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Qurʾān Bukhārī Muslim Nasāʾī Abū Dāwūd Tirmidhī Ibn Mājah Mālik Aḥmad Dārimī Ḥākim Ibn Ḥibbān Ṭabarānī Nasāʾī's Kubrá Bayhaqī al-Luʾluʾ wa-al-Marjān Ibn Rajab's Fifty Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn Aḥmad's Zuhd Suyūṭī
tabarani:10373 – al-Ḥasan b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá al-Būsī al-Ṣanʿānī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > al-Thawrī > Salmān al-Shaybānī > al-Ḥasan b. Saʿd from his father > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd from his father

[Machine] We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he passed by a village where ants had been burned by fire. He said, "It is not fitting for anyone to punish with the punishment of Allah."  

الطبراني:١٠٣٧٣ – حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى الْبُوسِيُّ الصَّنْعَانِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أنا الثَّوْرِيُّ عَنْ سَلْمَانَ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَمَرَّ بِقَرْيَةِ نَمْلٍ قَدْ حُرِّقَتْ بِالنَّارِ فَقَالَ «إِنَّهُ لَا يَنْبَغِي لِأَحَدٍ أَنْ يُعَذِّبَ بِعَذَابِ اللهِ»  

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Collected by Aḥmad, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
ahmad:4018 – ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Sufyān > Abū Isḥāq al-Shaybānī > al-Ḥasan b. Saʿd > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] We were with the Prophet ﷺ when we passed by a village of ants that was being burned. The Prophet ﷺ said, "It is not appropriate for a person to punish others with the punishment of Allah, the Almighty."  

أحمد:٤٠١٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَمَرَرْنَا بِقَرْيَةِ نَمْلٍ فَأُحْرِقَتْ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَا يَنْبَغِي لِبَشَرٍ أَنْ يُعَذِّبَ بِعَذَابِ اللهِ ﷻ  

nasai-kubra:8560 – Abū ʿĀṣim > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > al-Thawrī > al-Shaybānī

[Machine] We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and passed by a village that was burned. The Prophet ﷺ became angry and said, "It is not appropriate for a human being to be punished with the punishment of Allah."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٥٦٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنِ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنِ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ كُوفِيٍّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَمَرَرْنَا بِقَرْيَةِ نَمْلٍ قَدْ أُحْرِقَتْ قَالَ فَغَضِبَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَقَالَ «إِنَّهُ لَا يَنْبَغِي لِبَشَرٍ أَنْ يُعَذِّبَ بِعَذَابِ اللهِ ﷻ»