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Qurʾān Bukhārī Muslim Nasāʾī Abū Dāwūd Tirmidhī Ibn Mājah Mālik Aḥmad Dārimī Ḥākim Ibn Ḥibbān Ṭabarānī Nasāʾī's Kubrá Bayhaqī al-Luʾluʾ wa-al-Marjān Ibn Rajab's Fifty Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn Aḥmad's Zuhd Suyūṭī
tirmidhi:1396 – Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Wahbb. Jarīr > Shuʿbah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Indeed the first cases to be judged between the people are those of bloodshed."  

الترمذي:١٣٩٦ – حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ أَوَّلَ مَا يُحْكَمُ بَيْنَ الْعِبَادِ فِي الدِّمَاءِ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَهَكَذَا رَوَى غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ مَرْفُوعًا وَرَوَى بَعْضُهُمْ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ وَلَمْ يَرْفَعُوهُ

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Collected by Nasāʾī, Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
nasai:3992 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Khālid > Shuʿbah > Sulaymān > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

"The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: 'The first matter concerning which judgment will be passed among the people will be bloodshed.'"  

النسائي:٣٩٩٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى عَنْ خَالِدٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا وَائِلٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَوَّلُ مَا يُحْكَمُ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ فِي الدِّمَاءِ  

tirmidhi:1397 – Abū Kurayb > Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

"Indeed the first cases to be judged between the worshippers are those of bloodshed."  

الترمذي:١٣٩٧ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ أَوَّلَ مَا يُقْضَى بَيْنَ الْعِبَادِ فِي الدِّمَاءِ  

ahmad:4200 – Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Sulaymān > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] From the Prophet ﷺ that he said, "Indeed, the first thing that will be judged between the servants is blood."  

أحمد:٤٢٠٠ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا وَائِلٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِنَّ أَوَّلَ مَا يُحْكَمُ بَيْنَ الْعِبَادِ فِي الدِّمَاءِ  

nasai-kubra:3440 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Khālid > Shuʿbah > Sulaymān > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

"The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: 'The first matter concerning which judgment will be passed among the people will be bloodshed.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3992)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٤٤٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى عَنْ خَالِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا وَائِلٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ أَوَّلُ مَا يُحْكَمُ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ فِي الدِّمَاءِ»