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tabarani:17803[Chain 1] Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣāʾigh al-Makkī > Saʿīd b. Manṣūr [Chain 2] ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr [Chain 3] Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > ʿAlī b. al-Madīnī [Chain 4] Bakr b. Sahl al-Dimyāṭī

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ asked them about fornication and they said it is forbidden, as Allah and His Messenger have forbidden it. He said, "It is better for a man to fornicate with ten women than to fornicate with his neighbor's wife." He asked them about theft, and they said it is forbidden, as Allah and His Messenger have forbidden it. He said, "It is easier for a man to steal from ten sheep than to steal from his neighbor's house."  

الطبراني:١٧٨٠٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الصَّائِغُ الْمَكِّيُّ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمَدِينِيِّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ الدِّمْيَاطِيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أشكيبَ الْكُوفِيُّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ قَالُوا ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا ظَبْيَةَ الْكَلَاعِيَّ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ الْمِقْدَادَ بْنَ الْأَسْوَدِ يُحَدِّثُ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سَأَلَهُمْ عَنِ الزِّنَا فَقَالُوا حَرَامٌ حَرَّمَهُ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ فَقَالَ «لَأَنْ يَزْنِيَ الرَّجُلُ بِعَشْرِ نِسْوَةٍ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَزْنِيَ بِامْرَأَةِ جَارَهِ» قَالَ وَسَأَلَهُمْ عَنِ السَّرِقَةِ فَقَالُوا حَرَامٌ حَرَّمَهَا اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ فَقَالَ «لَأَنْ يَسْرِقَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ عَشَرَةِ أَبْيَاتٍ أَيْسَرُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَنْ يَسْرِقَ مِنْ بَيْتِ جَارِهِ»  


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ahmad:23854ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh > Muḥammad b. Fuḍayl b. Ghazwān > Muḥammad b. Saʿd al-Anṣārī > Abū Ẓabyah al-Kalāʿī > al-Miqdād b. al-Aswad

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to his companions, "What do you say about adultery?" They said, "Allah and His Messenger have made it forbidden, so it is forbidden until the Day of Judgment." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then said to his companions, "For a man to commit adultery with ten women is easier for him than to commit adultery with his neighbor's wife." Then he said, "What do you say about theft?" They said, "Allah and His Messenger have made it forbidden, so it is forbidden." He said, "For a man to steal from ten acres is easier for him than to steal from his neighbor."  

أحمد:٢٣٨٥٤حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلِ بْنِ غَزْوَانَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا ظَبْيَةَ الْكَلَاعِيَّ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ الْمِقْدَادَ بْنَ الْأَسْوَدِ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِأَصْحَابِهِ مَا تَقُولُونَ فِي الزِّنَا؟ قَالُوا حَرَّمَهُ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ فَهُوَ حَرَامٌ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِأَصْحَابِهِ لَأَنْ يَزْنِيَ الرَّجُلُ بِعَشْرَةِ نِسْوَةٍ أَيْسَرُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَنْ يَزْنِيَ بِامْرَأَةِ جَارِهِ قَالَ فَقَالَ مَا تَقُولُونَ فِي السَّرِقَةِ؟ قَالُوا حَرَّمَهَا اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ فَهِيَ حَرَامٌ قَالَ لَأَنْ يَسْرِقَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ عَشْرَةِ أَبْيَاتٍ أَيْسَرُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَنْ يَسْرِقَ مِنْ جَارِهِ  

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"لأَنْ يَزْنِى الرَّجُلُ بِعَشرِ نِسوَةٍ خَيرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَزْنِى بامْرأةِ جَارِهِ، ولأَنْ يَسْرِقَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ عَشْرَةِ أبْيَاتٍ أيسَر لَهُ مِنْ أنْ يَسْرِقَ مِنْ بَيتِ جَارِهِ".  

[حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري في الأدب، [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير [هب] البيهقى في شعب الإيمان عن المقداد بن الأسود