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[Machine] "What is not in the Quran, killing with severity is punishment, and what is killing with leniency is mercy."  

الطبراني:١١١٧٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ النَّسَائِيُّ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ ثنا سَهْلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ وَاقِدٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الْعَلَاءِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

«مَا كَانَ فِي الْقُرْآنِ قَتَّلَ بِالتَّشْدِيدِ فَهُوَ عَذَابٌ وَمَا كَانَ قَتَلَ بِالتَّخْفِيفِ فَهُوَ رَحْمَةٌ»