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ibnmajah:2545ʿAbdullāh b. al-Jarrāḥ > Wakīʿ > Ibrāhīm b. al-Faḍl > Saʿīd b. Abū Saʿīd > Abū Hurayrah

“Ward off the legal punishments as much as you can.”  

ابن ماجة:٢٥٤٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ادْفَعُوا الْحُدُودَ مَا وَجَدْتُمْ لَهُ مَدْفَعًا  


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