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البزّار:٧٦٢٤ – حَدَّثنا رزق الله بن موسى قَال حَدَّثنا معن بن عيسى قَال حَدَّثنا ابن أبي ذئب عَن الزُّهْرِيّ عَن عَطاء بن يزيد عَن أبي هُرَيرة أَنَّ النَّبِيّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ

عَلَيه وَسَلَّم سُئِلَ عَن أطفال المشركين فقال الله أعلم بما كانوا عاملينوَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ قَدْ رَوَاهُ غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ عَن الزُّهْرِيّ عَن عَطاء بن يزيد

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ahmad:7637 – ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yazīd al-Laythī > Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah was asked about the children of the idolators and he said: 'Allah knows best what they would have done."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1949)

أحمد:٧٦٣٧ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ اللَّيْثِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ أَطْفَالِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَقَالَ اللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا عَامِلِينَ

ahmad:7325 – Sufyān > Abū al-Zinād > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Hurmuz al-Aʿraj

It is Allah Who knows best what they would be doing. (Using translation from Muslim 2659b)

أحمد:٧٣٢٥ – حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ هُرْمُزَ الْأَعْرَجِ

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ أَطْفَالِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَقَالَ اللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا عَامِلِينَ