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Do not help Satan against a sinners by ridiculing them

bukhari:6777 – Qutaybah > Abū Ḍamrah Anas > Yazīd b. al-Hād > Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm > Abū Salamah from my father

A man who had drunk ˹alcohol˺ was brought to the Prophet ﷺ, and he said, “Beat him!” Abu Hurayrah said: Some of us struck him with their hands, some struck him with their sandals, and some struck him with their garments. When he turned away, some people said, “May Allah disgrace you!” He said, “Do not say that; do not help Satan against him.”

البخاري:٦٧٧٧ – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو ضَمْرَةَ أَنَسٌ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْهَادِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ

أُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِرَجُلٍ قَدْ شَرِبَ، قَالَ: «اضْرِبُوهُ!». قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ: فَمِنَّا الضَّارِبُ بِيَدِهِ وَالضَّارِبُ بِنَعْلِهِ وَالضَّارِبُ بِثَوْبِهِ. فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قَالَ بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ: أَخْزَاكَ اللَّهُ!، قَالَ: «لاَ تَقُولُوا هَكَذَا، لاَ تُعِينُوا عَلَيْهِ الشَّيْطَانَ».

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abudawud:4477 – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Abū Ḍamrah > Yazīd b. al-Hād > Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

When a man who had drunk wine was brought to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he said: Beat him. Abu Hurairah said: Some struck him with their hands, some with their garment. When he turned his face, some people said: Allah put you shame! The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Do not say like that and help the devil to get power over him.

أبو داود:٤٤٧٧ – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو ضَمْرَةَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْهَادِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أُتِيَ بِرَجُلٍ قَدْ شَرِبَ فَقَالَ اضْرِبُوهُ قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ فَمِنَّا الضَّارِبُ بِيَدِهِ وَالضَّارِبُ بِنَعْلِهِ وَالضَّارِبُ بِثَوْبِهِ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قَالَ بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ أَخْزَاكَ اللَّهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ تَقُولُوا هَكَذَا لاَ تُعِينُوا عَلَيْهِ الشَّيْطَانَ

ahmad:7985 – Anas b. ʿIyāḍ > Yazīd b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Hād > Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm > Abū Salamaha > Abū Hurayrah

When a man who had drunk wine was brought to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he said: Beat him. Abu Hurairah said: Some struck him with their hands, some with their garment. When he turned his face, some people said: Allah put you shame! The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Do not say like that and help the devil to get power over him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4477)

أحمد:٧٩٨٥ – حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْهَادِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أُتِيَ بِرَجُلٍ قَدْ شَرِبَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اضْرِبُوهُ قَالَ فَمِنَّا الضَّارِبُ بِيَدِهِ وَمِنَّا الضَّارِبُ بِنَعْلِهِ وَالضَّارِبُ بِثَوْبِهِ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قَالَ بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ أَخْزَاكَ اللهُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا تَقُولُوا هَكَذَا لَا تُعِينُوا عَلَيْهِ الشَّيْطَانَ وَلَكِنْ قُولُوا رَحِمَكَ اللهُ

ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ سَبِّ الْمَحْدُودَيْنِ إِذَا حُدَّا

ibnhibban:5730 – Abū Yaʿlá > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Marwazī > Abū Ḍamrah Anas b. ʿIyāḍ > Yazīd b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Hād > Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

When a man who had drunk wine was brought to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he said: Beat him. Abu Hurairah said: Some struck him with their hands, some with their garment. When he turned his face, some people said: Allah put you shame! The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Do not say like that and help the devil to get power over him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4477)

ابن حبّان:٥٧٣٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو ضَمْرَةَ أَنَسُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْهَادِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

أَتَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِشَارِبٍ فَقَالَ «اضْرِبُوهُ» فَمِنَّا الضَّارِبُ بِيَدِهِ وَمِنَّا الضَّارِبُ بِنَعْلِهِ فَقَالَ بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ أَخْزَاكَ اللَّهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا تَقُولُوا هَكَذَا لَا تُعِينُوا الشَّيْطَانَ عَلَيْهِ»

nasai-kubra:5268 – Yūnus b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Anas b. ʿIyāḍ > Yazīd b. al-Hād > Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman

When a man who had drunk wine was brought to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he said: Beat him. Abu Hurairah said: Some struck him with their hands, some with their garment. When he turned his face, some people said: Allah put you shame! The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Do not say like that and help the devil to get power over him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4477)

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٢٦٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَنَسُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْهَادِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ

أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أُتِيَ بِرَجُلٍ قَدْ شَرِبَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اضْرِبُوهُ» فَمِنَّا الضَّارِبُ بِيَدِهِ وَالضَّارِبُ بِنَعْلِهِ وَالضَّارِبُ بِثَوْبِهِ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قَالَ بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ أَخْزَاكَ اللهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا تَقُولُوا هَكَذَا لَا تُعِينُوا عَلَيْهِ الشَّيْطَانَ وَلَكِنْ قُولُوا رَحِمَكَ اللهُ»

bayhaqi:17494 – Abū ʿAmr Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Adīb al-Bisṭāmī > Abū Bakr al-Ismāʿīlī > Aḥmad b. al-Ḥusayn b. Naṣr al-Ḥadhhāʾ > ʿAlī b. al-Madīnī > Anas b. ʿIyāḍ > Ibn al-Hād > Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥārith al-Taymī > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ was brought a man who had been drinking. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Strike him!" The man asked, "Shall I be struck by one of us with his hand, or by one of us with his slipper, or by one of us with his garment?" After the man left, some of the people said, "May Allah humiliate you!" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not say that and do not assist Satan against him. Instead, say, 'May Allah have mercy on you.'"

البيهقي:١٧٤٩٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَمْرٍو مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْأَدِيبُ الْبِسْطَامِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيُّ أَخْبَرَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ نَصْرٍ الْحَذَّاءُ أنبأ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمَدِينِيِّ ثنا أَنَسُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ ثنا ابْنُ الْهَادِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

أُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِرَجُلٍ قَدْ شَرِبَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اضْرِبُوهُ قَالَ فَمِنَّا الضَّارِبُ بِيَدِهِ وَمِنَّا الضَّارِبُ بِنَعْلِهِ وَمِنَّا الضَّارِبُ بِثَوْبِهِ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قَالَ بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ أَخْزَاكَ اللهُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا تَقُولُوا هَكَذَا وَلَا تُعِينُوا الشَّيْطَانَ عَلَيْهِ وَلَكِنْ قُولُوا رَحِمَكَ اللهُ

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