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muslim:2612d – ʿUbaydullāh b. Muʿādh al-ʿAnbarī from my father > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Abū Ayyūb > Abū Hurayrah

When any one of you fights with his brother, he should not slap at the face.

مسلم:٢٦١٢d – حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ سَمِعَ أَبَا أَيُّوبَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَاتَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ فَلاَ يَلْطِمَنَّ الْوَجْهَ

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bukhari:2559 – Muḥammad b. ʿUbaydullāh > Ibn Wahb > Mālik b. Anas > Ibn Fulān > Saʿīd al-Maqburī from his father > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "If somebody fights (or beats somebody) then he should avoid the face."

البخاري:٢٥٥٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ قَالَ وَأَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ فُلاَنٍ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ هَمَّامٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ: «إِذَا قَاتَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَجْتَنِبِ الْوَجْهَ۔»

muslim:2612a – ʿAbdullāh b. Maslamah b. Qaʿnab > al-Mughīrah / al-Ḥizāmī > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

When any one of you fights with his brother he should avoid striking at the face.

مسلم:٢٦١٢a – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ بْنِ قَعْنَبٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُغِيرَةُ يَعْنِي الْحِزَامِيَّ عَنِ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَاتَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ فَلْيَجْتَنِبِ الْوَجْهَ

muslim:2612c – Shaybān b. Farrūkh > Abū ʿAwānah > Suhayl from his father > Abū Hurayrah

When any one of you fights with his brother, he should spare his face.

مسلم:٢٦١٢c – حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا قَاتَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ فَلْيَتَّقِ الْوَجْهَ

muslim:2612f – Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Hammām > Qatādah > Yaḥyá b. Mālik al-Marāghī / Abū Ayyūb > Abū Hurayrah

When any one of you fights with his brother, he should avoid the face.

مسلم:٢٦١٢f – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ مَالِكٍ الْمَرَاغِيِّ وَهُوَ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا قَاتَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ فَلْيَجْتَنِبِ الْوَجْهَ

ibnmajah:1474 – Muḥammad b. Bashhār > ʿUmar b. Yūnus > ʿIkrimah b. ʿAmmār > Hishām b. Ḥassān > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn > Abū Qatādah

“If anyone of you is charged with taking care of his brother (after death), let him shroud him well.”

ابن ماجة:١٤٧٤ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا عِكْرِمَةُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ حَسَّانٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا وَلِيَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ فَلْيُحْسِنْ كَفَنَهُ

ahmad:8573 – ʿAffān > Hammām > Qatādah > Abū Ayyūb al-ʿAtakī / Yaḥyá b. Mālik > ʿAffān Marrah > Abū Ayyūb > Abū Hurayrah

When any one of you fights with his brother he should avoid striking at the face. (Using translation from Muslim 2612a)

أحمد:٨٥٧٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْعَتَكِيِّ وَهُوَ يَحْيَى بْنُ مَالِكٍ وَقَالَ عَفَّانُ مَرَّةً قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَاتَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَجْتَنِبِ الْوَجْهَ

ahmad:8339 – ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Ḥammād > Suhayl from his father > Abū Hurayrah

When any one of you fights with his brother, he should avoid the face. (Using translation from Muslim 2612f)

أحمد:٨٣٣٩ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا قَاتَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ فَلْيَجْتَنِبِ الْوَجْهَ

ahmad:8441 – ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Ḥammād > Suhayl from his father > Abū Hurayrah

When any one of you fights with his brother, he should avoid the face. (Using translation from Muslim 2612f)

أحمد:٨٤٤١ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا قَاتَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ فَلْيَجْتَنِبِ الْوَجْهَ

ahmad:8125 –

The Prophet ﷺ said, "If somebody fights (or beats somebody) then he should avoid the face." (Using translation from Bukhārī 2559)

أحمد:٨١٢٥ –

وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَاتَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَجْتَنِبِ الْوَجْهَ

ahmad:9799 – Yazīd > Muḥammad > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah And Muḥammad ʿAmman > Abū Ṣāliḥ al-Sammān > Abū Hurayrah

When any one of you fights with his brother he should avoid striking at the face. (Using translation from Muslim 2612a)

أحمد:٩٧٩٩ – حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَمُحَمَّدٌ عَمَّنْ سَمِعَ أَبَا صَالِحٍ السَّمَّانَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَاتَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَجْتَنِبِ الْوَجْهَ

ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ ضَرْبِ الْمُسْلِمِ الْمُسْلِمَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ

ibnhibban:5604 – Muḥammad b. ʿUbaydullāh b. al-Faḍl al-Kalāʿī Biḥimṣ > ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān al-Qurashī from my father > Shuʿayb b. Abū Ḥamzah > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

When any one of you fights with his brother he should avoid striking at the face. (Using translation from Muslim 2612a)

ابن حبّان:٥٦٠٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ الْكَلَاعِيُّ بِحِمْصَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الْقُرَشِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا قَاتَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَجْتَنِبِ الْوَجْهَ»