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nasai-kubra:7350 – Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh > ʿĪsá b. Yazīd > Jarīr b. Yazīd > Abū Zurʿah b. ʿAmr b. Jarīr > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said, "A deed performed on land is better for the people of the land than being rained upon for thirty mornings." Yunus ibn Ubayd stood up and disagreed with him in some of his words.  

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٣٥٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي جَرِيرُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا زُرْعَةَ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ جَرِيرٍ يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «حَدٌّ يُعْمَلُ بِهِ فِي الْأَرْضِ خَيْرٌ لِأَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ مِنْ أَنْ يُمْطَرُوا ثَلَاثِينَ صَبَاحًا» وَقْفَهَ يُونُسُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ وَخَالَفَهُ فِي بَعْضِ أَلْفَاظِهِ  

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Collected by Nasāʾī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Suyūṭī
nasai:4904 – Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh > ʿĪsá b. Yazīd > Jarīr b. Yazīd > Abū Zurʿah b. ʿAmr b. Jarīr > Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'A Hadd punishment that is carried out on earth is better for the people of earth than if it were to rain for thirty mornings."' (Daif)  

النسائي:٤٩٠٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي جَرِيرُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا زُرْعَةَ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ جَرِيرٍ يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَدٌّ يُعْمَلُ فِي الأَرْضِ خَيْرٌ لأَهْلِ الأَرْضِ مِنْ أَنْ يُمْطَرُوا ثَلاَثِينَ صَبَاحًا  

ibnmajah:2538 – ʿAmr b. Rāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > ʿĪsá b. Yazīd Aẓunnuh > Jarīr b. Yazīd > Abū Zurʿah b. ʿAmr b. Jarīr > Abū Hurayrah

“A legal punishment that is carried out in the land is better for the people of that land than if it were to rain for forty days.”  

ابن ماجة:٢٥٣٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ رَافِعٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ أَنْبَأَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يَزِيدَ أَظُنُّهُ عَنْ جَرِيرِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَدٌّ يُعْمَلُ بِهِ فِي الأَرْضِ خَيْرٌ لأَهْلِ الأَرْضِ مِنْ أَنْ يُمْطَرُوا أَرْبَعِينَ صَبَاحًا  

ahmad:9226 – ʿAttāb > ʿAbdullāh > ʿĪsá b. Yazīd > Jarīr b. Yazīd > Abū Zurʿah b. ʿAmr b. Jarīr > Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'A Hadd punishment that is carried out on earth is better for the people of earth than if it were to rain for thirty mornings."' (Daif) (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4904)  

أحمد:٩٢٢٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَتَّابٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يَزِيدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي جَرِيرُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا زُرْعَةَ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ جَرِيرٍ يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَدٌّ يُعْمَلُ فِي الْأَرْضِ خَيْرٌ لِأَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ مِنْ أَنْ يُمْطَرُوا ثَلَاثِينَ صَبَاحًا