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ibnmajah:2659Hishām b. ʿAmmār > Ḥātim b. Ismāʿīl > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAyyāsh > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

“A Muslim should not be killed in retaliation for the murder of a disbeliever.”  

ابن ماجة:٢٦٥٩حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَاتِمُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ يُقْتَلُ مُسْلِمٌ بِكَافِرٍ  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Mālik, Aḥmad, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
nasai:4104Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Abū Isḥāq > ʿUmar b. Saʿd > Saʿd b. Abū Waqqāṣ

The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: "Fighting a Muslim is Kufr and defaming him is evildoing."  

النسائي:٤١٠٤أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ قِتَالُ الْمُسْلِمِ كُفْرٌ وَسِبَابُهُ فُسُوقٌ  

malik:27-18Yaḥyá > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > ʿAlī b. Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī > ʿUmar b. ʿUthmān b. ʿAffān > Usāmah b. Zayd

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Ali ibn Husayn ibn Ali from Umar ibn Uthman ibn Affan from Usama ibn Zayd that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A muslim does not inherit from a kafir."  

مالك:٢٧-١٨حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَرِثُ الْمُسْلِمُ الْكَافِرَ  

ahmad:1537ʿAlī b. Baḥr > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus > Zakariyyā > Abū Isḥāq > Muḥammad b. Saʿd b. Mālikʿan Abīh

The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: "Fighting a Muslim is Kufr and defaming him is evildoing." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4104)   

أحمد:١٥٣٧حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ بَحْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ عَنْ زَكَرِيَّا عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ مَالِكٍعَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ قِتَالُ الْمُسْلِمِ كُفْرٌ وَسِبَابُهُ فِسْقٌ  

ahmad:6662Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad And Hāshim / Ibn al-Qāsim > Muḥammad b. Rāshid al-Khuzāʿī > Sulaymān b. Mūsá > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

[Machine] That the Prophet ﷺ ruled that a Muslim should not be killed by a non-believer.  

أحمد:٦٦٦٢حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَهَاشِمٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْقَاسِمِ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَاشِدٍ الْخُزَاعِيُّ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَضَى أَنْ لَا يُقْتَلَ مُسْلِمٌ بِكَافِرٍ  

ahmad:6796Wakīʿ > Khalīfah b. Khayyāṭ > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

“A Muslim should not be killed in retaliation for the murder of a disbeliever.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2659)   

أحمد:٦٧٩٦حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنِي خَلِيفَةُ بْنُ خَيَّاطٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يُقْتَلُ مُسْلِمٌ بِكَافِرٍ وَلَا ذُو عَهْدٍ فِي عَهْدِهِ  

nasai-kubra:3553Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Abū Isḥāq > ʿUmar b. Saʿd > Saʿd b. Abū Waqqāṣ

The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: "Fighting a Muslim is Kufr and defaming him is evildoing." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4104)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٥٥٣أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «قَتْلُ الْمُسْلِمِ كُفْرٌ وَسِبَابُهُ فُسُوقٌ»