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السيوطي:١١٨٩١a

"المسلمون يدٌ على مَنْ سواهم تتكافأُ دماؤُهم ويسعى بذمتهم أَدْنَاهُم، ولا يُقْتَلُ مسلمٌ بكافِر ولَا ذُو عَهْدٍ في عَهْدِهِ".  

[عب] عبد الرازق عن الحسن مرسلًا

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Collected by Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
nasai:4735Abū Bakr b. ʿAlī > al-Qawārīrī > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Wāḥid > ʿUmar b. ʿĀmir > Qatādah > Abū Ḥassān > ʿAlī

"The lives of the believers are equal in value, and they are one against others, and they hasten to support the asylum granted by the least of them. But no believer may be killed in return for a disbeliever, nor one with a covenant while his covenant is in effect."  

النسائي:٤٧٣٥أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَاحِدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي حَسَّانَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ تَكَافَأُ دِمَاؤُهُمْ وَهُمْ يَدٌ عَلَى مَنْ سِوَاهُمْ يَسْعَى بِذِمَّتِهِمْ أَدْنَاهُمْ لاَ يُقْتَلُ مُؤْمِنٌ بِكَافِرٍ وَلاَ ذُو عَهْدٍ فِي عَهْدِهِ  

abudawud:2751[Chain 1] Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Ibn Abū ʿAdī > Ibn Isḥāq > Muḥammad Bibaʿḍ Hadhā [Chain 2] ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar b. Maysarah > Hushaym > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Muslims are equal in respect of blood. The lowest of them is entitled to give protection on behalf of them, and the one residing far away may give protection on behalf of them. They are like one hand over against all those who are outside the community. Those who have quick mounts should return to those who have slow mounts, and those who got out along with a detachment (should return) to those who are stationed. A believer shall not be killed for an unbeliever, nor a confederate within the term of confederation with him. Ibn Ishaq did not mention retaliation and equality in respect of blood.  

أبو داود:٢٧٥١حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنِ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ هُوَ مُحَمَّدٌ بِبَعْضِ هَذَا ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ حَدَّثَنِي هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ جَمِيعًا عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمُسْلِمُونَ تَتَكَافَأُ دِمَاؤُهُمْ يَسْعَى بِذِمَّتِهِمْ أَدْنَاهُمْ وَيُجِيرُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَقْصَاهُمْ وَهُمْ يَدٌ عَلَى مَنْ سِوَاهُمْ يَرُدُّ مُشِدُّهُمْ عَلَى مُضْعِفِهِمْ وَمُتَسَرِّعُهُمْ عَلَى قَاعِدِهِمْ لاَ يُقْتَلُ مُؤْمِنٌ بِكَافِرٍ وَلاَ ذُو عَهْدٍ فِي عَهْدِهِ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرِ ابْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْقَوَدَ وَالتَّكَافُؤَ  

ibnmajah:2683Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá al-Ṣanʿānī > al-Muʿtamir b. Sulaymān from his father > Ḥanash > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

“The blood of every Muslims is equal, they are one hand against others. The asylum offered by the lowest of them in status applies to them (all), and the return is granted to the farthest of them.”  

ابن ماجة:٢٦٨٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى الصَّنْعَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَنَشٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ تَتَكَافَأُ دِمَاؤُهُمْ وَهُمْ يَدٌ عَلَى مَنْ سِوَاهُمْ يَسْعَى بِذِمَّتِهِمْ أَدْنَاهُمْ وَيُرَدُّ عَلَى أَقْصَاهُمْ  

ahmad:991ʿAbdullāh > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar al-Qawārīrī > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Abū Ḥazm > ʿUmar b. ʿĀmir > Qatādah > Abū Ḥassān > ʿAlī

ʿThe believers are equal in respect of blood and they are one against their enemies; protection given even by the least among them is to be honoured, but no believer is to be killed (in retaliation) for a disbeliever and no one who has a covenant is to be killed during the covenant.ʿ  

أحمد:٩٩١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَاحِدِ بْنِ أَبِي حَزْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي حَسَّانَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ تَكَافَأُ دِمَاؤُهُمْ وَهُمْ يَدٌ عَلَى مَنْ سِوَاهُمْ يَسْعَى بِذِمَّتِهِمْ أَدْنَاهُمْ أَلا لَا يُقْتَلُ مُؤْمِنٌ بِكَافِرٍ وَلا ذُو عَهْدٍ فِي عَهْدِهِ  

ahmad:6797Wakīʿ > Khalīfah b. Khayyāṭ > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

“The blood of every Muslims is equal, they are one hand against others. The asylum offered by the lowest of them in status applies to them (all), and the return is granted to the farthest of them.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2683)   

أحمد:٦٧٩٧حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنِي خَلِيفَةُ بْنُ خَيَّاطٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ فِي خُطْبَتِهِ وَهُوَ مُسْنِدٌ ظَهْرَهُ إِلَى الْكَعْبَةِ الْمُسْلِمُونَ تَكَافَأُ دِمَاؤُهُمْ وَيَسْعَى بِذِمَّتِهِمْ أَدْنَاهُمْوَهُمْ يَدٌ عَلَى مَنْ سِوَاهُمْ  

tabarani:17669ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad And ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Ṣabbāḥ al-Aṣbahānī > Ibrāhīm b. Saʿīd al-Jawharī > Abū Ḍamrah Anas b. ʿIyāḍ > ʿAbd al-Salām b. Abū al-Janūb > al-Ḥasan > Maʿqil b. Yasār

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Muslims protect each other, their blood is equal, and a believer is not killed for an unbeliever, nor is a person with a covenant killed within their covenant."  

الطبراني:١٧٦٦٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ قَالَا ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْجَوْهَرِيُّ ثنا أَبُو ضَمْرَةَ أَنَسُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ السَّلَامِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَنُوبِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ مَعْقِلِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْمُسْلِمُونَ يَدٌ عَلَى مَنْ سِوَاهُمْ تَتَكَافَأُ دِمَاؤُهُمْ لَا يُقْتَلُ مُؤْمِنٌ بِكَافِرٍ وَلَا ذُو عَهْدٍ فِي عَهْدِهِ»  

nasai-kubra:6911Abū Bakr b. ʿAlī al-Marwazī > al-Qawārīrī > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Wāḥid > ʿUmar b. ʿĀmir > Qatādah > Abū Ḥassān > ʿAlī

ʿThe believers are equal in respect of blood and they are one against their enemies; protection given even by the least among them is to be honoured, but no believer is to be killed (in retaliation) for a disbeliever and no one who has a covenant is to be killed during the covenant.ʿ (Using translation from Aḥmad 991)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٩١١أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَاحِدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي حَسَّانَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «الْمُؤْمِنُونَ تَكَافَأُ دِمَاؤُهُمْ وَهُمْ يَدٌ عَلَى مَنْ سِوَاهُمْ يَسْعَى بِذِمَّتِهِمْ أَدْنَاهُمْ لَا يُقْتَلُ مُؤْمِنٌ بِكَافِرٍ وَلَا ذُو عَهْدٍ فِي عَهْدِهِ»  

bayhaqi:15913Abū ʿAlī > Abū Bakr b. Dāsah > Abū Dāwud > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > Hushaym > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Muslims are equal in respect of blood. The lowest of them is entitled to give protection on behalf of them, and the one residing far away may give protection on behalf of them. They are like one hand over against all those who are outside the community. Those who have quick mounts should return to those who have slow mounts, and those who got out along with a detachment (should return) to those who are stationed. A believer shall not be killed for an unbeliever, nor a confederate within the term of confederation with him. Ibn Ishaq did not mention retaliation and equality in respect of blood. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2751)   

البيهقي:١٥٩١٣وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ دَاسَةَ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنِي هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَ‍يْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمُسْلِمُونَ تَكَافَأُ دِمَاؤُهُمْ يَسْعَى بِذِمَّتِهِمْ أَدْنَاهُمْ وَيُجِيرُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَقْصَاهُمْ وَهُمْ يَدٌ عَلَى مَنْ سُوَاهُمْ يَرُدُّ مُشِدُّهُمْ عَلَى مُضْعِفِهِمْ وَمُتَسَرِّعُهُمْ عَلَى قَاعِدِهِمْ لَا يُقْتَلُ مُؤْمِنٌ بِكَافِرٍ وَلَا ذُو عَهْدٍ فِي عَهْدِهِ وَأَمَّا حَدِيثُ عِمْرَانَ  

bayhaqi:15916Abū Saʿd al-Mālīnī > Abū Aḥmad b. ʿAdī al-Ḥāfiẓ > ʿAmr b. Sinān > Ibrāhīm b. Saʿīd > Anas b. ʿIyāḍ > ʿAbd al-Salām b. Abū al-Janūb > al-Ḥasan > Maʿqil b. Yasār

ʿThe believers are equal in respect of blood and they are one against their enemies; protection given even by the least among them is to be honoured, but no believer is to be killed (in retaliation) for a disbeliever and no one who has a covenant is to be killed during the covenant.ʿ (Using translation from Aḥmad 991)   

البيهقي:١٥٩١٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعدٍ الْمَالِينِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو أَحْمَدَ بْنُ عَدِيٍّ الْحَافِظُ ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ سِنَانٍ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ثنا أَنَسُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ السَّلَامِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَنُوبِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ مَعْقِلِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يُقْتَلُ مُؤْمِنٌ بِكَافِرٍ وَلَا ذُو عَهْدٍ فِي عَهْدِهِ وَالْمُسْلِمُونَ يَدٌ عَلَى مَنْ سِوَاهُمْ تَتَكَافَأُ دِمَاؤُهُمْ  

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السيوطي:١١٨٩٨a

"المسلمون تتكافأُ دماؤهم وهم يَدٌ عَلَى مَنْ سِواهُم يَسْعَى بِذمَّتِهمْ أَدَناهُم، وَيرُدُّ عليهم أَقْصاهُم".  

[هـ] ابن ماجة عن ابن عباس
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السيوطي:١١٩٠٠a

"المسلمون تتكافأُ دِماؤهم، ويسعى بذمتهم أَدناهُم، ويُجيرُ عليهم أقصاهم، وهم يدٌ على من سواهم، يرد مُشِدهم عَلَى مُضْعفهم، ومُسْرِعهم على قاعدِهِم، لا يُقْتَلُ مُؤمِنٌ بكافِرٍ، ولا ذُو عهد في عَهْدِهِ".  

[د] أبو داود [هـ] ابن ماجة [ق] البيهقى في السنن عن عمرو بن شعيب عن أَبيه عن جدهِ
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السيوطي:٢٦٤٢٤a

"لا يُقْتَلُ مُؤْمِنٌ بِكَافِرٍ، وَلا ذُو عَهْدٍ فِي عَهْدِهِ، والْمُسْلِمُونَ يَدٌ عَلَى مَنْ سِواهُمْ، تَتكَافَأُ دِمَاؤُهُمْ".  

[ق] البيهقى في السنن عن معقل بن يسار