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طَاوُسُ بْنُ كَيْسَانَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ

tabarani:13936 – Mūsá b. Hārūn > Isḥāq b. Rāhawayh > al-Faḍl b. Mūsá al-Sīnānī > Maʿmar > Ibn Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn al-Zubayr

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever unsheathes his sword and then puts it back without using it, the blood it shed will be wasted." He means that by not using it, it is as if he struck with it.  

الطبراني:١٣٩٣٦ – حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ رَاهَوَيْهِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ مُوسَى السِّينَانِيُّ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ شَهَرَ سَيْفَهُ ثُمَّ وَضَعَهُ فَدَمُهُ هَدَرٌ» يَعْنِي وَضَعَهُ ضَرَبَ بِهِ  

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nasai:4097 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > al-Faḍl b. Mūsá > Maʿmar > Ibn Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn al-Zubayr

The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: "Whoever unsheathes his sword and starts to strike the people with it, it is permissible to shed his blood."  

النسائي:٤٠٩٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ ابْنِ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ شَهَرَ سَيْفَهُ ثُمَّ وَضَعَهُ فَدَمُهُ هَدَرٌ  

hakim:2670 – Muḥammad b. Ṣāliḥ b. Hāniʾ > al-Sarī b. Khuzaymah > Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Whayb > Maʿmar b. Rāshid > ʿAbdullāh b. Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn al-Zubayr

The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: "Whoever unsheathes his sword and starts to strike the people with it, it is permissible to shed his blood." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4097)   

الحاكم:٢٦٧٠ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ صَالِحِ بْنِ هَانِئٍ ثنا السَّرِيُّ بْنُ خُزَيْمَةَ ثنا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ثنا وهَيْبٌ عَنْ مَعْمَرِ بْنِ رَاشِدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ شَهَرَ سَيْفَهُ ثُمَّ وَضَعَهُ فَدَمُهُ هَدَرٌ»  

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السيوطي:٢١٩٢٦a –

"مَنْ شَهَرَ سَيفَهُ ثُمَّ وَضَعَهُ فَدَمُهُ هَدْرٌ".  

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