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tabarani:2385ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > al-Azraq b. ʿAlī > Ḥassān b. Ibrāhīm > Yūsuf b. Abū Isḥāq > Abū Isḥāq > ʿUbaydullāh b. Jarīr from his father

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There is no nation in which those who commit sins are more numerous and more honored, and they stay silent and do not change until they are afflicted with punishment."  

الطبراني:٢٣٨٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ ثنا الْأَزْرَقُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ثنا حَسَّانُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَا مِنْ قَوْمٍ يَكُونُ فِيهِمْ مَنْ يَعْمَلُ بِالْمَعَاصِيِ هُمْ أَكْثَرُ مِنْهُ وَأَعَزُّ فَيَدْهُنُونَ وَيَسْكُتُونَ فَلَا يُغَيِّرُونَ إِلَّا أَصَابَتْهُمْ فِيهِ عُقُوبَةٌ»  


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ahmad:19192Ḥajjāj b. Muḥammad > Sharīk > Abū Isḥāq > al-Mundhir b. Jarīr from his father

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘There is no people among whom sins are committed when they are stronger and of a higher status (i.e. they have the power and ability to stop the sinners) and they do not change them, but Allah will send His punishment upon them all.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4009)   

أحمد:١٩١٩٢حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ أَخْبَرَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْمُنْذِرِ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا مِنْ قَوْمٍ يَعْمَلُونَ بِالْمَعَاصِي وَفِيهِمْ رَجُلٌ أَعَزُّ مِنْهُمْ وَأَمْنَعُ لَا يُغَيِّرُونَ إِلَّا عَمَّهُمُ اللهُ ﷻ بِعِقَابٍ أَوْ قَالَ أَصَابَهُمُ الْعِقَابُ  

ahmad:19216Yazīd b. Hārūn > Sharīk b. ʿAbdullāh > Abū Isḥāq > al-Mundhir b. Jarīr from his father

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There is no nation among whom those who commit sins openly among them are more honored and protected, unless they change what Allah ﷻ has decreed upon them and so Allah ﷻ inflicts them with punishment."  

أحمد:١٩٢١٦حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَخْبَرَنَا شَرِيكُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْمُنْذِرِ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا مِنْ قَوْمٍ يَكُونُ بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِهِمْ مَنْ يَعْمَلُ بِالْمَعَاصِي هُمْ أَعَزُّ مِنْهُ وَأَمْنَعُ لَمْ يُغَيِّرُوا عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا أَصَابَهُمُ اللهُ ﷻ مِنْهُ بِعِقَابٍ  

ahmad:19253Wakīʿ > Isrāʾīl > Abū Isḥāq > ʿUbaydullāh b. Jarīr from his father

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘There is no people among whom sins are committed when they are stronger and of a higher status (i.e. they have the power and ability to stop the sinners) and they do not change them, but Allah will send His punishment upon them all.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4009)  

أحمد:١٩٢٥٣حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا مِنْ قَوْمٍ يُعْمَلُ فِيهِمْ بِالْمَعَاصِي هُمْ أَعَزُّ مِنْهُمْ وَأَمْنَعُ لَا يُغَيِّرُونَ إِلَّا عَمَّهُمُ اللهُ تَعَالَى بِعِقَابِهِ  

tabarani:2381ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal from my father > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > ʿUbaydullāh b. Jarīr from his father

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There is no group of people who commit sins among themselves, yet they are more honorable and greater in number than those who avoid committing them, except that Allah will surely inflict His punishment upon them."  

الطبراني:٢٣٨١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَا مِنْ قَوْمٍ يُعْمَلُ بَيْنَهُمْ بِالْمَعَاصِيِ هُمْ أَعَزُّ وَأَكْثَرُ مِمَّنْ يَعْمَلُهُ لَمْ يُغَيِّرُوا إِلَّا أَصَابَهُمُ اللهُ بِعِقَابِهِ»