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ibnmajah:2537 – Hishām b. ʿAmmār > al-Walīd b. Muslim > Saʿīd b. Sinān > Abū al-Zāhiriyyah > Abū Shajarah Kathīr b. Murrah > Ābin ʿUmar

“Carrying out one of the legal punishments prescribed by Allah (SWT) is better than if it were to rain for forty nights in the land of Allah (SWT), Glorified is He.”  

ابن ماجة:٢٥٣٧ – حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزَّاهِرِيَّةِ عَنْ أَبِي شَجَرَةَ كَثِيرِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنِ ابِنْ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِقَامَةُ حَدٍّ مِنْ حُدُودِ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ مَطَرِ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً فِي بِلاَدِ اللَّهِ ﷻ  

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suyuti:3874a –

“Carrying out one of the legal punishments prescribed by Allah (SWT) is better than if it were to rain for forty nights in the land of Allah (SWT), Glorified is He.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2537)   

السيوطي:٣٨٧٤a –

" إِقَامةَ حَدِّ، منْ حُدُودِ اللْه تعالى خَيرٌ مِن مَطَر أَرْبَعينَ لَيلَةً في بِلادِ اللْهِ ".  

[هب] البيهقى في شعب الإيمان [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن ابن عمر