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tabarani:16600Aḥmad b. al-Muʿallá al-Dimashqī > Hishām b. ʿAmmār > Ṣadaqah b. Khālid > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Shuʿaythī > Maslamah b. ʿAbdullāh al-Juhanī > Khālid b. al-Lajlāj from his father

[Machine] We were young men working in the market when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded for a man to be stoned. Then a man came to us and asked us about him, so we brought him to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . We said, "O Messenger of Allah, this man came to ask us about this wicked person who was stoned today." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not call him wicked. By Allah, he is better in the sight of Allah than musk."  

الطبراني:١٦٦٠٠حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْمُعَلَّى الدِّمَشْقِيُّ ثنا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ ثنا صَدَقَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الشُّعَيْثِيُّ عَنْ مَسْلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْجُهَنِيِّ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ اللَّجْلَاجِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كُنَّا غِلْمَانًا نَعْمَلُ فِي السُّوقِ فَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِرَجُلٍ فَرُجِمَ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ يَسْأَلُنَا عَنْهُ فَأَتَيْنَا بِهِ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ هَذَا جَاءَ يَسْأَلُنَا عَنْ هَذَا الْخَبِيثِ الَّذِي رُجِمَ الْيَوْمَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا تَقُولُوا خَبِيثٌ فَوَاللهِ لَهُوَ أَطْيَبُ عِنْدَ اللهِ مِنَ الْمِسْكِ  


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nasai-kubra:7147Aḥmad b. al-Muʿallá b. Yazīd al-Dimashqī > Sulaymān b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman And ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ibrāhīm > al-Walīd > Ibn Muslim > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Shuʿaythī > Maslamah b. ʿAbdullāh al-Juhanī > Khālid b. al-Lajjalāj from his father

[Machine] We were working in the market when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered for a man to be stoned. Then, a man came to us and asked who guided him to the place where he was stoned. So, we held onto him until we brought him to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and we said, "O Messenger of Allah, this man came to ask us about the wicked person who was stoned today." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not call him wicked, for by Allah, he is more fragrant to Allah than musk."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٧١٤٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْمُعَلَّى بْنِ يَزِيدَ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ هُوَ ابْنُ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الشُّعَيْثِيُّ عَنْ مَسْلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْجُهَنِيِّ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ اللَّجَّلَاجِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كُنَّا نَعْمَلَ فِي السُّوقِ فَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِرَجُلٍ فَرُجِمَ فَجَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ فَسَأَلَنَا مَنْ نَدُلُّهُ عَلَى مَكَانِهِ الَّذِي رُجِمَ فِيهِ؟ فَتَعَلَّقْنَا بِهِ حَتَّى أَتَيْنَا بِهِ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ هَذَا جَاءَ لِيَسْأَلَنَا عَنْ ذَلِكَ الْخَبِيثِ الَّذِي رَجَمْتَ الْيَوْمَ فَقَالُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا تَقُولُوا خَبِيثٌ فَوَاللهِ لَهُوَ أَطْيَبُ عِنْدَ اللهِ مِنَ الْمِسْكِ»