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suyuti:651-487bAbū Hurayrah
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"عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَرِيَّةً أنا فِيهم فَقَالَ: أَمَا إِن ظَفِرْتُم بِهَبَّارِ بْنِ الأسْوَدِ وَبنَافِعِ بنِ عَبْد القَيْس فَحَرِّقُوهُمَا بِالنَّارِ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنْ الغَدِ بَعثَ إِلَيْنَا فَقَالَ: إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَمَرْتُكُمْ بِتَحرِيقِ الرَّجُلَيْنِ إنْ أَخَذْتُمُوهُمَا، ثُمَّ رأَيْتُ أنَّه لَا يَنْبَغي لأَحَدٍ أَنْ يُعَذِّبَ بِالنَّارِ إلَّا الله، فَإِنْ ظَفِرْتُم بِهمَا فَأقتُلُوهُمَا".  

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darimi:2504ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar b. Abān > ʿAbd al-Raḥīm b. Sulaymān > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Yazīd b. Abū Ḥabīb > Bukayr b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ashaj > Abū Isḥāq al-Dawsī > Abū Hurayrah al-Dawsī

[Machine] We sent the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a military expedition, and he said, "If you capture so-and-so and so-and-so, burn them with fire." The next day, he sent for us and said, "I had commanded you to burn these two men, but then I realized that no one should be tortured with fire except Allah. So, if you capture them, kill them."  

الدارمي:٢٥٠٤أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ أَبَانَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحِيمِ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْأَشَجِّ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الدَّوْسِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ الدَّوْسِيِّ قَالَ

بَعَثَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي سَرِيَّةٍ فَقَالَ «إِنْ ظَفِرْتُمْ بِفُلَانٍ وَفُلَانٍ فَحَرِّقُوهُمَا بِالنَّارِ» حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ الْغَدُ بَعَثَ إِلَيْنَا فَقَالَ «إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَمَرْتُكُمْ بِتَحْرِيقِ هَذَيْنِ الرَّجُلَيْنِ ثُمَّ رَأَيْتُ أَنَّهُ لَا يَنْبَغِي لِأَحَدٍ أَنْ يُعَذِّبَ بِالنَّارِ إِلَّا اللَّهُ فَإِنْ ظَفِرْتُمْ بِهِمَا فَاقْتُلُوهُمَا»  

nasai-kubra:8753Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith Wadhakar Ākhar > Bukayr b. ʿAbdullāh > Sulaymān b. Yasār > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent a military expedition, and I was among them. He said, "If you meet so-and-so and so-and-so, burn them with fire." After the Prophet ﷺ bid us farewell, he said, "I had commanded you to burn them with fire, but it is not appropriate for anyone to punish with the punishment of Allah except Him. So, if you meet them, kill them."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٧٥٣الْحَارِثُ بْنُ مِسْكِينٍ قِرَاءَةً عَلَيْهِ عَنِ ابْنِ وَهْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ وَذَكَرَ آخَرُ عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَرِيَّةً وَأَنَا فِيهِمْ فَقَالَ «إِنْ لَقِيتُمْ فُلَانًا وَفُلَانًا فَحَرِّقُوهُمَا بِالنَّارِ فَلَمَّا وَدَّعَنَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ» قَالَ «إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَمَرْتُكُمْ أَنْ تُحَرِّقُوهُمَا بِالنَّارِ وَإِنَّهُ لَا يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يُعَذِّبَ بِعَذَابِ اللهِ غَيْرُهُ فَإِنْ لَقِيتُمُوهُمَا فَاقْتُلُوهُمَا»  

nasai-kubra:8781Yūnus b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith Wadhakar Ākhar > Bukayr b. ʿAbdullāh > Sulaymān b. Yasār > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent out a military expedition, and I was among them. He said, "If you encounter so-and-so and so-and-so, burn them with fire." When the Prophet ﷺ bid us farewell, he said, "I had commanded you to burn them with fire, but it is not appropriate to punish with the punishment of Allah. So, if you encounter them, kill them."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٧٨١أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ وَذَكَرَ آخَرُ عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَرِيَّةً وَأَنَا فِيهِمْ قَالَ «إِنْ لَقِيتُمْ فُلَانًا وَفُلَانًا فَحَرِّقُوهُمَا بِالنَّارِ» فَلَمَّا وَدَّعَنَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَمَرْتُكُمْ أَنْ تُحَرِّقُوهُمَا بِالنَّارِ وَإِنَّهُ لَا يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يُعَذِّبَ بِعَذَابِ اللهِ فَإِذَا لَقِيتُمُوهُمَا فَاقْتُلُوهُمَا»