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tabarani:1325 – Yūsuf al-Qāḍī > Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd b. Ḥisāb > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > Thābit b. al-Ḍaḥḥāk And Kānat Lah Ṣuḥbah > Ḥammād Walaw Qult Innah Marfūʿ Lam Ubāl

[Machine] "Hamad, even if you say that he is praised, I wouldn't mind," he said. "Whoever swears by a religion other than Islam falsely, he is as he said."  

الطبراني:١٣٢٥ – حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ الْقَاضِي ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ حِسَابٍ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتِ بْنِ الضَّحَّاكِ وَكَانَتْ لَهُ صُحْبَةٌ قَالَ

حَمَّادٌ وَلَوْ قُلْتَ إِنَّهُ مَرْفُوعٌ لَمْ أُبَالِ قَالَ «مَنْ حَلَفَ بِمِلَّةٍ سِوَى الْإِسْلَامِ كَاذِبًا فَهُوَ كَمَا قَالَ»  

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tirmidhi:1543 – Aḥmad b. Manīʿ > Isḥāq b. Yūsuf al-Azraq > Hishām al-Dastawāʾī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Qilābah > Thābit b. al-Ḍaḥḥāk

That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever swears by a religion other than Islam while lying, then he is as he said."  

الترمذي:١٥٤٣ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الأَزْرَقُ عَنْ هِشَامٍ الدَّسْتَوَائِيِّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتِ بْنِ الضَّحَّاكِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ حَلَفَ بِمِلَّةٍ غَيْرِ الإِسْلاَمِ كَاذِبًا فَهُوَ كَمَا قَالَ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَقَدِ اخْتَلَفَ أَهْلُ الْعِلْمِ فِي هَذَا إِذَا حَلَفَ الرَّجُلُ بِمِلَّةٍ سِوَى الإِسْلاَمِ فَقَالَ هُوَ يَهُودِيٌّ أَوْ نَصْرَانِيٌّ إِنْ فَعَلَ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَفَعَلَ ذَلِكَ الشَّىْءَ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ قَدْ أَتَى عَظِيمًا وَلاَ كَفَّارَةَ عَلَيْهِ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَبِهِ يَقُولُ مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ وَإِلَى هَذَا الْقَوْلِ ذَهَبَ أَبُو عُبَيْدٍ وَقَالَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَالتَّابِعِينَ وَغَيْرِهِمْ عَلَيْهِ فِي ذَلِكَ الْكَفَّارَةُ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ سُفْيَانَ وَأَحْمَدَ وَإِسْحَاقَ
ibnmajah:2098 – Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Ibn Abū ʿAdī > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > Abū Qilābah > Thābit b. al-Ḍaḥḥāk

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Whoever takes an oath to follow a religion other than Islam, telling a deliberate lie, he will be as he said.'"  

ابن ماجة:٢٠٩٨ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتِ بْنِ الضَّحَّاكِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ حَلَفَ بِمِلَّةٍ سِوَى الإِسْلاَمِ كَاذِبًا مُتَعَمِّدًا فَهُوَ كَمَا قَالَ