Sunan Abi Dawud · The Office of the Judge (Kitab Al-Aqdiyah)
باب فِيمَنْ يُعِينُ عَلَى خُصُومَةٍ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَعْلَمَ أَمْرَهَا
Chapter: Regarding a man who helps someone in a dispute without knowing about the case.
2 hadith · references 3597–3598
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Hadith in this chapter
Abu Dawud · 3597مَنْ حَالَتْ شَفَاعَتُهُ دُونَ حَدٍّ مِنْ حُدُودِ اللَّهِ فَقَدْ ضَادَّ اللَّهَ ، وَمَنْ خَاصَمَ فِي بَاطِلٍ وَهُوَ يَعْلَمُهُ لَمْ يَزَلْ فِي سَخَطِ اللَّهِ حَتَّى يَنْزِعَ عَنْهُ ، وَمَنْ قَالَ فِي مُؤْمِنٍ مَا لَيْسَ Yahya ibn Rashid said: We were sitting waiting for Abdullah ibn Umar who came out to us and sat. He then said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: If anyone's intercession intervenes as an obstacle to one of the 5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3598حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ يُونُسَ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ الْعُمَرِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنِي الْمُثَنَّى بْنُ يَزِيدٍ ، عَنْ مَطَرٍ الْوَرَّاقِThe tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Ibn Umar from the Prophet ﷺ through different chain of narrators to the same effect. In this version he also said: "He who assits in a dispute unjustly deserves 7 narrators