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tabarani:8036Bishr b. Mūsá > al-Ḥumaydī > Sufyān > Abū Ghālib

[Machine] I saw Abu Umamah al-Bahili looking at the heads of Kharijites on the steps of Damascus. He said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'The dogs of the Hell-fire are the dogs of the Hell-fire.'" Then he wept and said, "The worst of those who are killed under the sky are the one who are killed in the cause of Allah, and the best of those who are killed in the cause of Allah are those who are killed in the cause of Allah." Abu Ghālib said, "So I said to him, 'Did you hear this from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ?' He said, 'If I heard it, then I deserve to have heard it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , not once, not twice, and not three times.'"  

الطبراني:٨٠٣٦حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ ثنا أَبُو غَالِبٍ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ أَبَا أُمَامَةَ الْبَاهِلِيَّ أَبْصَرَ رُءُوسَ الْخَوَارِجِ عَلَى دَرَجِ دِمَشْقَ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «كِلَابُ أَهْلِ النَّارِ كِلَابُ أَهْلِ النَّارِ كِلَابُ أَهْلِ النَّارِ» ثُمَّ بَكَى وَقَالَ «شَرُّ قَتْلَى تَحْتَ أَدِيمِ السَّمَاءِ وَخَيْرُ قَتْلَى مَنْ قَتَلُوهُ» قَالَ أَبُو غَالِبٍ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَنْتَ سَمِعْتَ هَذَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ إِنِّي إِذًا لَجَرِيءٌ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ غَيْرَ مَرَّةٍ وَلَا مَرَّتَيْنِ وَلَا ثَلَاثٍ  


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ahmad:22183ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Abū Ghālib

[Machine] I heard Abu Ghaleb say when the heads of the Azariqah (a tribe) were brought and placed on the steps of Damascus, Abu Amama came and when he saw them, his eyes shed tears. He said, "They are the dogs of Hellfire, the worst of killers who were killed beneath the heavens. And the best of killers are those who were killed beneath the heavens by those they killed." I asked him, "Why are your eyes shedding tears?" He replied, "Out of mercy for them, as they were from the people of Islam." I said, "Do you say this out of your own opinion or did you hear it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ?" He said, "I am daring and I indeed heard it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , not once, twice, or three times, but repeatedly."  

أحمد:٢٢١٨٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا غَالِبٍ يَقُولُ لَمَّا أُتِيَ بِرُءُوسِ الْأزَارِقَةِ فَنُصِبَتْ عَلَى دَرَجِ دِمَشْقَ جَاءَ أَبُو أُمَامَةَ فَلَمَّا رَآهُمْ دَمَعَتْ عَيْنَاهُ فَقَالَ كِلَابُ النَّارِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ هَؤُلَاءِ شَرُّ قَتْلَى قُتِلُوا تَحْتَ أَدِيمِ السَّمَاءِ وَخَيْرُ قَتْلَىقُتِلُوا تَحْتَ أَدِيمِ السَّمَاءِ الَّذِينَ قَتَلَهُمْ هَؤُلَاءِ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ فَمَا شَأْنُكَ دَمَعَتْ عَيْنَاكَ ؟ قَالَ رَحْمَةً لَهُمْ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْإِسْلَامِ قَالَ قُلْنَا أَبِرَأْيِكَ قُلْتَ هَؤُلَاءِ كِلَابُ النَّارِ أَوْ شَيْءٌ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ إِنِّي لَجَرِيءٌ بَلْ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ غَيْرَ مَرَّةٍ وَلَا اثْنَتَيْنِ وَلَا ثَلَاثٍ قَالَ فَعَدَّ مِرَارًا  

bayhaqi:16782Abū Bakr b. Fūrak > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > Yūnus b. Ḥabīb > Abū Dāwud > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Abū Ghālib

[Machine] I was with my father Ummamah when heads from the heads of the Khawarij were brought, and they were placed on the steps of Damascus. Ummamah said, "Dogs of the Fire" three times, those who are killed under the shade of the heavens are better than those who kill them and they kill him. She said it three times. I said, "Is this something you heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ or something you say based on your own opinion?" She said, "If that is the case, then I am bold. Rather, it is something I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ."  

البيهقي:١٦٧٨٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ فُورَكٍ أَنْبَأَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ ثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي غَالِبٍ قَالَ

كُنْتُ مَعَ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ فَجِيءَ بِرُءُوسٍ مِنْ رُءُوسِ الْخَوَارِجِ فَنُصِبَتْ عَلَى دَرَجِ دِمَشْقَ فَقَالَ كِلَابُ النَّارِ قَالَهَا ثَلَاثًا شَرُّ قَتْلَى قُتِلُوا تَحْتَ ظِلِّ السَّمَاءِ خَيْرُ قَتْلَى مَنْ قَتَلَهُمْ وَقَتَلُوهُ قَالَهَا ثَلَاثًا قُلْتُ شَيْئًا سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَوْ شَيْئًا تَقُولُهُ بِرَأْيِكَ؟ قَالَ إِنِّي إِذًا لَجَرِيءٌ بَلْ شَيْءٌ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ