Bayan Al-Hadith › Sahih Muslim › The Book of Virtue, Enjoining Good Manners, and Joining of the Ties of Kinship
Sahih Muslim 2612aصحيح مسلم 2612a
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ بْنِ قَعْنَبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الْمُغِيرَةُ، - يَعْنِي الْحِزَامِيَّ - عَنِ أَبِي، الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِذَا قَاتَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ فَلْيَجْتَنِبِ الْوَجْهَ " .
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: When any one of you fights with his brother he should avoid striking at the face.
Grading
Sahih (authentic by the consensus of hadith scholars)
Chain of narrators
عبد الله بن مسلمة ← المغيرة بن عبد الرحمن ← عبد الله بن ذكوان ← عبد الرحمن بن هرمز ← عبد الرحمن بن صخر
Abdullah ibn Maslama → Al-Mughira ibn Abd al-Rahman → Abdullah ibn Dhakwan → Abd al-Rahman ibn Hurmuz → Abu Huraira