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muslim:2116a – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAlī b. Mushir > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

Jabir reported that Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade (the animals to be beaten) on the face or cauterisation on the face.  

مسلم:٢١١٦a – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الضَّرْبِ فِي الْوَجْهِ وَعَنِ الْوَسْمِ فِي الْوَجْهِ  

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tirmidhi:1710 – Aḥmad b. Manīʿ > Rawḥ b. ʿUbādah > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

"The Prophet ﷺ prohibited branding on the face and striking (it)."  

[Abu 'Eisa said:] This Hadith is Hasan Sahih.
الترمذي:١٧١٠ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَهَى عَنِ الْوَسْمِ فِي الْوَجْهِ وَالضَّرْبِ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
ahmad:5991 – ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥārith > Ḥanẓalah > Sālim b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

[Machine] And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "He forbade hitting the face."  

أحمد:٥٩٩١ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ حَدَّثَنِي حَنْظَلَةُ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَكْرَهُ الْعَلَمَ فِي الصُّورَةِ

وَقَالَ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ ضَرْبِ الْوَجْهِ