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ibnmajah:3938Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Simāk > Thaʿlabah b. al-Ḥakam

“We came across some of the enemy’s sheep and plundered them, and set up our cooking pots. The Prophet ﷺ passed by the pots and ordered that they be overturned, then he said: ‘Plunder is not permissible.’”  

ابن ماجة:٣٩٣٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ قَالَ

أَصَبْنَا غَنَمًا لِلْعَدُوِّ فَانْتَهَبْنَاهَا فَنَصَبْنَا قُدُورَنَا فَمَرَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِالْقُدُورِ فَأَمَرَ بِهَا فَأُكْفِئَتْ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ النُّهْبَةَ لاَ تَحِلُّ  


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tabarani:1372[Chain 1] Abū Muslim al-Kashhī > Abū al-Walīd [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Aḥmad b. Yūnus [Chain 3] Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. Khālid al-Ḥarrānī > Abū > Zuhayr > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Thaʿlabah b. al-Ḥakam Akhū Banī Layth

[Machine] He saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passing by pots that contained stolen lamb meat, so he commanded for them to be emptied and said, "Indeed, looting is not permissible."  

الطبراني:١٣٧٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْكَشِّيُّ ثنا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْحَرَّانِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالُوا ثنا زُهَيْرٌ ثنا سِمَاكُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ أَنْبَأَنِي ثَعْلَبَةُ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ أَخُو بَنِي لَيْثٍ

أَنَّهُ رَأَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ مَرَّ عَلَى قُدُورٍ فِيهَا لَحْمُ غَنْمٍ انْتَهَبُوها فَأَمَرَ بِهَا فَأُكْفِئَتْ وَقَالَ «إِنَّ النُّهْبَةَ لَا تَحِلُّ»  

tabarani:1378[Chain 1] ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Minjāb b. al-Ḥārith > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Thaʿlabah b. al-Ḥakam

“We came across some of the enemy’s sheep and plundered them, and set up our cooking pots. The Prophet ﷺ passed by the pots and ordered that they be overturned, then he said: ‘Plunder is not permissible.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3938)  

الطبراني:١٣٧٨أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا مِنْجَابُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ قَالَ

أَصَبْنَا غَنَمًا لِلْعَدُوِّ فَانْتَهَبْنَاهَا فَنَصَبْنَا قُدُورَنَا فَمَرَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِالْقُدُورِ فَأَمَرَ بِهَا فَأُكْفِئَتْ ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنَّ النُّهْبَةَ لَا تَحِلُّ»