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ibnmajah:2098Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Ibn Abū ʿAdī > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > Abū Qilābah > Thābit b. al-Ḍaḥḥāk

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Whoever takes an oath to follow a religion other than Islam, telling a deliberate lie, he will be as he said.'"  

ابن ماجة:٢٠٩٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتِ بْنِ الضَّحَّاكِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ حَلَفَ بِمِلَّةٍ سِوَى الإِسْلاَمِ كَاذِبًا مُتَعَمِّدًا فَهُوَ كَمَا قَالَ  


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nasai:3771Maḥmūd b. Khālid > al-Walīd > Abū ʿAmr > Yaḥyá > Abū Qilābah > Thābit b. al-Ḍaḥḥāk

"Whoever swears by a religion other than Islam, telling a lie, will be as he said, and whoever kills himself with something will be punished with it in the Hereafter."  

النسائي:٣٧٧١أَخْبَرَنِي مَحْمُودُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَمْرٍو عَنْ يَحْيَى أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو قِلاَبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ثَابِتُ بْنُ الضَّحَّاكِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ حَلَفَ بِمِلَّةٍ سِوَى الإِسْلاَمِ كَاذِبًا فَهُوَ كَمَا قَالَ وَمَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسَهُ بِشَىْءٍ عُذِّبَ بِهِ فِي الآخِرَةِ  

tirmidhi:1543Aḥmad b. Manīʿ > Isḥāq b. Yūsuf al-Azraq > Hishām al-Dastawāʾī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Qilābah > Thābit b. al-Ḍaḥḥāk

That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever swears by a religion other than Islam while lying, then he is as he said."  

الترمذي:١٥٤٣حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الأَزْرَقُ عَنْ هِشَامٍ الدَّسْتَوَائِيِّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتِ بْنِ الضَّحَّاكِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ حَلَفَ بِمِلَّةٍ غَيْرِ الإِسْلاَمِ كَاذِبًا فَهُوَ كَمَا قَالَ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَقَدِ اخْتَلَفَ أَهْلُ الْعِلْمِ فِي هَذَا إِذَا حَلَفَ الرَّجُلُ بِمِلَّةٍ سِوَى الإِسْلاَمِ فَقَالَ هُوَ يَهُودِيٌّ أَوْ نَصْرَانِيٌّ إِنْ فَعَلَ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَفَعَلَ ذَلِكَ الشَّىْءَ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ قَدْ أَتَى عَظِيمًا وَلاَ كَفَّارَةَ عَلَيْهِ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَبِهِ يَقُولُ مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ وَإِلَى هَذَا الْقَوْلِ ذَهَبَ أَبُو عُبَيْدٍ وَقَالَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَالتَّابِعِينَ وَغَيْرِهِمْ عَلَيْهِ فِي ذَلِكَ الْكَفَّارَةُ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ سُفْيَانَ وَأَحْمَدَ وَإِسْحَاقَ
ahmad:16386ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Sufyān > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > Abū Qilābah > Thābit b. al-Ḍaḥḥāk al-Anṣārī

Verily the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: He who took an oath on a religion other than Islam as a liar would become so as he said, and he who slaughtered himself with a thing would be slaughtered with that on the Day of Resurrection. (Using translation from Muslim 110d)  

أحمد:١٦٣٨٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتِ بْنِ الضَّحَّاكِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ حَلَفَ بِمِلَّةٍ سِوَى الْإِسْلَامِ كَاذِبًا مُتَعَمِّدًا فَهُوَ كَمَا قَالَ وَقَالَ مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسَهُ بِشَيْءٍ عَذَّبَهُ اللهُ بِهِ فِي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ  

ahmad:16390Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Khālid > Abīqilābah

[Machine] Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said: "Whoever swears falsely, intentionally, on any religion other than Islam, is as he said. And whoever kills themselves with something, Allah will punish them with it in the fire of Hell."  

أحمد:١٦٣٩٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِيقِلَابَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتِ بْنِ الضَّحَّاكِ وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ الشَّجَرَةِ ثُمَّ قَالَ بَعْدُ أَوْ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ ثَابِتِ بْنِ الضَّحَّاكِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ مَنْ حَلَفَ بِمِلَّةٍ سِوَى الْإِسْلَامِ كَاذِبًا مُتَعَمِّدًا فَهُوَ كَمَا قَالَ وَمَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسَهُ بِشَيْءٍ أَوْ ذَبَحَ ذَبَحَهُ اللهُ بِهِ فِي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ  

ahmad:16392ʿAlī b. ʿĀṣim > Khālid > Abū Qilābah > Thābit b. al-Ḍaḥḥāk

Verily the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: He who took an oath on a religion other than Islam as a liar would become so as he said, and he who slaughtered himself with a thing would be slaughtered with that on the Day of Resurrection. (Using translation from Muslim 110d)  

أحمد:١٦٣٩٢حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتِ بْنِ الضَّحَّاكِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ حَلَفَ بِمِلَّةٍ سِوَى الْإِسْلَامِ كَاذِبًا مُتَعَمِّدًا فَهُوَ كَمَا قَالَ وَمَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسَهُ بِشَيْءٍ عَذَّبَهُ اللهُ بِهِ فِي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ  

ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ أَنْ يَحْلِفَ الْمَرْءُ بِسَائِرِ الْمِلَلِ سِوَى الْإِسْلَامِ

ibnhibban:4366Shabāb b. Ṣāliḥ Biwāsiṭ > Wahbb. Baqiyyah > Khālid > Khālid > Abū Qilābah > Thābit b. al-Ḍaḥḥāk

Verily the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: He who took an oath on a religion other than Islam as a liar would become so as he said, and he who slaughtered himself with a thing would be slaughtered with that on the Day of Resurrection. (Using translation from Muslim 110d)  

ابن حبّان:٤٣٦٦أَخْبَرَنَا شَبَابُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ بِوَاسِطَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتِ بْنِ الضَّحَّاكِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ حَلَفَ بِمِلَّةٍ سِوَى الْإِسْلَامِ كَاذِبًا مُتَعَمِّدًا فَهُوَ كَمَا قَالَ وَمَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسَهُ بِشَيْءٍ عُذِّبَ بِهِ فِي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ»  

ذِكْرُ التَّغْلِيظِ عَلَى مَنْ حَلَفَ كَاذِبًا بِالْمِلَلِ الَّتِي هِيَ غَيْرُ الْإِسْلَامِ

ibnhibban:4367Ibn Salm > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ibrāhīm > al-Walīd b. Muslim > al-Awzāʿī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Qilābah > Thābit b. al-Ḍaḥḥāk

"Whoever swears by a religion other than Islam, telling a lie, will be as he said, and whoever kills himself with something will be punished with it in the Hereafter." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3771)   

ابن حبّان:٤٣٦٧أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ سَلْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتِ بْنِ الضَّحَّاكِ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ حَلَفَ بِمِلَّةٍ سِوَى الْإِسْلَامِ كَاذِبًا فَهُوَ كَمَا قَالَ وَمَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسَهُ بِشَيْءٍ فِي الدُّنْيَا عُذِّبَ بِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»  

tabarani:1325Yūsuf al-Qāḍī > Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd b. Ḥisāb > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > Thābit b. al-Ḍaḥḥāk And Kānat Lah Ṣuḥbah > Ḥammād Walaw Qult Innah Marfūʿ Lam Ubāl

[Machine] "Hamad, even if you say that he is praised, I wouldn't mind," he said. "Whoever swears by a religion other than Islam falsely, he is as he said."  

الطبراني:١٣٢٥حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ الْقَاضِي ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ حِسَابٍ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتِ بْنِ الضَّحَّاكِ وَكَانَتْ لَهُ صُحْبَةٌ قَالَ

حَمَّادٌ وَلَوْ قُلْتَ إِنَّهُ مَرْفُوعٌ لَمْ أُبَالِ قَالَ «مَنْ حَلَفَ بِمِلَّةٍ سِوَى الْإِسْلَامِ كَاذِبًا فَهُوَ كَمَا قَالَ»  

tabarani:1327ʿAbdān b. Aḥmad > ʿAbd al-Wārith b. ʿAbd al-Ṣamad from my father > Shuʿbah > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > Thābit b. al-Ḍaḥḥāk

"Whoever swears by a religion other than Islam, telling a lie, will be as he said, and whoever kills himself with something will be punished with it in the Hereafter." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3771)   

الطبراني:١٣٢٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ ثنا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتِ بْنِ الضَّحَّاكِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ حَلَفَ بِمِلَّةٍ سِوَى الْإِسْلَامِ كَاذِبًا فَهُوَ كَمَا قَالَ وَمَنْ ذَبَحَ نَفْسَهُ بِشَيْءٍ ذُبِحَ بِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»  

tabarani:1338Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > Musaddad > Bishr b. al-Mufaḍḍal And Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > Abū Qilābah > Thābit b. al-Ḍaḥḥāk

Verily the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: He who took an oath on a religion other than Islam as a liar would become so as he said, and he who slaughtered himself with a thing would be slaughtered with that on the Day of Resurrection. (Using translation from Muslim 110d)  

الطبراني:١٣٣٨حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ وَيَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ قَالَا ثنا خَالِدٌ الْحَذَّاءُ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتِ بْنِ الضَّحَّاكِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ «مَنْ حَلَفَ بِمِلَّةٍ غَيْرِ الْإِسْلَامِ كَاذِبًا مُتَعَمِّدًا فَهُوَ كَمَا قَالَ وَمَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسَهُ بِشَيْءٍ عَذَّبَهُ اللهُ بِهِ فِي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ»  

nasai-kubra:4694Maḥmūd b. Khālid > al-Walīd > Abū ʿAmr > Yaḥyá > Abū Qilābah > Thābit b. al-Ḍaḥḥāk

"Whoever swears by a religion other than Islam, telling a lie, will be as he said, and whoever kills himself with something will be punished with it in the Hereafter." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3771)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٦٩٤أَخْبَرَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَمْرٍو عَنْ يَحْيَى أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو قِلَابَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ثَابِتُ بْنُ الضَّحَّاكِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ حَلَفَ بِمِلَّةٍ سِوَى الْإِسْلَامِ كَاذِبًا فَهُوَ كَمَا قَالَ وَمَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسَهُ بِشَيْءٍ عُذِّبَ بِهِ فِي الْآخِرَةِ»