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bukhari:2413Mūsá > Hammām > Qatādah > Anas

A Jew crushed the head of a girl between two stones. The girl was asked who had crushed her head, and some names were mentioned before her, and when the name of the Jew was mentioned, she nodded agreeing. The Jew was captured and when he confessed, the Prophet ﷺ ordered that his head be crushed between two stones.  

البخاري:٢٤١٣حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ

أَنَّ يَهُودِيًّا رَضَّ رَأْسَ جَارِيَةٍ بَيْنَ حَجَرَيْنِ قِيلَ مَنْ فَعَلَ هَذَا بِكِ أَفُلاَنٌ أَفُلاَنٌ حَتَّى سُمِّيَ الْيَهُودِيُّ فَأَوْمَتْ بِرَأْسِهَا فَأُخِذَ الْيَهُودِيُّ فَاعْتَرَفَ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَرُضَّ رَأْسُهُ بَيْنَ حَجَرَيْنِ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ibn Ḥibbān, Bayhaqī
bukhari:2746Ḥassān b. Abū ʿAbbād > Hammām > Qatādah > Anas

A Jew crushed the head of a girl between two stones. She was asked, "Who has done so to you, soand- so? So-and-so?" Till the name of the Jew was mentioned, whereupon she nodded (in agreement). So the Jew was brought and was questioned till he confessed. The Prophet ﷺ then ordered that his head be crushed with stones.  

البخاري:٢٧٤٦حَدَّثَنَا حَسَّانُ بْنُ أَبِي عَبَّادٍ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ

أَنَّ يَهُوِدِيًّا رَضَّ رَأْسَ جَارِيَةٍ بَيْنَ حَجَرَيْنِ فَقِيلَ لَهَا مَنْ فَعَلَ بِكِ أَفُلاَنٌ أَوْ فُلاَنٌ حَتَّى سُمِّيَ الْيَهُودِيُّ فَأَوْمَأَتْ بِرَأْسِهَا فَجِيءَ بِهِ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ حَتَّى اعْتَرَفَ فَأَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَرُضَّ رَأْسُهُ بِالْحِجَارَةِ  

bukhari:6876Ḥajjāj b. Minhāl > Hammām > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

A Jew crushed the head of a girl between two stones, and the girl was asked, "Who has done that to you, so-and-so or so and so?" (Some names were mentioned for her) till the name of that Jew was mentioned (whereupon she agreed). The Jew was brought to the Prophet ﷺ and the Prophet ﷺ kept on questioning him till he confessed, whereupon his head was crushed with stones.  

البخاري:٦٨٧٦حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ؓ

أَنَّ يَهُودِيًّا رَضَّ رَأْسَ جَارِيَةٍ بَيْنَ حَجَرَيْنِ فَقِيلَ لَهَا مَنْ فَعَلَ بِكِ هَذَا أَفُلاَنٌ أَوْ فُلاَنٌ حَتَّى سُمِّيَ الْيَهُودِيُّ فَأُتِيَ بِهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ بِهِ حَتَّى أَقَرَّ بِهِ فَرُضَّ رَأْسُهُ بِالْحِجَارَةِ  

bukhari:6884Isḥāq > Ḥabbān > Hammām > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

A Jew crushed the head of a girl between two stones. It was said to her. "Who has done this to you, such-and-such person, such-and-such person?" When the name of the Jew was mentioned, she nodded with her head, agreeing. So the Jew was brought and he confessed. The Prophet ﷺ ordered that his head be crushed with the stones. (Hammam said, "with two stones.")  

البخاري:٦٨٨٤حَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ أَخْبَرَنَا حَبَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ يَهُودِيًّا رَضَّ رَأْسَ جَارِيَةٍ بَيْنَ حَجَرَيْنِ فَقِيلَ لَهَا مَنْ فَعَلَ بِكِ هَذَا أَفُلاَنٌ أَفُلاَنٌ حَتَّى سُمِّيَ الْيَهُودِيُّ فَأَوْمَأَتْ بِرَأْسِهَا فَجِيءَ بِالْيَهُودِيِّ فَاعْتَرَفَ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَرُضَّ رَأْسُهُ بِالْحِجَارَةِ وَقَدْ قَالَ هَمَّامٌ بِحَجَرَيْنِ  

muslim:1672eHaddāb b. Khālid > Hammām > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

A girl was found with her head crushed between two stones. They asked her as to who had done that-has so and so (done it) until they mentioned a Jew. She indicated with the nod of her head (that it was so). So the Jew was caught, and he made confession (of his guilt). And Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded that his head be smashed with stones.  

مسلم:١٦٧٢eوَحَدَّثَنَا هَدَّابُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ جَارِيَةً وُجِدَ رَأْسُهَا قَدْ رُضَّ بَيْنَ حَجَرَيْنِ فَسَأَلُوهَا مَنْ صَنَعَ هَذَا بِكِ فُلاَنٌ فُلاَنٌ حَتَّى ذَكَرُوا يَهُودِيًّا فَأَوْمَتْ بِرَأْسِهَا فَأُخِذَ الْيَهُودِيُّ فَأَقَرَّ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُرَضَّ رَأْسُهُ بِالْحِجَارَةِ  

abudawud:4527Muḥammad b. Kathīr > Hammām > Qatādah > Anas

A girl was found with her head crushed between two stones. She was asked: Who has done this to you ? Is it so and so ? Is it so and so, until a Jew was named, and she gave a sign with her head. The Jew was caught ad he admitted. So the Prophet ﷺ gave command that his head should be crushed with stones.  

أبو داود:٤٥٢٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ جَارِيَةً وُجِدَتْ قَدْ رُضَّ رَأْسُهَا بَيْنَ حَجَرَيْنِ فَقِيلَ لَهَا مَنْ فَعَلَ بِكِ هَذَا أَفُلاَنٌ أَفُلاَنٌ حَتَّى سُمِّيَ الْيَهُودِيُّ فَأَوْمَتْ بِرَأْسِهَا فَأُخِذَ الْيَهُودِيُّ فَاعْتَرَفَ فَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُرَضَّ رَأْسُهُ بِالْحِجَارَةِ  

abudawud:4535Muḥammad b. Kathīr > Hammām > Qatādah > Anas

A girl was found with her head crushed between two stoned. She was asked: Who did it with you ? Was it so and so ? Was it so and so ? Until the Jew was named. Thereupon she gave a sign with her head. The Jew was arrested and he admitted. So the Prophet ﷺ gave command that his head should be crushed with stones.  

أبو داود:٤٥٣٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ جَارِيَةً وُجِدَتْ قَدْ رُضَّ رَأْسُهَا بَيْنَ حَجَرَيْنِ فَقِيلَ لَهَا مَنْ فَعَلَ بِكِ هَذَا أَفُلاَنٌ أَفُلاَنٌ حَتَّى سُمِّيَ الْيَهُودِيُّ فَأَوْمَتْ بِرَأْسِهَا فَأُخِذَ الْيَهُودِيُّ فَاعْتَرَفَ فَأَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يُرَضَّ رَأْسُهُ بِالْحِجَارَةِ  

ahmad:13006Bahz > Ḥammād > Qatādah > Anas

A girl was found with her head crushed between two stones. She was asked: Who has done this to you ? Is it so and so ? Is it so and so, until a Jew was named, and she gave a sign with her head. The Jew was caught ad he admitted. So the Prophet ﷺ gave command that his head should be crushed with stones. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4527)   

أحمد:١٣٠٠٦حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ جَارِيَةً وُجِدَ رَأْسُهَا بَيْنَ حَجَرَيْنِ فَقِيلَ لَهَا مَنْ فَعَلَ بِكِ هَذَا أَفُلَانٌ أَفُلَانٌ؟ حَتَّى سَمَّى الْيَهُودِيَّ فَأَوْمَأَتْ بِرَأْسِهَا نَعَمْ فَأُخِذَ الْيَهُودِيُّ فَاعْتَرَفَ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَرُضَّ رَأْسُهُ بِالْحِجَارَةِ  

ahmad:13840ʿAffān > Hammām > Qatādah > Anas

A girl was found with her head crushed between two stones. She was asked: Who has done this to you ? Is it so and so ? Is it so and so, until a Jew was named, and she gave a sign with her head. The Jew was caught ad he admitted. So the Prophet ﷺ gave command that his head should be crushed with stones. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4527)   

أحمد:١٣٨٤٠حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا قَتَادَةُ أَنَّ أَنَسًا

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ جَارِيَةً وُجِدَ رَأْسُهَا بَيْنَ حَجَرَيْنِ فَقِيلَ لَهَا مَنْ فَعَلَ بِكِ هَذَا؟ أَفُلَانٌ؟ أَفُلَانٌ؟ حَتَّى سَمَّوْا الْيَهُودِيَّ فَأَوْمَأَتْ بِرَأْسِهَا قَالَ فَأُخِذَ الْيَهُودِيُّ فَجِيءَ بِهِ فَاعْتَرَفَ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَرُضَّ رَأْسُهُ بِالْحِجَارَةِ  

darimi:2400ʿAffān > Hammām > Qatādah > Anas

A girl was found with her head crushed between two stoned. She was asked: Who did it with you ? Was it so and so ? Was it so and so ? Until the Jew was named. Thereupon she gave a sign with her head. The Jew was arrested and he admitted. So the Prophet ﷺ gave command that his head should be crushed with stones. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4535)   

الدارمي:٢٤٠٠أَخْبَرَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ جَارِيَةً رُضَّ رَأْسُهَا بَيْنَ حَجَرَيْنِ فَقِيلَ لَهَا مَنْ فَعَلَ بِكِ هَذَا؟ أَفُلَانٌ؟ أَفُلَانٌ؟ حَتَّى سُمِّيَ الْيَهُودِيُّ؟ فَأَوْمَأَتْ بِرَأْسِهَا فَبُعِثَ إِلَيْهِ فَجِيءَ بِهِ فَاعْتَرَفَ «فَأَمَرَ بِهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَرُضَّ رَأْسُهُ بَيْنَ حَجَرَيْنِ»  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ قَتَلَ قَاتِلَ الْمَرْأَةِ الَّتِي وَصَفْنَاهَا بِإِقْرَارِهِ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ بِقَتْلِهِ إِيَّاهَا، لَا بِإِقْرَارِهَا عَلَيْهِ بِهِ

ibnhibban:5993al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Hudbah b. Khālid al-Qaysī > Hammām b. Yaḥyá > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

A girl was found with her head crushed between two stones. She was asked: Who has done this to you ? Is it so and so ? Is it so and so, until a Jew was named, and she gave a sign with her head. The Jew was caught ad he admitted. So the Prophet ﷺ gave command that his head should be crushed with stones. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4527)   

ابن حبّان:٥٩٩٣أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هُدْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الْقَيْسِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامُ بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ جَارِيَةً وُجِدَ رَأْسُهَا قَدْ رُضَّ بَيْنَ حَجَرَيْنِ فَقَالُوا لَهَا مَنْ فَعَلَ هَذَا بِكِ؟ فُلَانٌ وَفُلَانٌ؟ حَتَّى ذُكِرَ رَجُلٌ يَهُودِيٌّ فَأَوْمَأَتْ بِرَأْسِهَا فَأُخِذَ الْيَهُودِيُّ فَأَقَرَّ «فَأَمَرَ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُرَضَّ رَأْسُهُ بِالْحِجَارَةِ»  

bayhaqi:11451Abū al-Ḥusayn b. al-Faḍl al-Qaṭṭān > Abū Sahl b. Ziyād al-Qaṭṭān al-Baghdādī > Isḥāq b. al-Ḥasan al-Ḥarbī > ʿAffān > Hammām > Qatādah > Anas

[Machine] "A girl was found with her head between two rocks, so she was brought to the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ . It was asked, 'Who did this to you? Was it so-and-so or so-and-so?' until the Jew was mentioned. She nodded with her head, so he was brought and confessed. The Prophet ﷺ ordered for him and his head to be secured between two rocks."  

البيهقي:١١٤٥١أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْقَطَّانُ أنبأ أَبُو سَهْلِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ الْقَطَّانُ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْحَرْبِيُّ ثنا عَفَّانُ ثنا هَمَّامٌ ثنا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ جَارِيَةً وُجِدَ رَأْسُهَا بَيْنَ حَجَرَيْنِ فَجِيءَ بِهَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقِيلَ مَنْ فَعَلَ بِكِ هَذَا أَفُلَانٌ أَفُلَانٌ؟ حَتَّى سَمَّى الْيَهُودِيَّ فَأَوْمَأَتْ بِرَأْسِهَا فَبَعَثَ إِلَى الْيَهُودِيِّ فَجِيءَ بِهِ فَاعْتَرَفَ قَالَ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَرُضَّ رَأْسُهُ بَيْنَ حَجَرَيْنِ  

أَخْرَجَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ وَمُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ هَمَّامِ بْنِ يَحْيَى
bayhaqi:15985Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Muḥammad b. Sakhtawayh > Muḥammad b. Ayyūb > Abū ʿUmar And ʾAbū Salamah > Hammām > Qatādah > Anas

[Machine] "A woman was found with her head between two rocks. She was asked, 'Who did this to you? Was it so and so?' until the Jew was named, so she nodded her head. He was captured and brought to her, then he confessed. The Prophet ﷺ ordered that his head be hit with stones. Abu Salamah said, 'Between two rocks.'"  

البيهقي:١٥٩٨٥وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَخْتَوَيْهِ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ أنبأ أَبُو عُمَرَ وَأَبُو سَلَمَةَ قَالَا ثنا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ جَارِيَةً وَجَدُوا رَأْسَهَا بَيْنَ حَجَرَيْنِ فَقِيلَ لَهَا مَنْ فَعَلَ بِكِ هَذَا أَفُلَانٌ أَفُلَانٌ؟ حَتَّى سُمِّيَ الْيَهُودِيُّ فَأَوْمَتْ بِرَأْسِهَا فَأُخِذَ فَجِيءَ بِهِ فَاعْتَرَفَ فَأَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَرَضَّ رَأْسَهُ بِحِجَارَةٍ وَقَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بَيْنَ حَجَرَيْنِ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ وَرَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ عَنْ هَدَّابِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ هَمَّامٍ
bayhaqi:16084Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf al-Aṣbahānī > Abū Saʿīd b. al-Aʿrābī > al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad al-Zaʿfarānī > ʿAffān > Hammām > Qatādah > Anas

[Machine] A girl had her head stuck between two stones, and someone asked her, "Who did this to you? Is it so-and-so?". It was even attributed to the Jew until she pointed towards her head, and the Jew was sent for, and he confessed. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded that his head be squeezed between two stones.  

البيهقي:١٦٠٨٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ الْأَعْرَابِيِّ أنبأ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الزَّعْفَرَانِيُّ ثنا عَفَّانُ ثنا هَمَّامٌ ثنا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ جَارِيَةً رُضِخَ رَأْسُهَا بَيْنَ حَجَرَيْنِ فَقِيلَ لَهَا مَنْ فَعَلَ هَذَا بِكِ؟ أَفُلَانٌ أَفُلَانٌ؟ حَتَّى سُمِّيَ الْيَهُودِيُّ فَأَوْمَتْ بِرَأْسِهَا فَبُعِثَ إِلَى الْيَهُودِيِّ فَاعْتَرَفَ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَرُضِخَ رَأْسُهُ بَيْنَ حَجَرَيْنِ  

أَخْرَجَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ وَمُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ هَمَّامِ بْنِ يَحْيَى