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darimi:3203 – Jaʿfar b. ʿAwn > Saʿīd > Abū Maʿshar > Ibrāhīm

[Machine] "Abdullah, loyalty is like flesh, it cannot be bought or gifted."  

الدارمي:٣٢٠٣ – حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَوْنٍ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَعْشَرٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ قَالَ

عَبْدُ اللَّهِ «الْوَلَاءُ لُحْمَةٌ كَلُحْمَةِ النَّسَبِ لَا يُبَاعُ وَلَا يُوهَبُ»  

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Collected by Ḥākim, Ibn Ḥibbān, Suyūṭī
hakim:7990 – Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb ʿAwd > Badʾ > al-Rabīʿ b. Sulaymān > al-Shāfiʿī > Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan > Abū Yūsuf > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said: "Alliance is like a piece of meat, it is not bought or gifted."  

الحاكم:٧٩٩٠ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ عَوْدًا عَلَى بَدْءٍ ثَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ ثَنَا الشَّافِعِيُّ أَنْبَأَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَبِي يُوسُفَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «الْوَلَاءُ لُحْمَةٌ كَلُحْمَةِ النَّسَبِ لَا تُبَاعُ وَلَا تُوهَبُ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ

ذِكْرُ الْعِلَّةِ الَّتِي مِنْ أَجْلِهَا نُهِيَ عَنْ بَيْعِ الْوَلَاءِ وَعَنْ هِبَتِهِ

ibnhibban:4950 – Abū Yaʿlá > Quriʾ > Bishr b. al-Walīd > Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Al-Walaa' (loyalty and allegiance) is like the bond of kinship, it cannot be bought or given away."  

ابن حبّان:٤٩٥٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ قُرِئَ عَلَى بِشْرِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «الْوَلَاءُ لُحْمَةٌ كَلُحْمَةِ النَّسَبِ لَا يُبَاعُ وَلَا يُوهَبُ»