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[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whosoever is made a judge among the people, he is being slaughtered without a knife." Abu Salama said, "He mentioned this once or twice from Al-A'raj and Al-Maqburi."

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٨٩٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ الْخُزَاعِيُّ مَنْصُورُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ وَهُوَ الْمَخْرَمِيُّ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ «مَنْ جُعِلَ قَاضِيًا بَيْنَ النَّاسِ فَقَدْ ذُبِحَ بِغَيْرِ سِكِّينٍ» قَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ وَقَدْ ذَكَرَهُ مَرَّةً أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ وَالْمَقْبُرِيِّ

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abudawud:3572 – Naṣr b. ʿAlī > Bishr b. ʿUmar > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > ʿUthmān b. Muḥammad al-Akhnasī > al-Maqburī And al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said: He who has been appointed a judge among the people has been killed without a knife.

أبو داود:٣٥٧٢ – حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ أَخْبَرَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الأَخْنَسِيِّ عَنِ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ وَالأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ جُعِلَ قَاضِيًا بَيْنَ النَّاسِ فَقَدْ ذُبِحَ بِغَيْرِ سِكِّينٍ

ibnmajah:2308 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Muʿallá b. Manṣūr > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > ʿUthmān b. Muḥammad > al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

“Whoever is appointed judge between the people, he has been slaughtered without a knife.”

ابن ماجة:٢٣٠٨ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَلَّى بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ جُعِلَ قَاضِيًا بَيْنَ النَّاسِ فَقَدْ ذُبِحَ بِغَيْرِ سِكِّينٍ