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tabarani:11230 – al-ʿAbbās b. al-Faḍl al-Asfāṭī > Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Bakr al-Mulaykī > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "How can a nation be respected if its strong do not protect its weak?"

الطبراني:١١٢٣٠ – حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْأَسْفَاطِيُّ ثنا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْمُلَيْكِيُّ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «كَيْفَ تُقَدَّسُ أُمَّةٌ لَا يُؤْخَذُ لضعيفِها مَنْ قَوِيِّها؟»

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ذِكْرُ الْأَمْرِ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ لِلضَّعِيفِ مِنَ الْقَوِيِّ إِذَا قَدَرَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ

ibnhibban:5059 – Muḥammad b. Ṭāhir b. Abū al-Dumayk> ʿAlī b. al-Madīnī > al-Faḍl b. al-ʿAlāʾ > Ibn Khuthaym > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "How can a nation be honored if they do not protect their weak from their strong?"

ابن حبّان:٥٠٥٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ طَاهِرِ بْنِ أَبِي الدُّمَيْكِ بِبَغْدَادَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمَدِينِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ خُثَيْمٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «كَيْفَ تُقَدَّسُ أُمَّةٌ لَا يُؤْخَذُ مِنْ شَدِيدِهِمْ لِضَعِيفِهِمْ؟ »

suyuti:5145a –
Translation not available.
السيوطي:٥١٤٥a –

"إِنَّ الله لَا يُقَدِّسُ أُمَّةً لَيسَ فِيهم مَنْ يَأخُذُ للضَّعِيفِ حَقَّهُ".

[هـ] ابن ماجة بإسناد على شرط مسلم، وصححه ابن حبان عن جابر

suyuti:17032a –
Translation not available.
السيوطي:١٧٠٣٢a –

"كَيفَ يُقَدِّسُ الله أُمَّةً لَا يُؤْخَذُ مِن شَدِيدِهِم لِضَعِيفِهِمْ".

[هـ] ابن ماجة [ع] أبو يعلى [حب] ابن حبّان [ض] ضياء المقدسي في مختاره عن جابر