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ذِكْرُ مَا كَانَ يَسْتَعْمِلُ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ مِنْ تَرْكِ ضَرْبِ أَحَدٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ بِنَفْسِهِ

ibnhibban:6444al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Muḥammad b. al-Minhāl al-Ḍarīr > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ never struck anything with his hand except when fighting for the cause of Allah, and he never struck a woman or a servant."  

ابن حبّان:٦٤٤٤أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ الضَّرِيرُ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

«مَا ضَرَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِيَدِهِ شَيْئًا قَطُّ إِلَّا أَنْ يُجَاهِدَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَمَا ضَرَبَ امْرَأَةً قَطُّ وَلَا خَادِمًا قَطُّ»  


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ahmad:25715Wakīʿ > Hishām from his father > ʿĀʾishah

"The Messenger of Allah never beat any of his servants, or wives, and his hand never hit anything." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1984)   

أحمد:٢٥٧١٥حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

مَا ضَرَبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خَادِمًا قَطُّ وَلَا امْرَأَةً وَلَا ضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ شَيْئًا إِلَّا أَنْ يُجَاهِدَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ  

darimi:2264Jaʿfar b. ʿAwn > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ never struck a servant and he never struck anything with his hand except when he was fighting in the cause of Allah, the Almighty and Glorious."  

الدارمي:٢٢٦٤حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَوْنٍ أَنْبَأََنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

«مَا ضَرَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَادِمًا قَطُّ وَلَا ضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ شَيْئًا إِلَّا أَنْ يُجَاهِدَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ﷻ»  

nasai-kubra:9120Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbdah And Wakīʿ > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] "I have never seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ strike a servant or a woman, nor did he ever strike anything with his hand except when he was fighting in the way of Allah."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٩١٢٠أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدَةُ وَوَكِيعٌ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

«مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ ضَرَبَ خَادِمًا لَهُ قَطُّ وَلَا امْرَأَةً وَلَا ضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ شَيْئًا قَطُّ زَادَ عَبْدَةُ إِلَّا أَنْ يُجَاهِدَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ»