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tabarani:17065 – al-Miqdām b. Dāwud > Asad b. Mūsá > ʿAdī b. al-Faḍl > Bahz b. Ḥakīm from his father from his grandfather > Nabī Allāh ﷺ > Lilladhī

[Machine] I heard Prophet Muhammad ﷺ saying to the one who tells jokes to people and makes them laugh, "Woe to him, woe to him."  

الطبراني:١٧٠٦٥ – حَدَّثَنَا الْمِقْدَامُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ ثنا أَسَدُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا عَدِيُّ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ عَنْ بَهْزِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لِلَّذِي يُحَدِّثُ الْقَوْمَ فَيُضْحِكُهُمْ «وَيْلٌ لَهُ وَيْلٌ لَهُ»  

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abudawud:4990 – Musaddad b. Musarhad > Yaḥyá > Bahz b. Ḥakīm from my father from his father

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Woe to him who tells things, speaking falsely, to make people laugh thereby. Woe to him! Woe to him!.  

أبو داود:٤٩٩٠ – حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدُ بْنُ مُسَرْهَدٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ بَهْزِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ وَيْلٌ لِلَّذِي يُحَدِّثُ فَيَكْذِبُ لِيُضْحِكَ بِهِ الْقَوْمَ وَيْلٌ لَهُ وَيْلٌ لَهُ  

ahmad:20021 – ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Bahz b. Ḥakīm > Abīhiʿan Jaddih

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Woe to him who tells things, speaking falsely, to make people laugh thereby. Woe to him! Woe to him!. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4990)   

أحمد:٢٠٠٢١ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ بَهْزِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِعَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ وَيْلٌ لِلَّذِي يُحَدِّثُ الْقَوْمَ ثُمَّ يَكْذِبُ لِيُضْحِكَهُمْ وَيْلٌ لَهُ وَوَيْلٌ لَهُ  

ahmad:20046 – Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Bahz b. Ḥakīm from my father from my father

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Woe to him who tells things, speaking falsely, to make people laugh thereby. Woe to him! Woe to him!. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4990)  

أحمد:٢٠٠٤٦ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ بَهْزِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ جَدِّي قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ وَيْلٌ لِلَّذِي يُحَدِّثُ فَيَكْذِبُ لِيُضْحِكَ بِهِ الْقَوْمَ وَيْلٌ لَهُ وَيْلٌ لَهُ  

ahmad:20055 – Yazīd > Bahz from his father from his grandfather

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Woe to him who tells things, speaking falsely, to make people laugh thereby. Woe to him! Woe to him!. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4990)  

أحمد:٢٠٠٥٥ – حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا بَهْزٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ وَيْلٌ لِلَّذِي يُحَدِّثُ فَيَكْذِبُ لِيُضْحِكَ بِهِ الْقَوْمَ وَيْلٌ لَهُ وَيْلٌ لَهُ  

ahmad:20073 – Yazīd > Bahz from his father from his grandfather

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Woe to him who tells things, speaking falsely, to make people laugh thereby. Woe to him! Woe to him!. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4990)  

أحمد:٢٠٠٧٣ – حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا بَهْزٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ وَيْلٌ لِلَّذِي يُحَدِّثُ فَيَكْذِبُ لِيُضْحِكَ بِهِ الْقَوْمَ وَيْلٌ لَهُ وَيْلٌ لَهُ  

darimi:2744 – Yazīd b. Hārūn > Bahz b. Ḥakīm from his father from his grandfather

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Woe to him who tells things, speaking falsely, to make people laugh thereby. Woe to him! Woe to him!. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4990)  

الدارمي:٢٧٤٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَخْبَرَنَا بَهْزُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «وَيْلٌ لِلَّذِي يُحَدِّثُ فَيَكْذِبُ لِيُضْحِكَ بِهِ الْقَوْمَ وَيْلٌ لَهُ وَيْلٌ لَهُ»  

hakim:142 – Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-ʿAbbās b. Muḥammad al-Dūrī > Abū ʿĀṣim > Aḥmad b. Sulaymān al-Faqīh > al-Ḥasan b. Mukram al-Bazzār And Muḥammad b. Maslamah al-Wāsiṭī > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Bahz b. Ḥakīm from his father from his grandfather > Nabī Allāh ﷺ > Wayl Lilladhī

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Woe to him who tells things, speaking falsely, to make people laugh thereby. Woe to him! Woe to him!. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4990)   

الحاكم:١٤٢ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الدُّورِيُّ ثنا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الْفَقِيهُ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُكْرَمٍ الْبَزَّارُ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ الْوَاسِطِيُّ قَالَا ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَا ثنا بَهْزُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «وَيْلٌ لِلَّذِي يُحَدِّثُ فَيَكْذِبُ وَيَضْحَكُ بِهِ الْقَوْمُ وَيْلٌ لَهُ وَيْلٌ لَهُ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ رَوَاهُ سُفْيَانُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَالْحَمَّادَانِ وَعَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَإِسْرَائِيلُ بْنُ يُونُسَ وَغَيْرُهُمْ مِنَ الْأَئِمَّةِ عَنْ بَهْزِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ «وَلَا أَعْلَمُ خِلَافًا بَيْنَ أَكْثَرِ أَئِمَّةِ أَهْلِ النَّقْلِ فِي عَدَالَةِ بَهْزِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ وَأَنَّهُ يُجْمَعُ حَدِيثُهُ وَقَدْ ذَكَرَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الْجَامِعِ الصَّحِيحِ وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ شَاهِدٌ لِحَدِيثِ بِلَالِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ الْمُزَنِيِّ الَّذِي قَدَّمْنَا ذِكْرَهُ» وَقَدْ رَوَى سَعِيدُ بْنُ إِيَاسٍ الْجُرَيْرِيُّ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ وَرَوَى عَنْ أَبِي التَّيَّاحِ الضُّبَعِيِّ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ حَيْدَةَوهذا شاهد لحديث بلال
nasai-kubra:11591 – Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh > Bahz b. Ḥakīm from his father from his grandfather

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Woe to him who tells things, speaking falsely, to make people laugh thereby. Woe to him! Woe to him!. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4990)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١١٥٩١ – أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ عَنْ بَهْزِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «وَيْلٌ لِلَّذِي يُحَدِّثُ فَيَكْذِبُ لِيُضْحِكَ بِهِ الْقَوْمَ وَيْلٌ لَهُ وَيْلٌ لَهُ»