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muslim:2578ʿAbdullāh b. Maslamah b. Qaʿnab > Dāwud / Ibn Qays > ʿUbaydullāh b. Miqsam > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

Be on your guard against committing oppression, for oppression is a darkness on the Day of Resurrection, and be on your guard against stinginess for stinginess destroyed those who were before you, as it incited them to shed blood and make lawful what was unlawful for them.  

مسلم:٢٥٧٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ بْنِ قَعْنَبٍ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ قَيْسٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مِقْسَمٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ اتَّقُوا الظُّلْمَ فَإِنَّ الظُّلْمَ ظُلُمَاتٌ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَاتَّقُوا الشُّحَّ فَإِنَّ الشُّحَّ أَهْلَكَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ حَمَلَهُمْ عَلَى أَنْ سَفَكُوا دِمَاءَهُمْ وَاسْتَحَلُّوا مَحَارِمَهُمْ  

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ahmad:14461ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Dāwud b. Qays > ʿUbaydullāh b. Miqsam > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

Be on your guard against committing oppression, for oppression is a darkness on the Day of Resurrection, and be on your guard against stinginess for stinginess destroyed those who were before you, as it incited them to shed blood and make lawful what was unlawful for them. (Using translation from Muslim 2578)  

أحمد:١٤٤٦١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مِقْسَمٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِيَّاكُمْ وَالظُّلْمَ فَإِنَّ الظُّلْمَ ظُلُمَاتٌ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَاتَّقُوا الشُّحَّ فَإِنَّ الشُّحَّ أَهْلَكَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ حَمَلَهُمْ عَلَى أَنْ سَفَكُوا دِمَاءَهُمْ وَاسْتَحَلُّوا مَحَارِمَهُمْ  

ahmad:9569Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd al-Qaṭṭān > ʿUbaydullāh > Saʿīd b. Abū Saʿīd > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ ) said: Beware of injustice, for indeed injustice will be darkness on the Day of Judgment. And beware of obscene language, for indeed Allah does not like obscene and vulgar speech. And beware of greed, for indeed it destroyed those before you, and they made lawful what Allah had made unlawful, and they shed blood and severed family ties."  

أحمد:٩٥٦٩حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانُ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ

رَسُولُ ﷺ إِيَّاكُمْ وَالظُّلْمَ فَإِنَّالظُّلْمَ ظُلُمَاتٌ عِنْدَ اللهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالْفُحْشَ فَإِنَّ اللهَ لَا يُحِبُّ الْفُحْشَ وَالتَّفَحُّشَ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالشُّحَّ فَإِنَّهُ دَعَا مَنْ قَبْلَكُمْ فَاسْتَحَلُّوا مَحَارِمَهُمْ وَسَفَكُوا دِمَاءَهُمْ وَقَطَّعُوا أَرْحَامَهُمْ  

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَنِ السَّبَبِ الَّذِي مِنْ أَجْلِهِ سَفَكَتْ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ دِمَاءَهُمْ وَقَطَعُوا أَرْحَامَهُمْ

ibnhibban:6248Abū Yaʿlá > Hārūn b. Maʿrūf > Sufyān > Ibn ʿAjlān > Saʿīd > Abū Hurayrah Yablugh Bih

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Beware of oppression, for verily oppression is darkness on the Day of Judgment. And beware of indecency, for verily Allah does not love indecent and immoral actions. And beware of stinginess, for stinginess has led the nations before you to shed blood, sever ties, and make permissible what is forbidden."  

ابن حبّان:٦٢٤٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ مَعْرُوفٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ يَبْلُغُ بِهِ

النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِيَّاكُمْ وَالظُّلْمَ فَإِنَّ الظُّلْمَ هُوَ الظُّلُمَاتُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالْفُحْشَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ الْفَاحِشَ وَالْمُتَفَحِّشَ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالشُّحَّ فَإِنَّ الشُّحَّ قَدْ دَعَا مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ فَسَفَكُوا دِمَاءَهُمْ وَقَطَعُوا أَرْحَامَهُمْ وَاسْتَحَلُّوا مَحَارِمَهُمْ»  

ibnhibban:5177Abū Khalīfah > Ibrāhīm b. Bashhār al-Ramādī > Sufyān > Ibn ʿAjlān > Saʿīd > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Beware of foul language, for surely Allah does not like it, and beware of injustice, for injustice will be darkness on the Day of Judgment. And beware of stinginess, for stinginess led those before you to shed blood and sever family ties.'"  

ابن حبّان:٥١٧٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ بَشَّارِ الرَّمَادِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِيَّاكُمْ وَالْفُحْشَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ الْفَاحِشَ وَالْمُتَفَحِّشَ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالظُّلْمَ فَإِنَّ الظُّلْمَ هِيَ الظُّلُمَاتُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالشُّحَّ فَإِنَّ الشُّحَّ دَعَا مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ فَسَفَكُوا دِمَاءَهُمْ وَقَطَعُوا أَرْحَامَهُمْ» *  

bayhaqi:20450Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq Imlāʾ > Abū al-Muthanná And Muḥammad b. ʿĪsá b. al-Sakan > al-Qaʿnabī > Dāwud b. Qays > ʿUbaydullāh b. Miqsam > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

Be on your guard against committing oppression, for oppression is a darkness on the Day of Resurrection, and be on your guard against stinginess for stinginess destroyed those who were before you, as it incited them to shed blood and make lawful what was unlawful for them. (Using translation from Muslim 2578)   

البيهقي:٢٠٤٥٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ إِمْلَاءً أنبأ أَبُو الْمُثَنَّى وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى بْنِ السَّكَنِ قَالَا ثنا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ ثنا دَاوُدُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مِقْسَمٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ اتَّقُوا الظُّلْمَ فَإِنَّ الظُّلْمَ ظُلُمَاتٌ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَاتَّقُوا الشُّحَّ فَإِنَّ الشُّحَّ أَهْلَكَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ حَمَلَهُمْ عَلَى أَنْ سَفَكُوا دِمَاءَهُمْ وَاسْتَحَلُّوا مَحَارِمَهُمْ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنِ الْقَعْنَبِيِّ
bayhaqi:11501Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ

Be on your guard against committing oppression, for oppression is a darkness on the Day of Resurrection, and be on your guard against stinginess for stinginess destroyed those who were before you, as it incited them to shed blood and make lawful what was unlawful for them. (Using translation from Muslim 2578)   

البيهقي:١١٥٠١أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ بَكْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّيْرَفِيُّ بِمَرْوَ ثنا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ ثنا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ ثنا دَاوُدُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مِقْسَمٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ اتَّقُوا الظُّلْمَ؛ فَإِنَّ الظُّلْمَ ظُلُمَاتٌ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَاتَّقُوا الشُّحَّ؛ فَإِنَّ الشُّحَّ أَهْلَكَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ حَمَلَهُمْ عَلَى أَنْ سَفَكُوا دِمَاءَهُمْ وَاسْتَحَلُّوا مَحَارِمَهُمْ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنِ الْقَعْنَبِيِّ
adab:470

Sa'id al-Maqburi reported from his father that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Beware of avarice. It destroyed those before you. They shed one another's blood and broke off relations with their relatives. Injustice will appear as darkness on the Day of Rising."  

الأدب المفرد:٤٧٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِيَّاكُمْ وَالشُّحَّ فَإِنَّهُ أَهْلَكَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ سَفَكُوا دِمَاءَهُمْ وَقَطَعُوا أَرْحَامَهُمْ وَالظُّلْمُ ظُلُمَاتٌ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ  

adab:483

Jabir ibn 'Abdullah reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Fear injustice. Injustice will appear as darkness on the Day of Rising. Fear avarice. Avarice destroyed people before you and led them to shed one another's blood and to make lawful what was unlawful for them."  

الأدب المفرد:٤٨٣حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مِقْسَمٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اتَّقُوا الظُّلْمَ فَإِنَّ الظُّلْمَ ظُلُمَاتٌ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَاتَّقُوا الشُّحَّ فَإِنَّ الشُّحَّ أَهْلَكَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ وَحَمَلَهُمْ عَلَى أَنْ سَفَكُوا دِمَاءَهُمْ وَاسْتَحَلُّوا مَحَارِمَهُمْ  

adab:488

Jabir reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Beware of injustice. Injustice will appear as darkness on the Day of Rising. Fear avarice. It destroyed those before you and caused them to shed one another's blood and to make lawful what was unlawful."  

الأدب المفرد:٤٨٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مِقْسَمٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِيَّاكُمْ وَالظُّلْمَ فَإِنَّ الظُّلْمَ ظُلُمَاتٌ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَاتَّقُوا الشُّحَّ فَإِنَّهُ أَهْلَكَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ وَحَمَلَهُمْ عَلَى أَنْ سَفَكُوا دِمَاءَهُمْ وَاسْتَحَلُّوا مَحَارِمَهُمْ  

suyuti:9338a
Translation not available.

  

السيوطي:٩٣٣٨a

"إيَّاكُمْ والظُّلمَ فَإنَّ الظُّلمَ ظُلُمَاتٌ يَوْمَ القيَامَةِ، وَاتَّقُوا الشُّحَّ فَإِنَّ الشُّحَّ أهْلَكَ مَنْ كَان قَبْلَكُمْ، حَمَلَهُمْ عَلَى أن سَفَكُوا دِمَاءَهُمْ واسْتَحلُّوا مَحَارمَهُم".  

[حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري في الأدب، [م] مسلم عن جابر
suyuti:427a

Be on your guard against committing oppression, for oppression is a darkness on the Day of Resurrection, and be on your guard against stinginess for stinginess destroyed those who were before you, as it incited them to shed blood and make lawful what was unlawful for them. (Using translation from Muslim 2578)   

السيوطي:٤٢٧a

"اتقوا الظُّلْمَ، فإن الظُّلْم ظلماتٌ يوم القيامةِ، واتقوا الشحَّ فإن الشحَّ أهلك من كان قبلكم، وحملهم على أن سفكوا دماءهم واستحلوا محارمهم".  

[حم] أحمد وعبد بن حميد، [خ] البخاري في الأدب، [م] مسلم وأبو عوانة عن جابر بن عبد الله