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السيوطي:٢٣٧٣١a

"مَهْلًا عبد الله مهلًا، فإِنه لولا شباب خشع، وشيوخ ركع وبهايم رُتَّع، وأطفال رضَّع لصب عليكم العذاب صبا".  

[ق] البيهقى في السنن والخطيب عن أَبي هريرة

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bayhaqi:6390al-Imām Abū al-Ṭayyib Sahl b. Muḥammad b. Sulaymān ؒ Imlāʾ Fī Shahr Ramaḍān Sanah Tisʿ And Tisʿīn Wathalāth Miāʾah > Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. Ismāʿīl al-Shāshī al-Faqīh > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Surayj b. Yūnus > Ibrāhīm b. Khuthaym / Ibn ʿIrāk b. Mālik from his father from his grandfather > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet Muhammad, ﷺ , he said: "Hold on a moment, from Allah, hold on a moment. Verily, had it not been for young men who are humble, and animals that are content, and elderly people who bow down in prayer, and infants who are breastfed, punishment would have poured upon you like a torrent. This hadith is narrated by Ibrahim bin Kuthaym, who is not considered very strong, and he has another separate chain of narration that is also not very strong."  

البيهقي:٦٣٩٠حَدَّثَنَا الْإِمَامُ أَبُو الطَّيِّبِ سَهْلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ إِمْلَاءً فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ سَنَةَ تِسْعٍ وَتِسْعِينَ وَثَلَاثِ مِائَةٍ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الشَّاشِيُّ الْفَقِيهُ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ حَدَّثَنِي سُرَيْجُ بْنُ يُونُسَ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ خُثَيْمٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عِرَاكِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَهْلًا عَنِ اللهِ مَهْلًا فَإِنَّهُ لَوْلَا شَبَابُ خُشَّعٌ وَبَهَائِمٌ رُتَّعٌ وَشُيُوخٌ رُكَّعٌ وَأَطْفَالٌ رُضَّعٌ لَصُبَّ عَلَيْكُمُ الْعَذَابُ صَبًّا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ خُثَيْمٍ غَيْرُ قَوِيٍّ وَلَهُ شَاهِدٌ بِإِسْنَادٍ آخَرَ غَيْرِ قَوِيٍّ