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suyuti:10203a –
Translation not available.
السيوطي:١٠٢٠٣a –

"الإِيمان قيدُ الْفَتْكِ، لَا يفتَكُ مُؤمنٌ" .

[حم] أحمد [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن معاوية، [ش] ابن أبى شيبة [حم] أحمد والبغوى في الجعديات، [طس] الطبرانى في الأوسط عن الزبير بن العوام، [ش] ابن أبى شيبة [خ] البخاري في تاريخه، [د] أبو داود [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك عن أَبي هريرة

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abudawud:2769 – Muḥammad b. Ḥuzābah > Isḥāq / Ibn Manṣūr > Asbāṭ al-Hamdānī > al-Suddī from his father > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said: Faith prevented assassination. A believer should not assassinate.

أبو داود:٢٧٦٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حُزَابَةَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مَنْصُورٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَسْبَاطُ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ عَنِ السُّدِّيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ الإِيمَانُ قَيَّدَ الْفَتْكَ لاَ يَفْتِكُ مُؤْمِنٌ

ahmad:1426 – ʿAffān > al-Mubārak > al-Ḥasan > Jāʾ a man > al-Zubayr b. al-ʿAwwām > Alā Aqtul Lak ʿAlī > Lā And Kayf Taqtuluh Wamaʿah al-Junūd > Alḥaq Bih Faʾaftik Bih

A man came to az-Zubair bin al-’Awwam ؓ and said: “Shall I kill ʿAli for you?” He said: “No; how can you kill him when he has the troops with him?” He said: “I will catch up with him and assassinate him.” He said: “No. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Faith prohibits assassination; no believer should resort to that.” Al-Hasan said: A man came to az-Zubair bin al-ʿAwwam ؓ and said: “Shall I not kill ʿAli for you?” He said: “How can you kill him when he has people with him?” (and he narrated a similar report.)

أحمد:١٤٢٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُبَارَكُ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ الْعَوَّامِ فَقَالَ أَلَا أَقْتُلُ لَكَ عَلِيًّا؟ قَالَ لَا وَكَيْفَ تَقْتُلُهُ وَمَعَهُ الْجُنُودُ؟ قَالَ أَلْحَقُ بِهِ فَأَفْتِكُ بِهِ قَالَ

لَا إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ الْإِيمَانَ قَيَّدَ الْفَتْكَ لَا يَفْتِكُ مُؤْمِنٌ

hakim:8037 – ʿAlī b. Muḥammad b. ʿUqbah al-Shaybānī Bi-al-Kūfah > Ibrāhīm b. Isḥāq al-Zuhrī > Asbāṭ b. Naṣr al-Hamdānī > Ismāʿīl b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Suddī from his father > Abū Hurayrah

A man came to az-Zubair bin al-’Awwam ؓ and said: “Shall I kill ʿAli for you?” He said: “No; how can you kill him when he has the troops with him?” He said: “I will catch up with him and assassinate him.” He said: “No. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Faith prohibits assassination; no believer should resort to that.” Al-Hasan said: A man came to az-Zubair bin al-ʿAwwam ؓ and said: “Shall I not kill ʿAli for you?” He said: “How can you kill him when he has people with him?” (and he narrated a similar report.) (Using translation from Aḥmad 1426)

الحاكم:٨٠٣٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ بِالْكُوفَةِ ثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الزُّهْرِيُّ ثَنَا أَسْبَاطُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ ثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّدِّيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا يَفْتِكُ الْمُؤْمِنُ الْإِيمَانُ قَيْدُ الْفَتْكِ»

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ على شرط مسلم

suyuti:18303a –
Translation not available.
السيوطي:١٨٣٠٣a –

"لَيسَ فِي الإِسْلامِ إِيمَاءٌ وَلَا فَتْكٌ، إِنَّ الإِيمَانَ قَيدُ الفَتْكِ، وَالنَّبِيُّ لَا يُومِئُ".

[كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه عن عثمان بن عفان