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tabarani:11719Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Isrāʾīl > Simāk b. Ḥarb > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ passed by a group of the Ansar who had set up a pigeon target for shooting. He said, "Do not consider anything of the spirit as a target."  

الطبراني:١١٧١٩حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

مَرَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِقَوْمٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ قَدْ نَصَبُوا حَمَامَةً يَرْمُونَهَا فَقَالَ «لَا تَتَّخِذُوا شَيْئًا مِنَ الرُّوحِ غَرَضًا»  


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ahmad:2705Aswad b. ʿĀmir And Khalaf b. al-Walīd > Isrāʾīl > Simāk > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ passed by a group of the Ansar who had set up a target and were shooting arrows at it. He said, "Do not take anything that has life as a target."  

أحمد:٢٧٠٥حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ وَخَلَفُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ قَالا حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

مَرَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِرَهْطٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَقَدْ نَصَبُوا حَمَامَةً يَرْمُونَهَا فَقَالَ لَا تَتَّخِذُوا شَيْئًا فِيهِ الرُّوحُ غَرَضًا