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tabarani:8580Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Ibrāhīm b. Abū Muʿāwiyah from my father > al-Aʿmash > ʿAlī b. al-Aqmar > Abū ʿAṭiyyah

[Machine] Abdullah said, "If you meet a wicked person, then strike him on his grimy face."  

الطبراني:٨٥٨٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ أَبِي مُعَاوِيَةَ ثنا أَبِي عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْأَقْمَرِ عَنْ أَبِي عَطِيَّةَ قَالَ قَالَ

عَبْدُ اللهِ «إِذَا لَقِيتَ الْفَاجِرَ فَالْقَهُ بِوَجْهٍ مُكْفَهِرٍ»