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ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ الْقَوَدَ لَا يَكُونُ إِلَّا بِالسَّيْفِ أَوِ الْحَدِيدِ

ibnhibban:5992Zakariyyā b. Yaḥyá b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Sājī > Muḥammad b. Bashhār And Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Hishām b. Zayd b. Anas > Anas b. Mālik > Yahūdī Qatal a neighboriyah > Awḍāḥ Lahā Qatalahā Biḥajar > Fajīʾ Bihā Wabihā Ramaq > Lahā Aqatalak Fulān Faʾashārat Biraʾsihā > Lā Thum > Lahā al-Thāniyah Faʾashārat Biraʾsihā > Lā Thum Saʾalahā al-Thālithah

Has so and so killed you? She indicated with the nod of her head: No. He said for the second time, and she again said: No with the nod of her head. He asked for the third time, and she said: Yes with the nod of her head and Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded to crush his head between two stones. (Using translation from Muslim 1672a)  

ابن حبّان:٥٩٩٢أَخْبَرَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السَّاجِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ يَهُودِيًّا قَتَلَ جَارِيَةً عَلَى أَوْضَاحٍ لَهَا قَتَلَهَا بِحَجَرٍ قَالَ فَجِيءَ بِهَا وَبِهَا رَمَقٌ قَالَ لَهَا «أَقَتَلَكِ فُلَانٌ»؟ فَأَشَارَتْ بِرَأْسِهَا أَنْ لَا ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهَا الثَّانِيَةَ فَأَشَارَتْ بِرَأْسِهَا أَنْ لَا ثُمَّ سَأَلَهَا الثَّالِثَةَ فَقَالَتْ نَعَمْ وَأَشَارَتْ بِرَأْسِهَا فَقَتَلَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَيْنَ حَجَرَيْنِ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Nasāʾī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad
bukhari:6879Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Hishām b. Zayd > Anas

A Jew killed a girl so that he may steal her ornaments. He struck her with a stone, and she was brought to the Prophet ﷺ while she was still alive. The Prophet ﷺ asked her, "Did such-and-such person strike you?" She gestured with her head, expressing denial. He asked her for the second time, and she again gestured with her head, expressing denial. When he asked her for the third time, she beckoned, "Yes." So the Prophet ﷺ killed him (the Jew) with two stones.  

البخاري:٦٨٧٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ

أَنَّ يَهُودِيًّا قَتَلَ جَارِيَةً عَلَى أَوْضَاحٍ لَهَا فَقَتَلَهَا بِحَجَرٍ فَجِيءَ بِهَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَبِهَا رَمَقٌ فَقَالَ أَقَتَلَكِ فُلاَنٌ فَأَشَارَتْ بِرَأْسِهَا أَنْ لاَ ثُمَّ قَالَ الثَّانِيَةَ فَأَشَارَتْ بِرَأْسِهَا أَنْ لاَ ثُمَّ سَأَلَهَا الثَّالِثَةَ فَأَشَارَتْ بِرَأْسِهَا أَنْ نَعَمْ فَقَتَلَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِحَجَرَيْنِ  

muslim:1672aMuḥammad b. al-Muthanná And Muḥammad b. Bashhār Wa-al-Lafẓ Ibn al-Muthanná > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Hishām b. Zayd > Anas b. Mālik > Yahūdī Qatal a neighboriyah > Awḍāḥ Lahā Faqatalahā Biḥajar

Has so and so killed you? She indicated with the nod of her head: No. He said for the second time, and she again said: No with the nod of her head. He asked for the third time, and she said: Yes with the nod of her head and Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded to crush his head between two stones.  

مسلم:١٦٧٢aحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لاِبْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ يَهُودِيًّا قَتَلَ جَارِيَةً عَلَى أَوْضَاحٍ لَهَا فَقَتَلَهَا بِحَجَرٍ قَالَ فَجِيءَ بِهَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَبِهَا رَمَقٌ فَقَالَ لَهَا أَقَتَلَكِ فُلاَنٌ فَأَشَارَتْ بِرَأْسِهَا أَنْ لاَ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهَا الثَّانِيَةَ فَأَشَارَتْ بِرَأْسِهَا أَنْ لاَ ثُمَّ سَأَلَهَا الثَّالِثَةَ فَقَالَتْ نَعَمْ وَأَشَارَتْ بِرَأْسِهَا فَقَتَلَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَيْنَ حَجَرَيْنِ  

nasai:4779Ismāʿīl b. Masʿūd > Khālid > Shuʿbah > Hishām b. Zayd > Anas

a Jew saw some jewelry on a girl, so he killed her with a rock. She was brought to the Prophet as she was breathing her last, and he said: "Did so and so kill you?" - Shu'bah (one of the narrators) gestured with his head, to show that she had gestured no. - He said: "Did so and so kill you?" - Shu'bah (one of the narrators) gestured with his head to show that she had gestured no. - He said: "Did so and so kill you?" - Shu'bah (one of the narrators) gestured with his head to show that she had gestured yes. - So the Messenger of Allah called for him, and killed him with two rocks.  

النسائي:٤٧٧٩أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ يَهُودِيًّا رَأَى عَلَى جَارِيَةٍ أَوْضَاحًا فَقَتَلَهَا بِحَجَرٍ فَأُتِيَ بِهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَبِهَا رَمَقٌ فَقَالَ أَقَتَلَكِ فُلاَنٌ فَأَشَارَ شُعْبَةُ بِرَأْسِهِ يَحْكِيهَا أَنْ لاَ فَقَالَ أَقَتَلَكِ فُلاَنٌ فَأَشَارَ شُعْبَةُ بِرَأْسِهِ يَحْكِيهَا أَنْ لاَ قَالَ أَقَتَلَكِ فُلاَنٌ فَأَشَارَ شُعْبَةُ بِرَأْسِهِ يَحْكِيهَا أَنْ نَعَمْ فَدَعَا بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَتَلَهُ بَيْنَ حَجَرَيْنِ  

ibnmajah:2666[Chain 1] Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar [Chain 2] Isḥāq b. Manṣūr > al-Naḍr b. Shumayl > Shuʿbah > Hishām b. Zayd > Anas b. Mālik > Yahūdī Qatal a neighboriyah > Awḍāḥ Lahā > Lahā Aqatalak Fulān Faʾashārat Biraʾsihā > Lā Thum Saʾalahā al-Thāniyah Faʾashārat Biraʾsihā > Lā Thum Saʾalahā al-Thālithah Faʾashārat Biraʾsihā

a Jew killed a girl for her jewelry. He asked her (as she was dying): “Did so-and-so kill you?” and she gestured with her head to say no. Then he asked her again, and she gestured with her head to say no. he asked her a third time and she gestured with her head to say yes. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ killed him (by crushing his head) between two rocks.  

ابن ماجة:٢٦٦٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ حَدَّثَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ يَهُودِيًّا قَتَلَ جَارِيَةً عَلَى أَوْضَاحٍ لَهَا فَقَالَ لَهَا أَقَتَلَكِ فُلاَنٌ فَأَشَارَتْ بِرَأْسِهَا أَنْ لاَ ثُمَّ سَأَلَهَا الثَّانِيَةَ فَأَشَارَتْ بِرَأْسِهَا أَنْ لاَ ثُمَّ سَأَلَهَا الثَّالِثَةَ فَأَشَارَتْ بِرَأْسِهَا أَنْ نَعَمْ فَقَتَلَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَيْنَ حَجَرَيْنِ  

ahmad:12748Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar And Ḥajjāj > Shuʿbah > Hishām b. Zayd > Anas b. Mālik > Yahūdī Qatal a neighboriyah > Awḍāḥ Lahā > Faqatalahā Biḥajar

Has so and so killed you? She indicated with the nod of her head: No. He said for the second time, and she again said: No with the nod of her head. He asked for the third time, and she said: Yes with the nod of her head and Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded to crush his head between two stones. (Using translation from Muslim 1672a)  

أحمد:١٢٧٤٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ وَحَجَّاجٌ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ يَهُودِيًّا قَتَلَ جَارِيَةً عَلَى أَوْضَاحٍ لَهَا قَالَ فَقَتَلَهَا بِحَجَرٍ قَالَ فَجِيءَ بِهَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَبِهَا رَمَقٌ فَقَالَ لَهَا قَتَلَكِ فُلَانٌ؟ فَأَشَارَتْ بِرَأْسِهَا أَيْ لَا ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهَا الثَّانِيَةَ فَأَشَارَتْ بِرَأْسِهَا أَيْ لَا ثُمَّ سَأَلَهَا الثَّالِثَةَ فَقَالَتْ نَعَمْ وَأَشَارَتْ بِرَأْسِهَا فَقَتَلَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَيْنَ حَجَرَيْنِ