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tabarani:8744 – ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz And Bishr b. Mūsá > Abū Nuʿaym > al-Aʿmash > Yazīd b. Ḥayyān > ʿAnbas b. ʿUqbah

[Machine] "By Allah! There is no deity except Him. There is nothing on the face of the earth more in need of being imprisoned than the tongue."

الطبراني:٨٧٤٤ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ وَبِشْرُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَا ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ حَيَّانَ عَنْ عَنْبَسِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ قَالَ قَالَ

عَبْدُ اللهِ «وَاللهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ مَا عَلَى وَجْهِ الْأَرْضِ شَيْءٌ أَحْوَجُ إِلَى طُولِ سِجْنٍ مِنْ لِسَانٍ»

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tabarani:8745 – Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr al-Azdī > Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Zāʾidah > al-Aʿmash > Yazīd b. Ḥayyān > ʿAnbas b. ʿUqbah

[Machine] Abdullah said, "By Allah, there is no one worthy of worship except Him, nothing on the face of the Earth is more in need of being imprisoned than the tongue."

الطبراني:٨٧٤٥ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثنا زَائِدَةُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ حَيَّانَ عَنْ عَنْبَسِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ قَالَ قَالَ

عَبْدُ اللهِ «وَاللهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُهُ مَا عَلَى ظَهْرِ الْأَرْضِ شَيْءٌ أَحْوَجُ إِلَى طُولِ سِجْنٍ مِنْ لِسَانٍ»

tabarani:8746 – Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. Shuʿayb al-Simsār > Khālid b. Khirāsh > Fuḍayl b. ʿIyāḍ > Sulaymān al-Aʿmash > Yazīd b. Ḥayyān > ʿAnbas b. ʿUqbah

[Machine] "Abdullah said, 'There is nothing on earth that deserves a longer prison sentence than (the harm caused by) the tongue.'"

الطبراني:٨٧٤٦ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ السِّمْسَارُ ثنا خَالِدُ بْنُ خِرَاشٍ ثنا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ حَيَّانَ عَنْ عَنْبَسِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ قَالَ قَالَ

عَبْدُ اللهِ «مَا عَلَى الْأَرْضِ شَيْءٌ أَحَقُّ بِطُولِ سِجْنٍ مِنْ لِسَانٍ»

ahmad-zuhd:894 – ʿAbdullāh from my father > Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > Sufyān > Yazīd b. Ḥayyān al-Taymī > ʿĪsá b. ʿUqbah

[Machine] Abdullah said, "By the One in Whose hand is my soul, there is nothing on the surface of the earth more deserving of long imprisonment than the tongue."

الزهد لأحمد:٨٩٤ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ حَيَّانَ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ عُقْبَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَالَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ مَا عَلَى ظَهْرِ الْأَرْضِ شَيْءٌ أَحَقُّ لِطُولِ سِجْنٍ مِنْ لِسَانٍ

suyuti:430-420b – Ibn Masʿūd
Translation not available.
السيوطي:٤٣٠-٤٢٠b –

"عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ: وَاللهِ الذِى لا إلهَ إِلَّا هُوَ مَا عَلَى ظَهْرِ الأَرْضِ أَحَقُّ بِطُولِ سجْنٍ مِنْ لِسَانٍ".

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