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ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ تَزَوَّجِ الْمَرْءِ امْرَأَةَ أَبِيهِ، أَوْ وَطْئِهِ جَارِيَتَهُ الَّتِي هِيَ فِي فِرَاشِهِ

ibnhibban:4112al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ > al-Ḥasan b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Suddī > ʿAdī b. Thābit > al-Barāʾ

"I met my maternal uncle who was carrying a flag (for an expedition) and I said: 'Where are you going?' He said: 'The Messenger of Allah is sending me to a man who has married his father's wife after he died, to strike his neck or kill him.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3331)   

ابن حبّان:٤١١٢أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنِ السُّدِّيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ قَالَ

لَقِيتُ خَالِي أَبَا بُرْدَةَ وَمَعَهُ الرَّايَةُ فَقُلْتُ إِلَى أَيْنَ فَقَالَ «أَرْسَلَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةَ أَبِيهِ أَنْ أَقْتُلَهُ أَوْ أَضْرِبَ عُنُقَهُ»  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ḥākim, Ṭabarānī, Suyūṭī
nasai:3331Aḥmad b. ʿUthmān b. Ḥakīm > Abū Nuʿaym > al-Ḥasan b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Suddī > ʿAdī b. Thābit > al-Barāʾ > Laqīt Khālī And Maʿah al-Rāyah > Ayn Turīd

"I met my maternal uncle who was carrying a flag (for an expedition) and I said: 'Where are you going?' He said: 'The Messenger of Allah is sending me to a man who has married his father's wife after he died, to strike his neck or kill him.'"  

النسائي:٣٣٣١أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ عَنِ السُّدِّيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ قَالَ

لَقِيتُ خَالِي وَمَعَهُ الرَّايَةُ فَقُلْتُ أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ قَالَ أَرْسَلَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةَ أَبِيهِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ أَنْ أَضْرِبَ عُنُقَهُ أَوْ أَقْتُلَهُ  

abudawud:4457ʿAmr b. Qusayṭ al-Raqqī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAmr > Zayd b. Abū Unaysah > ʿAdī b. Thābit > Yazīd b. al-Barāʾ from his father > Laqīt ʿAmmī And Maʿah Rāyah > Lah Ayn Turīd

I met my uncle who was carrying a standard. I asked him: Where are you going? He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has sent me to a man who has married his father's wife. He has ordered me to cut off his head and take his property.  

أبو داود:٤٤٥٧حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ قُسَيْطٍ الرَّقِّيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَبِي أُنَيْسَةَ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْبَرَاءِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

لَقِيتُ عَمِّي وَمَعَهُ رَايَةٌ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ قَالَ بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى رَجُلٍ نَكَحَ امْرَأَةَ أَبِيهِ فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَضْرِبَ عُنُقَهُ وَآخُذَ مَالَهُ  

ahmad:18557Wakīʿ > Ḥasan b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Suddī > ʿAdī b. Thābit > al-Barāʾ > Laqīt Khālī Wamaʿah al-Rāyah > Ayn Turīd

I met my uncle who was carrying a standard. I asked him: Where are you going? He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has sent me to a man who has married his father's wife. He has ordered me to cut off his head and take his property. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4457)   

أحمد:١٨٥٥٧حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ عَنِ السُّدِّيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ قَالَ

لَقِيتُ خَالِي وَمَعَهُ الرَّايَةُ فَقُلْتُ أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ؟ قَالَ بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةَ أَبِيهِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ أَنْ أَضْرِبَ عُنُقَهُ أَوْ أَقْتُلَهُ وَآخُذَ مَالَهُ  

darimi:2285ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar al-Raqqī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAmr > Zayd > ʿAdī b. Thābit > Yazīd b. al-Barāʾ from his father > Laqīt ʿAmmī And Maʿah Rāyah > Ayn Turīd

I met my uncle who was carrying a standard. I asked him: Where are you going? He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has sent me to a man who has married his father's wife. He has ordered me to cut off his head and take his property. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4457)  

الدارمي:٢٢٨٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الرَّقِّيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْبَرَاءِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

لَقِيتُ عَمِّي وَمَعَهُ رَايَةٌ فَقُلْتُ أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ؟ قَالَ «بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى رَجُلٍ نَكَحَ امْرَأَةَ أَبِيهِ فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَضْرِبَ عُنُقَهُ وَآخُذَ مَالَهُ»  

hakim:6654Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Muḥammad b. ʿUtbah al-Shaybānī Bi-al-Kūfah > Ibrāhīm b. Isḥāq al-Ḥarbī > ʿAbdullāh b. Mūsá And ʾAbū Ghassān > al-Ḥasan b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Suddī > ʿAdī b. Thābit > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib

[Machine] I met my uncle Abu Burdah and he had a flag with him, so I asked him where he was going. He said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me to a man who married his father's wife after him, to strike his neck and take his wealth." Al-Dhahabi remained silent about it in the summary.  

الحاكم:٦٦٥٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ بِالْكُوفَةِ ثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْحَرْبِيُّ ثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى وَأَبُو غَسَّانَ قَالَا ثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ عَنِ السُّدِّيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ قَالَ

لَقِيتُ خَالِي أَبَا بُرْدَةَ وَمَعَهُ رَايَةٌ فَقُلْتُ أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ فَقَالَ «أَرْسَلَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى رَجُلٍ نَكَحَ امْرَأَةَ أَبِيهِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ أَضْرِبُ عُنُقَهُ وَآخُذُ مَالَهُ» سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص  

tabarani:18803ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū Ghassān Mālik b. Ismāʿīl > al-Ḥasan b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Suddī > ʿAdī b. Thābit > al-Barāʾ > Laqīt Khālī And Maʿah Rāyah > Ayn Tadhhab

[Machine] I met my uncle and he had a flag with him, so I asked, "Where are you going?" He said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has sent me to a man who married his father's wife after him, so I will strike his neck and kill him."  

الطبراني:١٨٨٠٣حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو غَسَّانَ مَالِكُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ عَنِ السُّدِّيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ قَالَ

لَقِيتُ خَالِي وَمَعَهُ رَايَةٌ فَقُلْتُ أَيْنَ تَذْهَبُ؟ قَالَ «أَرْسَلَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى رَجُلٍ نَكَحَ امْرَأَةَ أَبِيهِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ أَضْرِبُ عُنُقَهُ وَأقْتُلُهُ»  

tabarani:18804ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz

[Machine] My uncle Abu Burdah passed by me with a flag, so I asked him, "Where are you going?" He replied, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me to a man who married his stepmother, to bring him his head."  

الطبراني:١٨٨٠٤حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ مُبَارَكٍ الْكُوفِيُّ ثنا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ عَنْ أَشْعَثَ بْنِ سَوَّارٍ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ قَالَ

مَرَّ بِي خَالِي أَبُو بُرْدَةَ وَمَعَهُ لِوَاءٌ فَقُلْتُ إِلَى أَيْنَ؟ قَالَ «بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةَ أَبِيهِ أَجِيئُهُ بِرَأْسِهِ»  

tabarani:3404Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Ashʿath > ʿAdī b. Thābit > Yazīd b. al-Barāʾ from his father > Laqīt ʿAmmī And Maʿah Rāyah > Ayn Turīd

I met my uncle who was carrying a standard. I asked him: Where are you going? He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has sent me to a man who has married his father's wife. He has ordered me to cut off his head and take his property. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4457)   

الطبراني:٣٤٠٤حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ أَشْعَثَ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْبَرَاءِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

لَقِيتُ عَمِّي وَمَعَهُ رَايَةٌ فَقُلْتُ أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ؟ فَقَالَ «بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةَ أَبِيهِ وَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَقْتُلَهُ»  

tabarani:3407ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū Ghassān Mālik b. Ismāʿīl > al-Ḥasan b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Suddī > ʿAdī b. Thābit > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib > Laqīt Khālī And Maʿah Rāyah > Ayn Tadhhab

"I met my maternal uncle who was carrying a flag (for an expedition) and I said: 'Where are you going?' He said: 'The Messenger of Allah is sending me to a man who has married his father's wife after he died, to strike his neck or kill him.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3331)   

الطبراني:٣٤٠٧حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا أَبُو غَسَّانَ مَالِكُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ عَنِ السُّدِّيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ قَالَ

لَقِيتُ خَالِي وَمَعَهُ رَايَةٌ فَقُلْتُ أَيْنَ تَذْهَبُ؟ قَالَ «أَرْسَلَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى رَجُلٍ نَكَحَ امْرَأَةَ أَبِيهِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ أَضْرِبُ عُنُقَهُ وَأَقْتُلُهُ»  

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السيوطي:٦١١-٣١b

"عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ قَالَ: لَقَيْتُ خَالِي وَمَعهُ الرَّايَةُ، وَفِي لَفْظٍ: وَمَعَهُ رَايَةٌ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ: أَيْنَ تَذْهَبُ؟ فَقَالَ: أَرْسَلَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ (إِلَى رَجُلٍ) تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةَ ابْنِهِ (أَبِيهِ) أَنْ أَقْتُلَهُ أَوْ أَضْرِبَ (عُنُقَهُ) (*) ".  

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