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nasai:4759ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yazīd > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > Zurārah b. Awfá > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

he pulled it away and a front tooth fell out. The matter was referred to the Messenger of Allah and he canceled (the Diyah) and said: "Did you want to bite your brother's flesh as a stallion bites?"  

النسائي:٤٧٥٩أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً عَضَّ آخَرَ عَلَى ذِرَاعِهِ فَاجْتَذَبَهَا فَانْتَزَعَتْ ثَنِيَّتَهُ فَرُفِعَ ذَلِكَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَبْطَلَهَا وَقَالَ أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَقْضَمَ لَحْمَ أَخِيكَ كَمَا يَقْضَمُ الْفَحْلُ  


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muslim:1673cAbū Ghassān al-Mismaʿī > Muʿādh / Ibn Hishām from my father > Qatādah > Zurārah b. Awfá > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

Did you want to eat his flesh?  

مسلم:١٦٧٣cحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو غَسَّانَ الْمِسْمَعِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ هِشَامٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً عَضَّ ذِرَاعَ رَجُلٍ فَجَذَبَهُ فَسَقَطَتْ ثَنِيَّتُهُ فَرُفِعَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَبْطَلَهُ وَقَالَ أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَأْكُلَ لَحْمَهُ  

muslim:1674aAbū Ghassān al-Mismaʿī > Muʿādh b. Hishām from my father > Qatādah > Budayl > ʿAṭāʾ b. Abū Rabāḥ > Ṣafwān b. Yaʿlá

Did you intend to bite his hand, as the camel bites?  

مسلم:١٦٧٤aحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو غَسَّانَ الْمِسْمَعِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ بُدَيْلٍ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَعْلَى

أَنَّ أَجِيرًا لِيَعْلَى ابْنِ مُنْيَةَ عَضَّ رَجُلٌ ذِرَاعَهُ فَجَذَبَهَا فَسَقَطَتْ ثَنِيَّتُهُ فَرُفِعَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَبْطَلَهَا وَقَالَ أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَقْضَمَهَا كَمَا يَقْضَمُ الْفَحْلُ  

nasai:4762Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Abū Hishām > Abān > Qatādah > Zurārah b. Awfá > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

a man bit another man in the forearm, and his front tooth fell out, so he went to the Prophet and told him about that. He said: "Do you want to bite your brother's forearm as a stallion bites?" And he judged it to be invalid.  

النسائي:٤٧٦٢أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زُرَارَةُ بْنُ أَوْفَى عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً عَضَّ ذِرَاعَ رَجُلٍ فَانْتَزَعَ ثَنِيَّتَهُ فَانْطَلَقَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَقْضَمَ ذِرَاعَ أَخِيكَ كَمَا يَقْضَمُ الْفَحْلُ فَأَبْطَلَهَا  

nasai:4771Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Muʿādh b. Hishām from my father > Qatādah > Budayl b. Maysarah > ʿAṭāʾ > Ṣafwān b. Yaʿlá Ibn Munyah

a hired man of Ya'la bin Munyah was bitten by another on his forearm and he pulled it away from his mouth. The matter was referred to the Prophet, as his front tooth had fallen out, but the Messenger of Allah considered it an invalid claim, and said: "No,; should he put (his forearm) in your mouth for you to bite it as a stallion bites?"  

النسائي:٤٧٧١أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ بُدَيْلِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَعْلَى ابْنِ مُنْيَةَ

أَنَّ أَجِيرًا لِيَعْلَى ابْنِ مُنْيَةَ عَضَّ آخَرُ ذِرَاعَهُ فَانْتَزَعَهَا مِنْ فِيهِ فَرَفَعَ ذَلِكَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَقَدْ سَقَطَتْ ثَنِيَّتُهُ فَأَبْطَلَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَقَالَ أَيَدَعُهَا فِي فِيكَ تَقْضَمُهَا كَقَضْمِ الْفَحْلِ  

ibnmajah:2657ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > Zurārah b. Awfá > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

man bit another man on his forearm; he pulled away his arm away and the man’s tooth fell out. The matter was referred to Prophet ﷺ who invalidated it and said: 'Would one of you bite (another) like a stallion?'”  

ابن ماجة:٢٦٥٧حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً عَضَّ رَجُلاً عَلَى ذِرَاعِهِ فَنَزَعَ يَدَهُ فَوَقَعَتْ ثَنِيَّتُهُ فَرُفِعَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَبْطَلَهَا وَقَالَ يَقْضَمُ أَحَدُكُمْ كَمَا يَقْضَمُ الْفَحْلُ  

ahmad:19843Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar And Ibn Numayr > Saʿīd And Yazīd > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Zurārah b. Awfá > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn > a man ʿAḍ a man > Dhirāʿih

[Machine] The son of Numeir pulled his hand away from him and his two fingers fell off, so he pulled them back and his fingers were detached. This was then brought to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , so he nullified it and said, "You wanted to bite the flesh of your brother as a stallion bites."  

أحمد:١٩٨٤٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ وَابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ قَالَا ثَنَا سَعِيدٌ وَيَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا عَضَّ رَجُلًا عَلَى ذِرَاعِهِ قَالَ

ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ فَنَزَعَ يَدَهُ مِنْهُ فَسَقَطَتْ ثَنِيَّتَاهُ فَجَذَبَهَا فَانْتَزَعَتْ ثَنِيَّتَهُ فَرُفِعَ ذَلِكَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَبْطَلَهَا وَقَالَ أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَقْضَمَ لَحْمَ أَخِيكَ كَمَا يَقْضَمُ الْفَحْلُ  

ahmad:19862ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Ayyūb > Ibn Sīrīn > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

[Machine] A man bit another man, causing his tooth to be extracted. The Prophet ﷺ invalidated the act and said, "Did you intend to bite your brother's hand as a stallion bites?"  

أحمد:١٩٨٦٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ

عَضَّ رَجُلٌ رَجُلًا فَانْتُزِعَتْ ثَنِيَّتُهُ فَأَبْطَلَهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَقَالَ أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَقْضَمَ يَدَ أَخِيكَ كَمَا يَقْضَمُ الْفَحْلُ  

tabarani:15683Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > Musaddad > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > Zurārah b. Awfá > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

[Machine] A man bit another on his arm, so he pulled it away and took his complaint to the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ invalidated it and said, "Did you want to bite the flesh of your brother, as a stallion bites?"  

الطبراني:١٥٦٨٣حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا عَضَّ آخَرَ عَلَى ذِرَاعِهِ فَاجْتَذَبَهَا فَانْتَزَعَ ثَنِيَّتَهُ فَرَفَعَ ذَلِكَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَهْدَرَهَا وَقَالَ «أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَعَضَّ لَحْمَ أَخِيكَ كَمَا يَعَضُّ الْفَحْلُ»  

nasai-kubra:6935ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yazīd > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > Zurārah b. Awfá > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

he pulled it away and a front tooth fell out. The matter was referred to the Messenger of Allah and he canceled (the Diyah) and said: "Did you want to bite your brother's flesh as a stallion bites?" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4759)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٩٣٥أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا عَضَّ آخَرَ فِي ذِرَاعِهِ فَاجْتَذَبَهَا فَانْتَزَعَتْ ثَنِيَّتَهُ فَرُفِعَ ذَلِكَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَبْطَلَهَا فَقَالَ «أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَقْضَمَ لَحْمَ أَخِيكَ كَمَا يَقْضَمُ الْفَحْلُ»  

nasai-kubra:6938Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Abū Hishām > Abān > Qatādah > Zurārah b. Awfá > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

a man bit another man in the forearm, and his front tooth fell out, so he went to the Prophet and told him about that. He said: "Do you want to bite your brother's forearm as a stallion bites?" And he judged it to be invalid. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4762)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٩٣٨أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زُرَارَةُ بْنُ أَوْفَى عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا عَضَّ ذِرَاعَ رَجُلٍ فَانْتَزَعَ ثَنِيَّتَهُ فَانْطَلَقَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ «أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَقْضَمَ ذِرَاعَ أَخِيكَ كَمَا يَقْضَمُ الْفَحْلُ» فَأَبْطَلَهَا  

nasai-kubra:6947Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Muʿādh b. Hishām from my father > Qatādah > Budayl b. Maysarah > ʿAṭāʾ > Ṣafwān b. Yaʿlá b. Munyah

a hired man of Ya'la bin Munyah was bitten by another on his forearm and he pulled it away from his mouth. The matter was referred to the Prophet, as his front tooth had fallen out, but the Messenger of Allah considered it an invalid claim, and said: "No,; should he put (his forearm) in your mouth for you to bite it as a stallion bites?" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4771)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٩٤٧أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ بُدَيْلِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَعْلَى بْنِ مُنْيَةَ

أَنَّ أَجِيرًا لِيَعْلَى بْنِ مُنْيَةَ عَضَّ آخَرَ ذِرَاعَهُ فَانْتَزَعَهَا مِنْ فِيهِ فَرُفِعَ ذَلِكَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَقَدْ سَقَطَتْ ثَنِيَّتُهُ فَأَبْطَلَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَالَ «أَيَدَعُهَا فِي فِيهِ يَقْضِمُهَا كَقَضْمِ الْفَحْلِ؟»