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tabarani:6932Saʿīd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Tustarī > Ibrāhīm b. al-Mustamir al-ʿUrūqī > Muḥammad b. Bakkār > Saʿīd b. Bashīr > Maṭar al-Warrāq > al-Ḥasan > Samurah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said about the disbelievers, "Kill their elderly and be cautious of their wickedness."  

الطبراني:٦٩٣٢حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُسْتَمِرِّ الْعُرُوقِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكَّارٍ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ مَطَرٍ الْوَرَّاقِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الْكُفَّارِ «اقْتُلُوا شُيُوخَهُمْ وَاسْتَحْيُوا شَرْخَهُمْ»  


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ahmad:20145Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Ḥajjāj > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan > Samurah b. Jundub

The Prophet ﷺ said: Kill the old men who are polytheists, but spare their children. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2670)  

أحمد:٢٠١٤٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَجَّاجُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اقْتُلُوا شُيُوخَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَاسْتَحْيُوا شَرْخَهُمْ  

ahmad:20230Hushaym > Ḥajjāj b. Arṭāh > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan > Samurah

The Prophet ﷺ said: Kill the old men who are polytheists, but spare their children. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2670)  

أحمد:٢٠٢٣٠حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ أَخْبَرَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ أَرْطَاةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اقْتُلُوا شُيُوخَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَاسْتَبْقُوا شَرْخَهُمْ  

tabarani:6901ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Ḥajjāj > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan > Samurah

The Prophet ﷺ said: Kill the old men who are polytheists, but spare their children. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2670)  

الطبراني:٦٩٠١حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اقْتُلُوا شُيُوخَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَاسْتَحْيُوا شَرْخَهُمْ»  

tabarani:6902Ibrāhīm b. Duḥaym al-Dimashqī from my father > al-Walīd b. Muslim > Saʿīd b. Bashīr > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan > Samurah

The Prophet ﷺ said: Kill the old men who are polytheists, but spare their children. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2670)  

الطبراني:٦٩٠٢حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ دُحَيْمٍ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اقْتُلُوا شُيُوخَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَاسْتَحْيُوا شَرْخَهُمْ»