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"عَنْ أبي بكرٍ قال: إِذا عَملَ قومٌ بالمعَاصِى بيْنَ ظَهْرَانَى قَوْمٍ هُمْ أعزُّ مِنْهُمْ فَلَمْ يغيَّروا عَلَيْهِمْ، أنزَل الله عليهمْ بلاءً ثمَّ لَمْ يَنْزِعْهُ مِنْهُمْ".  

[هب] البيهقى في شعب الإيمان

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tabarani:2379 – [Chain 1] Idrīs b. Jaʿfar al-ʿAṭṭār > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Sharīk [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Abá Khaythamah > al-Faḍl b. Sahl al-Aʿraj > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Sharīk > Abū Isḥāq > al-Mundhir b. Jarīr from his father

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ he said, "There is no group of people who commit sins openly, yet they are more honorable and considered superior than those who do not commit sins openly. If they do not repent, then Allah will surely afflict them with a punishment from Him."  

الطبراني:٢٣٧٩ – حَدَّثَنَا إِدْرِيسُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْعَطَّارُ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أنا شَرِيكٌ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبَى خَيْثَمَةَ ثنا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ الْأَعْرَجُ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أنا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْمُنْذِرِ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَا مِنْ قَوْمٍ يُعْمَلُ بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِهِمْ بِالْمَعَاصِيِ هُمْ أَعَزُّ مِنْهُمْ وَأَمْنَعُ لَمْ يُغَيِّرُوا إِلَّا أَصَابَهُمُ اللهُ مِنْهُ بِعِقَابٍ»