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ذِكْرُ نَفْيِ وُجُودِ رَائِحَةِ الْجَنَّةِ عَنِ الْقَاتِلِ الْمُعَاهَدَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ

ibnhibban:4881Abū Khalīfah > Aḥmad b. Yaḥyá b. Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Yūnus b. ʿUbayd > al-Ḥasan > Abū Bakrah

[Machine] From the Prophet ﷺ , he said, "Whoever kills a person who is under a peace agreement will not smell the fragrance of Paradise."  

ابن حبّان:٤٨٨١أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ الطَّوِيلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسًا مُعَاهَدًا لَمْ يَرَحْ رَائِحَةَ الْجَنَّةِ»  


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bukhari:3166Qays b. Ḥafṣ > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid > al-Ḥasan b. ʿAmr > Mujāhid > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever killed a person having a treaty with the Muslims, shall not smell the smell of Paradise though its smell is perceived from a distance of forty years."  

البخاري:٣١٦٦حَدَّثَنَا قَيْسُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو حَدَّثَنَا مُجَاهِدٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ قَتَلَ مُعَاهَدًا لَمْ يَرَحْ رَائِحَةَ الْجَنَّةِ وَإِنَّ رِيحَهَا تُوجَدُ مِنْ مَسِيرَةِ أَرْبَعِينَ عَامًا  

bukhari:6914Qays b. Ḥafṣ > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid > al-Ḥasan > Mujāhid > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever killed a Mu'ahid (a person who is granted the pledge of protection by the Muslims) shall not smell the fragrance of Paradise though its fragrance can be smelt at a distance of forty years (of traveling).  

البخاري:٦٩١٤حَدَّثَنَا قَيْسُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ حَدَّثَنَا مُجَاهِدٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسًا مُعَاهَدًا لَمْ يَرَحْ رَائِحَةَ الْجَنَّةِ وَإِنَّ رِيحَهَا يُوجَدُ مِنْ مَسِيرَةِ أَرْبَعِينَ عَامًا