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tabarani:6464Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar al-Raqqī > Abū Ghassān Mālik b. Ismāʿīl > Isrāʾīl > Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Jaddatih > Abīhā Sūwayd b. Ḥanẓalah

We went out intending (to visit) the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and Wa'il ibn Hujr was with us. His enemy caught him. The people desisted from swearing an oath, but I took an oath that he was my brother. So he left him. We then came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and I informed him that the people desisted from taking the oath, but I swore that he was my brother. He said: You spoke the truth: A Muslim is a brother of a Muslim. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3256)  

الطبراني:٦٤٦٤حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الرَّقِّيُّ ثنا أَبُو غَسَّانَ مَالِكُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ثنا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ عَنْ أَبِيهَا سُوَيْدِ بْنِ حَنْظَلَةَ قَالَ

خَرَجْنَا نُرِيدُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَمَعَنَا وَائِلُ بْنُ حُجْرٍ فَأَخَذَهُ عَدُوٌّ لَهُ فَتَحَرَّجَ الْقَوْمُ أَنْ يَحْلِفُوا وَحَلَفْتُ أَنَا أَنَّهُ أَخِي فَخُلِّيَ سَبِيلُهُ فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ الْقَوْمَ تَحَرَّجُوا أَنْ يَحْلِفُوا وَحَلَفْتُ أَنَّهُ أَخِي فَقَالَ «صَدَقْتَ الْمُسْلِمُ أَخُو الْمُسْلِمِ»  


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abudawud:3256ʿAmr b. Muḥammad al-Nāqid > Abū Aḥmad al-Zubayrī > Isrāʾīl > Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Jaddatih > Abīhā Sūwayd b. Ḥanẓalah

We went out intending (to visit) the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and Wa'il ibn Hujr was with us. His enemy caught him. The people desisted from swearing an oath, but I took an oath that he was my brother. So he left him. We then came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and I informed him that the people desisted from taking the oath, but I swore that he was my brother. He said: You spoke the truth: A Muslim is a brother of a Muslim.  

أبو داود:٣٢٥٦حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ النَّاقِدُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ الزُّبَيْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ عَنْ أَبِيهَا سُوَيْدِ بْنِ حَنْظَلَةَ قَالَ

خَرَجْنَا نُرِيدُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَعَنَا وَائِلُ بْنُ حُجْرٍ فَأَخَذَهُ عَدُوٌّ لَهُ فَتَحَرَّجَ الْقَوْمُ أَنْ يَحْلِفُوا وَحَلَفْتُ أَنَّهُ أَخِي فَخَلَّى سَبِيلَهُ فَأَتَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ أَنَّ الْقَوْمَ تَحَرَّجُوا أَنْ يَحْلِفُوا وَحَلَفْتُ أَنَّهُ أَخِي قَالَ صَدَقْتَ الْمُسْلِمُ أَخُو الْمُسْلِمِ  

ibnmajah:2119[Chain 1] Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿUbaydullāh b. Mūsá > Isrāʾīl [Chain 2] Yaḥyá b. Ḥakīm > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Isrāʾīl > Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Jaddatih > Abīhā Sūwayd b. Ḥanẓalah

"We went out looking for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and Wa'il bin Hujr was with us. An enemy of his seized him and the people were reluctant to swear an oath but I swore that he was my brother, so they set him free. We came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and I told him that the people had been reluctant to swear an oath, but I had sworn that he was my brother. He said: 'You told the truth. The Muslim is the brother of his fellow Muslim.' "  

ابن ماجة:٢١١٩حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ عَنْ أَبِيهَا سُوَيْدِ بْنِ حَنْظَلَةَ قَالَ

خَرَجْنَا نُرِيدُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَمَعَنَا وَائِلُ بْنُ حُجْرٍ فَأَخَذَهُ عَدُوٌّ لَهُ فَتَحَرَّجَ النَّاسُ أَنْ يَحْلِفُوا فَحَلَفْتُ أَنَا أَنَّهُ أَخِي فَخَلَّى سَبِيلَهُ فَأَتَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ أَنَّ الْقَوْمَ تَحَرَّجُوا أَنْ يَحْلِفُوا وَحَلَفْتُ أَنَا أَنَّهُ أَخِي فَقَالَ صَدَقْتَ الْمُسْلِمُ أَخُو الْمُسْلِمِ  

ahmad:16726Yazīd b. Hārūn > Isrāʾīl b. Yūnus b. Abū Isḥāq > Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Jaddatih > Abīhā Sūwayd b. Ḥanẓalah

We went out intending (to visit) the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and Wa'il ibn Hujr was with us. His enemy caught him. The people desisted from swearing an oath, but I took an oath that he was my brother. So he left him. We then came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and I informed him that the people desisted from taking the oath, but I swore that he was my brother. He said: You spoke the truth: A Muslim is a brother of a Muslim. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3256)   

أحمد:١٦٧٢٦حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ بْنُ يُونُسَ بْنِ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ عَنْ أَبِيهَا سُوَيْدِ بْنِ حَنْظَلَةَ قَالَ

خَرَجْنَا نُرِيدُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَمَعَنَا وَائِلُ بْنُ حُجْرٍ فَأَخَذَهُ عَدُوٌّ لَهُ فَتَحَرَّجَ النَّاسُ أَنْ يَحْلِفُوا وَحَلَفْتُ أَنَّهُ أَخِي فَخَلَّى عَنْهُ فَأَتَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ أَنْتَ كُنْتَ أَبَرَّهُمْ وَأَصْدَقَهُمْ صَدَقْتَ الْمُسْلِمُ أَخُو الْمُسْلِمِ  

hakim:7821Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-Maḥbūbī > Saʿīd b. Masʿūd > ʿUbaydullāh b. Mūsá > Isrāʾīl > Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Jaddatih > Abīhā Sūwayd b. Ḥanẓalah > Kharajnā

We went out intending (to visit) the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and Wa'il ibn Hujr was with us. His enemy caught him. The people desisted from swearing an oath, but I took an oath that he was my brother. So he left him. We then came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and I informed him that the people desisted from taking the oath, but I swore that he was my brother. He said: You spoke the truth: A Muslim is a brother of a Muslim. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3256)  

الحاكم:٧٨٢١أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْمَحْبُوبِيُّ ثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ ثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى أَنْبَأَ إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ عَنْ أَبِيهَا سُوَيْدِ بْنِ حَنْظَلَةَ قَالَ

خَرَجْنَا نُرِيدُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَمَعَنَا وَائِلُ بْنُ حُجْرٍ فَأَخَذَهُ عَدُوٌّ لَهُ فَتَحَرَّجَ الْقَوْمُ أَنْ يَحْلِفُوا وَحَلَفْتُ أَنَّهُ أَخِي فَخُلِّي سَبِيلُهُ فَأَتَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ أَنَّ الْقَوْمَ تَحَرَّجُوا وَحَلَفْتُ أَنَا أَنَّهُ أَخِي فَقَالَ «صَدَقْتَ الْمُسْلِمُ أَخُو الْمُسْلِمِ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ صحيح

سُوَيْدُ بْنُ حَنْظَلَةَ

tabarani:6465Fuḍayl b. Muḥammad al-Malṭī > Abū Nuʿaym > Isrāʾīl > Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Jaddatih > Abīhā Sūwayd b. Ḥanẓalah

We went out intending (to visit) the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and Wa'il ibn Hujr was with us. His enemy caught him. The people desisted from swearing an oath, but I took an oath that he was my brother. So he left him. We then came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and I informed him that the people desisted from taking the oath, but I swore that he was my brother. He said: You spoke the truth: A Muslim is a brother of a Muslim. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3256)   

الطبراني:٦٤٦٥حَدَّثَنَا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَلْطِيُّ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ عَنْ أَبِيهَا سُوَيْدِ بْنِ حَنْظَلَةَ قَالَ

خَرَجْنَا نُرِيدُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَمَعَنَا وَائِلُ بْنُ حُجْرٍ فَأَخَذَهُ عَدُوٌّ لَهُ فَتَحَرَّجَ الْقَوْمُ أَنْ يَحْلِفُوا فَحَلَفْتُ أَنَّهُ أَخِي فَخَلَّوْا سَبِيلَهُ فَأَتَيْنَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ «صَدَقْتَ الْمُسْلِمُ أَخُو الْمُسْلِمِ»  

bayhaqi:20033[Chain 1] Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh b. Ibrāhīm al-Hāshimī > Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. ʿAmr al-Razzāz > Aḥmad b. al-Walīd al-Faḥḥām > Abū Aḥmad al-Zubayrī Aẓunnuh > Isrāʾīl [Chain 2] Abū Bakr Aḥmad b. al-Ḥasan al-Qāḍī > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-Ḥasan b. Mukram > ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Isrāʾīl > Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Jaddatih > Abīhā Sūwayd b. Ḥanẓalah ؓ

[Machine] I came to the Prophet ﷺ with Wael ibn Hujr, and we met a group of people who were his enemies. The people refused to swear an oath, so I stepped forward and swore that Wael was my brother. When we came to the Prophet ﷺ , I said, "O Messenger of Allah, the people refused to swear an oath, and I stepped forward and swore that he is my brother." The Prophet ﷺ said, "You have spoken the truth. A Muslim is the brother of another Muslim." This is the narration of Uthman ibn Umair and the narration of Zubayri in a summarized form.  

البيهقي:٢٠٠٣٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْهَاشِمِيُّ ثنا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الرَّزَّازُ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ الْفَحَّامُ ثنا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ الزُّبَيْرِيُّ أَظُنُّهُ قَالَ ثنا إِسْرَائِيلُ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُكْرَمٍ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ أنبأ إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ عَنْ أَبِيهَا سُوَيْدِ بْنِ حَنْظَلَةَ ؓ قَالَ

أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَمَعَنَا وَائِلُ بْنُ حُجْرٍ فَلَقِيَهُ قَوْمٌ هُمْ لَهُ عَدُوٌّ فَأَبَى الْقَوْمُ أَنْ يَحْلِفُوا وَتَقَدَّمْتُ فَحَلَفْتُ أَنَّهُ أَخِي فَلَمَّا أَتَيْنَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ الْقَوْمَ أَبَوْا أَنْ يَحْلِفُوا وَتَقَدَّمْتُ فَحَلَفْتُ أَنَّهُ أَخِي قَالَ صَدَقْتَ الْمُسْلِمُ أَخُو الْمُسْلِمِ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عُمَرَ وَحَدِيثِ الزُّبَيْرِيِّ بِمَعْنَاهُ مُخْتَصَرٌ