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suyuti:3-174bal-Ḥsn al-Bṣrá > Shhdt
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السيوطي:٣-١٧٤b

" عن الحسن البصرى قال: شهدت عثمان يأمر في خطبته بقتل الكلاب وذبح الحمام ".  

[عم] زيادات عبد الله بن أحمد وابن أبى الدنيا في ذم الملاهى، [ق] البيهقى في السنن [كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه

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Collected by Aḥmad
ahmad:521ʿAbdullāh > Shaybān b. Abū Shaybah > Mubārak b. Faḍālah

I saw ʿUthman enjoining, in his khutbah, the killing of dogs and the slaughter of pigeons.  

أحمد:٥٢١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُبَارَكُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ

حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ قَالَشَهِدْتُ عُثْمَانَ يَأْمُرُ فِي خُطْبَتِهِ بِقَتْلِ الْكِلابِ وَذَبْحِ الْحَمَامِ