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"عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ قَالَ: مَرَّ بِي عَمِّي الْحارِثُ بْنُ عَمْرو، وَقَدْ عَقَدَ لَهُ رَسُول اللهِ ﷺ لِوَاءً؛ فَقُلتُ: أَي عَمّ إِلَى أَيْنَ بَعثَكَ رَسُول اللهِ ﷺ ؟ قَالَ: بَعَثَنِي إِلَى رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةَ أَبِيهِ فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَضْرِبَ عُنُقَهُ وآخُذَ مَالَهُ".  

[حم] أحمد والحسن بن سفيان، وأبو نعيم

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Collected by Nasāʾī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
nasai:3332ʿAmr b. Manṣūr > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAmr > Zayd > ʿAdī b. Thābit > Yazīd b. al-Barāʾ from his father > Aṣabt ʿAmmī And Maʿah Rāyah > Ayn Turīd

"I met my maternal uncle who was carrying a flag (for an expedition) and I said: 'Where are you going?' He said: 'The Messenger of Allah is sending me to a man who has married his father's wife, and he has commanded me to strike his neck (kill him) and seize his wealth.'"  

النسائي:٣٣٣٢أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْبَرَاءِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

أَصَبْتُ عَمِّي وَمَعَهُ رَايَةٌ فَقُلْتُ أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ فَقَالَ بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى رَجُلٍ نَكَحَ امْرَأَةَ أَبِيهِ فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَضْرِبَ عُنُقَهُ وَآخُذَ مَالَهُ  

ibnmajah:2607[Chain 1] Ismāʿīl b. Mūsá > Hushaym [Chain 2] Sahl b. Abū Sahl > Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth > Ashʿath > ʿAdī b. Thābit > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib

“My maternal uncle passed by me - (one of the narrators) Hushaim named him in his narration as Harith bin Amr - and the Prophet ﷺ had given him a banner to carry. I said to him: 'Where are you going?’ He said: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has sent me to a man who married his father's wife after he died, and has commanded me to strike his neck (i.e. execute him).”  

ابن ماجة:٢٦٠٧حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا سَهْلُ بْنُ أَبِي سَهْلٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ جَمِيعًا عَنْ أَشْعَثَ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ قَالَ

مَرَّ بِي خَالِي سَمَّاهُ هُشَيْمٌ فِي حَدِيثِهِ الْحَارِثَ بْنَ عَمْرٍو وَقَدْ عَقَدَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لِوَاءً فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ فَقَالَ بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةَ أَبِيهِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَضْرِبَ عُنُقَهُ  

ahmad:18579Hushaym > Ashʿath > ʿAdī b. Thābit > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib

[Machine] My uncle, Al-Harith bin Amr, passed by me with a battalion that the Prophet ﷺ had given to him. So I said to him, "Oh my uncle, where did the Prophet ﷺ send you?" He replied, "He sent me to a man who married his father's wife, and he commanded me to strike his neck."  

أحمد:١٨٥٧٩حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ أَخْبَرَنَا أَشْعَثُ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ قَالَ

مَرَّ بِي عَمِّي الْحَارِثُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو وَمَعَهُ لِوَاءٌ قَدْ عَقَدَهُ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَيْ عَمِّ أَيْنَ بَعَثَكَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ؟ قَالَ بَعَثَنِي إِلَى رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةَ أَبِيهِ فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَضْرِبَ عُنُقَهُ  

darimi:2285ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar al-Raqqī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAmr > Zayd > ʿAdī b. Thābit > Yazīd b. al-Barāʾ from his father > Laqīt ʿAmmī And Maʿah Rāyah > Ayn Turīd

I met my uncle who was carrying a standard. I asked him: Where are you going? He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has sent me to a man who has married his father's wife. He has ordered me to cut off his head and take his property. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4457)  

الدارمي:٢٢٨٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الرَّقِّيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْبَرَاءِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

لَقِيتُ عَمِّي وَمَعَهُ رَايَةٌ فَقُلْتُ أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ؟ قَالَ «بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى رَجُلٍ نَكَحَ امْرَأَةَ أَبِيهِ فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَضْرِبَ عُنُقَهُ وَآخُذَ مَالَهُ»  

tabarani:3405[Chain 1] Yūsuf al-Qāḍī > Abū al-Rabīʿ al-Zahrānī [Chain 2] ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > Abū al-Rabīʿ al-Zahrānī > Hushaym > Ashʿath b. Sawwār > ʿAdī b. Thābit > Yazīd b. al-Barāʾ > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib

[Machine] Harith ibn Amr came across me, and the Messenger of Allah s.a.w.s made a pact with him. So I asked him, "Where did the Messenger of Allah s.a.w.s send you?" He said, "The Messenger of Allah s.a.w.s sent me to a man who married his father's wife after him, to strike his neck."  

الطبراني:٣٤٠٥حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ الْقَاضِي ثنا أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ ثنا هُشَيْمٌ أَنَا أَشْعَثُ بْنُ سَوَّارٍ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْبَرَاءِ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ قَالَ

مَرَّ بِي الْحَارِثُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو وَقَدْ عَقَدَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ إِلَى أَيْنَ بَعَثَكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟ فَقَالَ «بَعَثَنِي إِلَى رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةَ أَبِيهِ بَعْدَهُ أَنْ أَضْرِبَ عُنُقَهُ»  

nasai-kubra:5465ʿAmr b. Manṣūr > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAmr > Ibn ʿUmar al-Raqqī > Zayd > ʿAdī b. Thābit > Yazīd b. al-Barāʾ from his father > Aṣabt ʿAmmī And Maʿah Rāyah Faqult Ayn Turīd

I met my uncle who was carrying a standard. I asked him: Where are you going? He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has sent me to a man who has married his father's wife. He has ordered me to cut off his head and take his property. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4457)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٤٦٥أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو هُوَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ الرَّقِّيُّ عَنْ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْبَرَاءِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ أَصَبْتُ عَمِّي وَمَعَهُ رَايَةٌ فَقُلْتُ أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ؟ فَقَالَ

«بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى رَجُلٍ نَكَحَ امْرَأَةَ أَبِيهِ فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَضْرِبَ عُنُقَهُ وَآخُذُ مَالَهُ»