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[Machine] I said, "O Messenger of Allah, I am going to take the sheep to slaughter it, but I will have mercy on it." He ﷺ said, "If you show mercy to the sheep, Allah will have mercy on you." Adi ibn al-Fadl is doomed.

الحاكم:٦٤٨٢ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَمْشَاذٍ الْعَدْلُ ثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ الْمَرْثَدِيُّ ثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْجَعْدِ ثَنَا عَدِيُّ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ قُرَّةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي لِآخُذَ الشَّاةَ لِأَذْبَحَهَا فَأَرْحَمَهَا قَالَ «وَالشَّاةُ إِنْ رَحِمْتُهَا رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ» عدي بن الفضل هالك

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Showing mercy even when slaughtering animals

ahmad:20363 – Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > Ziyād b. Mikhrāq > Muʿāwiyah b. Qurrah from his father > a man

A man said: O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, indeed I slaughter the sheep while being merciful to it. He ﷺ said: “And the sheep, if you show it mercy, Allah will show you mercy."

أحمد:٢٠٣٦٣ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ مِخْرَاقٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ قُرَّةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي لَأَذْبَحُ الشَّاةَ وَأَنَا أَرْحَمُهَا أَوْ قَالَ إِنِّي أَرْحَمُ الشَّاةَ أَنْ أَذْبَحَهَا فَقَالَ وَالشَّاةُ إِنْ رَحِمْتَهَا رَحِمَكَ اللهُ

ahmad:15592 – Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > Ziyād b. Mikhrāq > Muʿāwiyah b. Qurrah from his father > a man

[Machine] "O Messenger of Allah, indeed I slaughter the sheep and I am merciful to it." Or he said, "Indeed I am merciful to the sheep but I slaughter it." He ﷺ said: "And the sheep, if you show it mercy, may Allah show mercy to you. And the sheep, if you show it mercy, may Allah show mercy to you."

أحمد:١٥٥٩٢ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ مِخْرَاقٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ قُرَّةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ

يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي لَأَذْبَحُ الشَّاةَ وَأَنَا أَرْحَمُهَا أَوْ قَالَ إِنِّي لَأَرْحَمُ الشَّاةَ أَنْ أَذْبَحَهَا فَقَالَ وَالشَّاةُ إِنْ رَحِمْتَهَا رَحِمَكَ اللهُ وَالشَّاةُ إِنْ رَحِمْتَهَا رَحِمَكَ اللهُ

hakim:7562 – Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Yaḥyá b. Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá > Musaddad > Ismāʿīl Ibn ʿUlayyah > Ziyād b. Mikhrāq > Muʿāwiyah b. Qurrah from his father > a man

[Machine] "O Messenger of Allah, indeed I have compassion for the sheep, so I hesitate to slaughter it." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If you show mercy to it, Allah will show mercy to you."

الحاكم:٧٥٦٢ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى ثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ ثَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ مِخْرَاقٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ قُرَّةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ

يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأَرْحَمُ الشَّاةِ أَنْ أَذْبَحَهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنْ رَحِمْتَهَا رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ»

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ صحيح