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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ وَقِيعَةَ الْمُسْلِمِ فِي الْمُشْرِكِينَ مِنْ أَهْلِ دَارِ الْحَرْبِ مِنَ الْإِيمَانِ

ibnhibban:5786 – Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. Qutaybah > Ibn Abū al-Sarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Kaʿb b. Mālik from his father

[Machine] I said, "O Messenger of Allah, there has been revealed in poetry that which has also been revealed." The Prophet ﷺ replied, "Verily, the believer strives with his sword and his tongue, and by the One in Whose Hand is my soul, it is as if you have struck them with the noblest of arrows."  

ابن حبّان:٥٧٨٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي السَّرِيِّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَدْ أُنْزِلَ فِي الشِّعْرِ مَا قَدْ أُنْزِلَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ يُجَاهِدُ بِسَيْفِهِ وَلِسَانِهِ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَكَأَنَّمَا تَرْمُونَهُمْ نَضْحَ النَّبْلِ»  

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Collected by Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
ahmad:27174 – ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Kaʿb b. Mālik from his father > Lilnnabī ﷺ

[Machine] "He said to the Prophet ﷺ , 'Indeed, Allah has revealed in poetry what He has revealed.' So he said, 'Verily, the believer fights with his sword and tongue. By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, it is as if you are sprinkling them with nobility.'"  

أحمد:٢٧١٧٤ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ قَدْ أَنْزَلَ فِي الشِّعْرِ مَا أَنْزَلَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ يُجَاهِدُ بِسَيْفِهِ وَلِسَانِهِ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَكَأَنَّ مَا تَرْمُونَهُمْ بِهِ نَضْحُ النَّبْلِ  

ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْمُسْلِمِ أَنْ يُهَاجِيَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ إِذْ هُوَ أَحَدُ الْجِهَادَيْنِ

ibnhibban:4707 – Abū Yaʿlá > Aḥmad b. ʿĪsá al-Miṣrī > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Kaʿb b. Mālik from his father

[Machine] He said, "O Messenger of Allah, what do you think about poetry?" He replied, "Verily, the believer strives with his sword and his tongue, and I swear by the One in whose hand is my soul, it is as if you are showering them with nobility."  

ابن حبّان:٤٧٠٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عِيسَى الْمِصْرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا تَرَى فِي الشِّعْرِ قَالَ «إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ يُجَاهِدُ بِسَيْفِهِ وَلِسَانِهِ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَكَأَنَّمَا تَنْضَحُونَهُمْ بِالنَّبْلِ»  

tabarani:16262 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Kaʿb b. Mālik from his father > Lilnnabī ﷺ

[Machine] He said to the Prophet (PBUH): "Indeed, Allah has revealed in poetry what He has not revealed in any other form." The Prophet (PBUH) replied, "Verily, the believer strives with his sword and tongue, and I swear by the One in whose hand is my soul, it is as if you are throwing pearls and gems at them."  

الطبراني:١٦٢٦٢ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ أِنَّ اللهَ قَدْ أَنْزَلَ فِي الشَّعْرِ مَا أَنْزَلَ قَالَ «إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ يُجَاهِدُ بِسَيْفِهِ وَلِسَانِهِ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَكَأَنَّمَا تَرْمُونَ فِيهِمْ نَضْحَ النَّبْلِ»  

tabarani:16263 – Ismāʿīl b. al-Ḥasan al-Khaffāf al-Miṣrī > Aḥmad b. Ṣāliḥ > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Kaʿb b. Mālik from his father

[Machine] He said, "O Messenger of Allah, what do you think of poetry?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, "Indeed, the believer strives with his sword and his tongue, and by Him in whose hand is my soul, it is as if you sprinkle them with nobility."  

الطبراني:١٦٢٦٣ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْخَفَّافُ الْمِصْرِيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ ثنا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَاذَا تَرَى فِي الشَّعْرَ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ يُجَاهِدُ بِسَيْفِهِ وَلِسَانِهِ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَكَأَنَّمَا تَنْضَحُونَهُمْ بِالنَّبْلِ»  

bayhaqi:21108 – Abū al-Ḥusayn b. Bishrān> Ismāʿīl b. Muḥammad al-Ṣaffār > Aḥmad b. Manṣūr > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Kaʿb b. Mālik from his father

[Machine] He said to the Prophet, "Indeed, Allah has revealed in poetry what He has not revealed in other forms. He said, 'Indeed, the believer strives with his sword and his tongue. By the One in whose hand my soul is, it is as if you are throwing pearls at them.'"  

البيهقي:٢١١٠٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ بِشْرَانَ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أنبأ مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ قَدْ أَنْزَلَ فِي الشِّعْرِ مَا أَنْزَلَ قَالَ إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ يُجَاهِدُ بِسَيْفِهِ وَلِسَانِهِ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَكَأَنَّمَا تَرْمُونَهُمْ بِهِ نَضْحُ النَّبْلِ كَذَا قَالَ  

suyuti:5853a –
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السيوطي:٥٨٥٣a –

"إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ يُجَاهدُ بسَيْفِهِ، وَلِسَانِه ، وَالَّذى نَفْسِى بِيَدهِ لَكأَنَ مَا تَرْمُونَهمُ به نَضْحُ النَّبْلِ".  

[حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري في تاريخه، [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير [ق] البيهقى في السنن وابن عساكر عن كعب بن مالك، أَنه قال للنبى ﷺ : "إِنَّ اللهَ أَنْزَلَ في الشعر ما أَنْزَل قَال فذكره"
suyuti:537-7b – Kaʿb Bin Mālik
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السيوطي:٥٣٧-٧b –

"عَنْ كَعْبِ بِن مالِكٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: يا رسولَ الله: مَاذا تَرَى فِى الشِّعْرِ؟ فَقَالَ رسولُ الله ﷺ إِنَّ المؤْمِنَ يُجَاهِدُ بِسَيْفهِ ولِسانِهِ، والذى نَفْسِى بِيَدِهِ لَكَأنَّما تَنْضحُونَهُم بِالنبلِ".  

ابن جرير
suyuti:537-16b – Kaʿb b. Mālik > Ḥīn Unzil Fiá al-Shiʿr Mā Unzil
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السيوطي:٥٣٧-١٦b –

"عَن كَعْب بن مَالِكٍ أَنَّهُ حِيْنَ أُنْزِلَ فِى الشِّعْرِ مَا أُنْزِلَ قَالَ: يَا رَسُول الله: إِنَّ الله قَدْ أَنْزَلَ فِى الشِّعْرِ مَا قَد عَلِمْت، فكَيْفَ ترىَ فِيهِ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ يُجَاهِد بِسَيْفِهِ ولسَانِهِ، وَالَّذِى نَفْسِى بِيَدِهِ لَكَأَنَّمَا تَنْضَحُونَهُم بِالنَّبْلِ، وَفِى لَفْظٍ لَكَأنَّمَا تَرمُونَهُم بِهِ نَضْح النَّبلِ".  

[كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه