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tabarani:18804ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz

[Machine] My uncle Abu Burdah passed by me with a flag, so I asked him, "Where are you going?" He replied, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me to a man who married his stepmother, to bring him his head."  

الطبراني:١٨٨٠٤حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ مُبَارَكٍ الْكُوفِيُّ ثنا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ عَنْ أَشْعَثَ بْنِ سَوَّارٍ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ قَالَ

مَرَّ بِي خَالِي أَبُو بُرْدَةَ وَمَعَهُ لِوَاءٌ فَقُلْتُ إِلَى أَيْنَ؟ قَالَ «بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةَ أَبِيهِ أَجِيئُهُ بِرَأْسِهِ»  


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tirmidhi:1362Abū Saʿīd al-Ashaj > Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth > Ashʿath > ʿAdī b. Thābit > al-Barāʾ > Mar Bī Khālī Abū Burdah b. Niyār And Maʿah Liwāʾ > Ayn Turīd

"My maternal uncle Abu Burdah Ibn Niyar passed by me and he had a flag with him. I said: 'Where are you going ?' He said: 'the Messenger of Allah ﷺ dispatched me to a man who married a woman his father had married to: that I should bring him his head."  

الترمذي:١٣٦٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الأَشَجُّ حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ عَنْ أَشْعَثَ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ قَالَ مَرَّ بِي خَالِي أَبُو بُرْدَةَ بْنُ نِيَارٍ وَمَعَهُ لِوَاءٌ فَقُلْتُ أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ قَالَ

بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةَ أَبِيهِ أَنْ آتِيَهُ بِرَأْسِهِ قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ قُرَّةَ الْمُزَنِيِّ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ الْبَرَاءِ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ وَقَدْ رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ أَشْعَثَ عَنْ عَدِيٍّ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْبَرَاءِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَرُوِيَ عَنْ أَشْعَثَ عَنْ عَدِيٍّ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْبَرَاءِ عَنْ خَالِهِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ

ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ تَزَوَّجِ الْمَرْءِ امْرَأَةَ أَبِيهِ، أَوْ وَطْئِهِ جَارِيَتَهُ الَّتِي هِيَ فِي فِرَاشِهِ

ibnhibban:4112al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ > al-Ḥasan b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Suddī > ʿAdī b. Thābit > al-Barāʾ

"I met my maternal uncle who was carrying a flag (for an expedition) and I said: 'Where are you going?' He said: 'The Messenger of Allah is sending me to a man who has married his father's wife after he died, to strike his neck or kill him.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3331)   

ابن حبّان:٤١١٢أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنِ السُّدِّيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ قَالَ

لَقِيتُ خَالِي أَبَا بُرْدَةَ وَمَعَهُ الرَّايَةُ فَقُلْتُ إِلَى أَيْنَ فَقَالَ «أَرْسَلَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةَ أَبِيهِ أَنْ أَقْتُلَهُ أَوْ أَضْرِبَ عُنُقَهُ»  

tabarani:3404Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Ashʿath > ʿAdī b. Thābit > Yazīd b. al-Barāʾ from his father > Laqīt ʿAmmī And Maʿah Rāyah > Ayn Turīd

I met my uncle who was carrying a standard. I asked him: Where are you going? He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has sent me to a man who has married his father's wife. He has ordered me to cut off his head and take his property. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4457)   

الطبراني:٣٤٠٤حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ أَشْعَثَ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْبَرَاءِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

لَقِيتُ عَمِّي وَمَعَهُ رَايَةٌ فَقُلْتُ أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ؟ فَقَالَ «بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةَ أَبِيهِ وَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَقْتُلَهُ»