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tabarani:1377Zakariyyā b. Yaḥyá al-Sājī > Mūsá b. Sufyān al-Jundīsābūrī > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Jahm > ʿAmr b. Abū Qays > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Thaʿlabah b. al-Ḥakam

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Indeed, looting is not permissible." So a group seized sheep, and they informed him [the Prophet]. So the Prophet ﷺ said, "Gather the pots and what is in them."  

الطبراني:١٣٧٧حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى السَّاجِيُّ ثنا مُوسَى بْنُ سُفْيَانَ الْجُنْدِيسَابُورِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْجَهْمِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ أَبِي قَيْسٍ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ النُّهْبَةَ لَا تَحِلُّ» فَانْتَهَبَ قَوْمٌ غَنَمًا فَأَخْبَرُوهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَكْفِئُوا الْقُدُورَ وَمَا فِيهَا»  


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ahmad:23116Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Simāk b. Ḥarb > a man from Banī Layth

[Machine] "People from the companions of the Prophet ﷺ captured me, so I was with them. They obtained some sheep and slaughtered them. Then I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'Verily, spoils of war (booty) are not suitable, so distribute the pots.'"  

أحمد:٢٣١١٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَجُلًا مِنْ بَنِي لَيْثٍ قَالَ

أَسَرَنِي نَاسٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَكُنْتُ مَعَهُمْ فَأَصَابُوا غَنَمًا فَانْتَهَبُوهَا فَطَبَخُوهَا قَالَ فَسَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ النُّهْبَى أَوِ النُّهْبَةَ لَا تَصْلُحُ فَأَكْفِئُوا الْقُدُورَ  

tabarani:1371Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Isrāʾīl > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Thaʿlabah b. al-Ḥakam

[Machine] We captured sheep on the day of Khaybar, and the people took them eagerly. Then the Prophet ﷺ came and saw their pots boiling. He asked, "What is this?" They replied, "It is a share, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "Return it, for the share is not permissible. Just keep what is left of it."  

الطبراني:١٣٧١حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنَا سِمَاكُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ عَنْ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ قَالَ

أَصَبْنَا يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ غَنَمًا فَانْتَهَبَهَا النَّاسُ فَجَاءَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَقُدُورُهُمْ تَغْلِي فَقَالَ «مَا هَذَا؟» فَقَالُوا نُهْبَةٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ «أكْفِئُوها فَإِنَّ النُّهْبَةَ لَا تَحِلُّ فَكَفَئُوا مَا بَقِيَ فِيهَا»  

tabarani:1374[Chain 1] Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Rāhawayh from my father > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus > Zakariyyā b. Abū Zāʾidah [Chain 2] Abū Yazīd al-Qarāṭīsī > Asad b. Mūsá > Yaḥyá b. Zakariyyā b. Abū Zāʾidah from my father > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Thaʿlabah b. al-Ḥakam

[Machine] We captured sheep in the Day of Khaybar, so we took them hastily. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came and their pots were boiling. They said, "Indeed, this is a spoil (Nahba)." He said, "Suffice the pots because indeed, spoils are not permissible."  

الطبراني:١٣٧٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ رَاهَوَيْهِ ثنا أَبِي ثنا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ عَنْ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَزِيدَ الْقَرَاطِيسِيُّ ثنا أَسَدُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ قَالَ

أَصَبْنَا يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ غَنَمًا فَانْتَهَبْنَاهَا فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَقُدُورُهُمْ تَغْلِي فَقَالُوا إِنَّهَا نُهْبَةٌ فَقَالَ «أَكْفِئُوا الْقُدُورَ فَإِنَّهُ لَا تَحِلُّ النُّهْبَةُ»