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tabarani:8575 – ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū Nuʿaym > Sufyān > Yaḥyá b. ʿAmr b. Salamah from his father > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] "For me, to be given a whip in the way of Allah is dearer than performing Hajj repeatedly."  

الطبراني:٨٥٧٥ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

«لَأَنْ أُمَتَّعَ بِسَوْطٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَحُجَّ حَجَّةً بَعْدَ حَجَّةٍ»  

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tabarani:9158 – Abū Khalīfah al-Faḍl b. al-Ḥubāb > Abū al-Walīd al-Ṭayālisī > Shuʿbah > Yaḥyá b. ʿAmr b. Salamah from his father > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] "Because preparing a whip for the sake of Allah is dearer to me than performing Hajj after Hajj in Islam."  

الطبراني:٩١٥٨ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ ثنا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ ثنا شُعْبَةُ أَخْبَرَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللهِ يَقُولُ

«لَأَنْ أُجَهِّزَ سَوْطًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ حَجَّةٍ بَعْدَ حَجَّةِ الْإِسْلَامِ»  

suyuti:17099a –
Translation not available.

  

السيوطي:١٧٠٩٩a –

"لأَنْ أُمَتِّعَ بِسَوْطٍ فِي سَبيلِ الله أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ آمُرَ بالزِّنَا ثُمَّ أَعْتِقَ الْوَلَدَ".  

[ك] الحاكم في المستدرك وابن مردويه، [ق] البيهقى في السنن عن عائشة