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“The merciful are shown mercy by the Most Merciful. Be merciful to those on the earth and the One in the heavens will have mercy upon you”: is it a hadith? Where is it written?

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الراحمون يرحمهم الرحمن ارحموا من في الأرض يرحمكم من في السماء

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Sunan Abī Dāwūd, No. 4941

Sunan Abī Dāwūd No. 4941

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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ, وَمُسَدَّدٌ الْمَعْنَى، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ أَبِي قَابُوسَ مَوْلَى لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، " يَبْلُغُ بِهِ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الرَّاحِمُونَ يَرْحَمُهُمُ الرَّحْمَنُ، ارْحَمُوا أَهْلَ الْأَرْضِ يَرْحَمْكُمْ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاءِ ", لَمْ يَقُلْ مُسَدَّدٌ مَوْلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، وَقَالَ: قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ.

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HadeethEnc: صحيح — Authentic

Narrated by Abu Dāwūd, At-Tirmidhi, and Ahmad

Translation

‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Those who are merciful are shown mercy by the Most Merciful. Be merciful to the inhabitants of earth and the One in the heaven will be merciful to you."

Translation: HadeethEnc.com — Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, by Rowad Translation Center; published by the Islamic Propagation Office in Rabwah. English, version v1.25.0. Full entry with explanation: https://hadeethenc.com/en/browse/hadith/8289

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  • Musnad Aḥmad, Sanadset entry 6315

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  1. Sunan Abī Dāwūd 4941: أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ, from سُفْيَانُ, from عَمْرٍو (ʿAmr), from أَبِي قَابُوسَ, from عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو (ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr), from the Prophet ﷺ
  2. Sunan Abī Dāwūd 4941: مُسَدَّدٌ, from سُفْيَانُ, from عَمْرٍو (ʿAmr), from أَبِي قَابُوسَ, from عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو (ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr), from the Prophet ﷺ

Text source: Mghari, Bouras, El Hibaoui (2022), Sanadset 650K, CC BY 4.0

Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī No. 1924The wording matches the text searched.Show the full entry

Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī No. 1924

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حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنْ أَبِي قَابُوسَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " الرَّاحِمُونَ يَرْحَمُهُمُ الرَّحْمَنُ، ارْحَمُوا مَنْ فِي الْأَرْضِ يَرْحَمْكُمْ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاءِ، الرَّحِمُ شُجْنَةٌ مِنَ الرَّحْمَنِ فَمَنْ وَصَلَهَا وَصَلَهُ اللَّهُ، وَمَنْ قَطَعَهَا قَطَعَهُ اللَّهُ "، قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى: هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ.

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  • al-Albānī: Ṣaḥīḥ — Ṣaḥīḥ wa-Ḍaʿīf Sunan al-Tirmidhī (al-Maktaba al-Shāmila)

HadeethEnc: صحيح — Authentic

Narrated by Abu Dāwūd, At-Tirmidhi, and Ahmad

Translation

‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Those who are merciful are shown mercy by the Most Merciful. Be merciful to the inhabitants of earth and the One in the heaven will be merciful to you."

Translation: HadeethEnc.com — Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, by Rowad Translation Center; published by the Islamic Propagation Office in Rabwah. English, version v1.25.0. Full entry with explanation: https://hadeethenc.com/en/browse/hadith/8289

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  1. Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī 1924: ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ, from سُفْيَانُ, from عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ, from أَبِي قَابُوسَ, from عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو (ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr), from the Prophet ﷺ

Text source: Mghari, Bouras, El Hibaoui (2022), Sanadset 650K, CC BY 4.0

Musnad Aḥmad Sanadset entry 6315The wording matches the text searched.Show the full entry

Musnad Aḥmad Sanadset entry 6315

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حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ أَبِي قَابُوسَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ، يَبْلُغُ بِهِ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: " الرَّاحِمُونَ يَرْحَمُهُمْ الرَّحْمَنُ، ارْحَمُوا أَهْلَ الْأَرْضِ يَرْحَمْكُمْ أَهْلُ السَّمَاءِ، وَالرَّحِمُ شُجْنَةٌ مِنَ الرَّحْمَنِ، مَنْ وَصَلَهَا، وَصَلَتْهُ، وَمَنْ قَطَعَهَا، بَتَّتْهُ ".

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  • Sunan Abī Dāwūd, No. 4941

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Chain of narrators

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  1. Musnad Aḥmad Sanadset 6315: سُفْيَانُ, from عَمْرٍو (ʿAmr), from أَبِي قَابُوسَ, from عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ, from the Prophet ﷺ

Text source: Mghari, Bouras, El Hibaoui (2022), Sanadset 650K, CC BY 4.0

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