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tabarani:15131Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Rāhawayh from my father > Abū ʿĀmir al-ʿAqadī > Hammām > Qatādah > Yazīd b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Shikhhīr > ʿIyāḍ b. Ḥimār

[Machine] "From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , he said, 'The one who seeks to make things clear and investigate is like two deceitful and argumentative devils.'"  

الطبراني:١٥١٣١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ رَاهَوَيْهِ ثَنَا أَبِي ثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ الْعَقَدِيُّ ثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الشِّخِّيرِ عَنْ عِيَاضِ بْنِ حِمَارٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «الْمُسْتَبَّانِ شَيْطَانَانِ مُتَكاذِبَانِ وَمُتَهاتِرَانِ»  


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ahmad:17487Bahz > Hammām > Qatādah > Yazīd > ʿIyāḍ b. Ḥimār

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "The one who seeks to distinguish between two things is challenged by two devils who deceive and argue with each other."  

أحمد:١٧٤٨٧حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ عَنْ عِيَاضِ بْنِ حِمَارٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ الْمُسْتَبَّانِ شَيْطَانَانِ يَتَكَاذَبَانِ وَيَتَهَاتَرَانِ  

ahmad:18337ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Hammām > Qatādah > Yazīd b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿIyāḍ b. Ḥimār

When two persons indulge in hurling (abuses) upon one another, it would be the first one who would be the sinner so long as the oppressed does not transgress the limits. (Using translation from Muslim 2587)   

أحمد:١٨٣٣٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ عِيَاضِ بْنِ حِمَارٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ الْمُسْتَبَّانِ مَاقَالَا عَلَى الْبَادِئِ مَا لَمْ يَعْتَدِ الْمَظْلُومُ وَالْمُسْتَبَّانِ شَيْطَانَانِ يَتَكَاذَبَانِ وَيَتَهَاتَرَانِ  

ahmad:18342ʿAffān > Hammām Bihadhā al-Isnād

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There are two devils that accuse and dispute with each other."  

أحمد:١٨٣٤٢حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمُسْتَبَّانِ شَيْطَانَانِ يَتَكَاذَبَانِ وَيَتَهَاتَرَانِ