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tabarani:12451ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Muḥammad b. Abū Nuʿaym al-Wāsiṭī > Abū ʿAwānah > Abū Bishr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Prophet of Allah ﷺ said, "Seeing with one's own eyes is not the same as hearing a report." Allah said to Moses, "Indeed, your people have been tempted and they did not cast down the tablets. So when he saw, he threw down the tablets and broke them."  

الطبراني:١٢٤٥١حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي نُعَيْمٍ الْوَاسِطِيُّ ثنا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْسَ الْمُعَايَنَةُ كَالْخَبَرِ قَالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى إِنَّ قَوْمَكَ قَدْ فُتِنُوا فَلَمْ يُلْقِ الْأَلْوَاحَ فَلَمَّا عَايَنَ أَلْقَى الْأَلْوَاحَ فَكَسَرَهَا  


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hakim:3250ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥakīmī > al-ʿAbbās b. Muḥammad al-Dūrī > Surayj b. al-Nuʿmān > Hushaym > Abū Bishr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "News is not like seeing. Indeed, Allah informed Musa (Moses) about what his people did with the calf, but he did not throw down the tablets. When he saw what they had done, he threw down the tablets."  

الحاكم:٣٢٥٠أَخْبَرَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْحَكِيمِيُّ بِبَغْدَادَ ثنا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الدُّورِيُّ ثنا سُرَيْجُ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ ثنا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَيْسَ الْخَبَرُ كَالْمُعَايَنَةِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَبَّرَ مُوسَى بِمَا صَنَعَ قَوْمُهُ فِي الْعِجْلِ فَلَمْ يُلْقِ الْأَلْوَاحَ فَلَمَّا عَايَنَ مَا صَنَعُوا أَلْقَى الْأَلْوَاحَ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخْرِجَاهُ على شرط البخاري ومسلم

ذِكْرُ السَّبَبِ الَّذِي مِنْ أَجْلِهِ أَلْقَى مُوسَى الْأَلْوَاحَ

ibnhibban:6213al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Surayj b. Yūnus > Hushaym > Abū Bishr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "News is not the same as seeing. Allah said to Moses, 'Indeed, your people have done such and such,' but when he did not meet with satisfaction, when he witnessed, he cast down the tablets."  

ابن حبّان:٦٢١٣أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنَا سُرَيْجُ بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَيْسَ الْخَبَرُ كَالْمُعَايَنَةِ قَالَ اللَّهُ لِمُوسَى إِنَّ قَوْمَكَ صَنَعُوا كَذَا وَكَذَا فَلَمَّا يُبَالِ فَلَمَّا عَايَنَ أَلْقَى الْأَلْوَاحَ»  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ هَذَا الْخَبَرَ تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ هُشَيْمٌ

ibnhibban:6214Ḥubaysh b. ʿAbdullāh al-Nīlī Biwāsiṭ > Aḥmad b. Sinān al-Qaṭṭān > Abū Dāwud > Abū ʿAwānah > Abū Bishr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah said, "The one who sees is not like the one who hears. Allah informed Musa (Moses) that his people were being tested, but he did not throw the tablets. So when he saw them, he threw the tablets."  

ابن حبّان:٦٢١٤أَخْبَرَنَا حُبَيْشُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ النِّيلِيُّ بِوَاسِطٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ الْقَطَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ «لَيْسَ الْمُعَايِنُ كَالْمُخْبَرِ أَخْبَرَ اللَّهُ مُوسَى أَنَّ قَوْمَهُ فُتِنُوا فَلَمْ يُلْقِ الْأَلْوَاحَ فَلَمَّا رَآهُمْ أَلْقَى الْأَلْوَاحَ»