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suyuti:4-2754b – ʿAbdullāh b. Qatādah
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السيوطي:٤-٢٧٥٤b –

"عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ: كُنْتُ فِى الْخَيْلِ يَوْمَ النَّهْرَوَانِ مَعَ عَلِىٍّ، فَلَمَّا أَنْ فَرَغَ مِنْهُمْ لَمْ يَقْطَعْ رَأَسًا وَلَمْ يَكْشِفْ عَوْرَةً".  

[ق] البيهقى في السنن

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bayhaqi:16758 – my father

[Machine] That he finished them off and killed them without cutting off their heads or exposing their private parts.  

البيهقي:١٦٧٥٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الصَّيْرَفِيُّ أَنْبَأَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الصَّفَّارُ ثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْبِرْتِيُّ ثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ ثَنَا يَعْلَى بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ جَامِعِ بْنِ شَدَّادٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ قَتَادَةَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْحَيِّ قَالَ كُنْتُ فِي الْخَيْلِ يَوْمَ النَّهْرَوَانِ مَعَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ فَلَمَّا

أَنْ فَرَغَ مِنْهُمْ وَقَتَلَهُمْ لَمْ يَقْطَعْ رَأْسًا وَلَمْ يَكْشِفْ عَوْرَةً