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tabarani:14068 – ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal from my father > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , entered in the Umrah of Al-Qadaa' with Abdullah ibn Rawahah in front of him, and he said:

[Al-Bahr Al-Rajz]

Let the disbelievers refrain from his way ... The Most Merciful has revealed in his revelation

That the best killing is in his way.  

الطبراني:١٤٠٦٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي عَمْرَةِ الْقَضَاءِ وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ رَوَاحَةَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ:

[البحر الرجز]

خَلُّوا بَنِي الكُفّارِ عَنْ سَبِيلِهِ … قَدْ أنْزَلَ الرَّحْمَنُ فِي تَنْزِيلِهِ

بِأنَّ خَيْرَ القَتْلِ فِي سَبِيلِهِ»  

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bayhaqi:21037 – Abū ʿUmar Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn al-Qāḍī > Sulaymān b. Aḥmad b. Ayyūb Abū al-Qāsim al-Lakhmī Bʾaṣbahān > Ibrāhīm b. Abū Sūwayd al-Shibāmī Sanah Thamān And Sabʿīn Wamiāʾatayn Bimadīnah Shibām > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Anas

[Machine] When the Prophet ﷺ entered Makkah for the Umrah Al-Qada', Abdullah Ibn Rawaha walked in front of him saying, "Khallu Banee Al-Kuffar 'an sabeelihi, qad nazzaala ar-Rahmanu fee tanzilihi. Anna khayra al-qatl fi sabeelihi nahnu qat'alnakum 'ala tawiilihi, kama qatalnakum 'ala tanzilihi."  

البيهقي:٢١٠٣٧ – وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عُمَرَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ الْقَاضِي ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ اللَّخْمِيُّ بأَصْبَهَانَ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ أَبِي سُوَيْدٍ الشِّبَامِيُّ سَنَةَ ثَمَانٍ وَسَبْعِينَ وَمِائَتَيْنِ بِمَدِينَةِ شِبَامٍ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

لَمَّا دَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَكَّةَ فِي عُمْرَةِ الْقَضَاءِ مَشَى عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ رَوَاحَةَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ [البحر الرجز] خَلُّوا بَنِي الْكُفَّارِ عَنْ سَبِيلِهْ قَدْ نَزَّلَ الرَّحْمَنُ فِي تَنْزِيلِهْ أَنَّ خَيْرَ الْقَتْلِ فِي سَبِيلِهِ نَحْنُ قَاتَلْنَاكُمْ عَلَى تَأْوِيلِهْ كَمَا قَاتَلْنَاكُمْ عَلَى تَنْزِيلِهْ