Sahih al-Bukhari · The Book of Commentary

4 م- بَابُ قَوْلِهِ: {إِذَا أَرَدْنَا أَنْ نُهْلِكَ قَرْيَةً أَمَرْنَا مُتْرَفِيهَا} الآيَةَ:

(4b) Chapter. “And when We decide to destroy a town (population), We (first) send a definite order (to obey Allah and be righteous) to those among them [or We (first) increase in number those of its population] who lead a life of luxury. Then they transgress therein...” (V.17:16)

1 hadith · references 4711–4711

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Bukhari · 4711كُنَّا نَقُولُ لِلْحَيِّ إِذَا كَثُرُوا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ أَمِرَ بَنُو فُلَانٍDuring the Pre-lslamic period of ignorance if any tribe became great in number, we used to say, "Amira the children of so-and-so." Narrated Al-Humaidi Sufyan narrated to us something and used the word 'Amira'.7 narrators·parallel chain