al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8623
✧ Prohibition of Killing the Messengers
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أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَوْلَا أَنَّكَ رَسُولٌ يَعْنِي رَسُولًا لمُسَيْلِمَةَ لَقَتَلْتُكَ»
Translation
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- ʿUbaydullāh b. Saʿīd
- ʿAbd al-Raḥman
- Sufyān
- ʿĀṣim
- Abū Wāʾil
- ʿAbdullāh
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: "Were it not that you are a messenger—meaning the messenger of Musaylimah—I would have killed you."
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