Rabīʿ b. Sulaymān > ʿAbdullāh b. Wahb > Sulaymān b. Bilāl > al-ʿAlāʾ b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman from his father > Abū Hurayrah

A person came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: Messenger of Allah, what do you think if a man comes to me in order to appropriate my possession? He (the Holy Prophet) said: Don't surrender your possession to him. He (the inquirer) said: If he fights me? He (the Holy Prophet) remarked: Then fight (with him). He (the inquirer) again said: What do you think if I am killed? He (the Holy Prophet) observed: You would be a martyr. He (the inquirer) said: What do you think of him (Messenger of Allah) If I kill him. He (the Holy Prophet) said: he would be in the Fire. (Using translation from Muslim 140)   

البيهقي:١٧٦٣٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي حَامِدٍ الْمُقْرِئُ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ أنبأ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلَالٍ ثنا الْعَلَاءُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا جَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ جَاءَنِي رَجُلٌ يُرِيدُ أَخْذَ مَالِي؟ قَالَ قَالَ فَلَا تُعْطِهِ مَالَكَ قَالَ فَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ قَاتَلَنِي؟ قَالَ فَقَاتِلْهُ قَالَ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ قَتَلَنِي؟ قَالَ فَأَنْتَ شَهِيدٌ قَالَ فَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ قَتَلْتُهُ؟ قَالَ هُوَ فِي النَّارِ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ وَجْهٍ آخَرَ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ