7 - Chapter: Encouragement to Carry Out Legal Punishments (1)

4904 - Suwayd ibn Nasr informed us, saying: 'Abdullah informed us, from 'Isa ibn Yazid, who said: Jarir ibn Yazid narrated to me that he heard Abu Zur'ah ibn 'Amr ibn Jarir narrating that he heard Abu Hurayrah say: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "A legal punishment carried out on earth is better for the people of the earth than that they be rained upon for thirty mornings." (2)

4905 - 'Amr ibn Zurarah informed us, saying: Isma'il informed us, saying: Yunus ibn 'Ubayd narrated to us, from Jarir ibn Yazid, from Abu Zur'ah, who said: Abu Hurayrah said: The carrying out of a legal punishment in a land (3) is better for its people than rain for forty nights. (4)

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= Also recorded by al-Bukhari (4304) from Muhammad ibn Muqatil, from 'Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak, with this chain of transmission.
And see what preceded at number (4894).

(1) In (K) and (H): "the legal punishment," and on the margin of (H) as I have recorded it.
(2) Its chain of transmission is weak due to the weakness of Jarir ibn Yazid, and there is disagreement regarding whether it is raised to the Prophet or stopped at a Companion. The author said in "Al-Sunan al-Kubra" following the stopped narration (7351): "And this is correct." 'Abdullah: he is Ibn al-Mubarak, and it is in "Al-Sunan al-Kubra" at number (7350).
Also recorded by Ahmad (8738) and (9226), Ibn Majah (2538), and Ibn Hibban (4398) through various routes from 'Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak, with this chain of transmission. In Ahmad's first narration: "thirty or forty mornings" with doubt, and in the narration of Ibn Majah and Ibn Hibban: "forty" without doubt.
It will follow in the next narration as a stopped narration.
It has a supporting witness from the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas recorded by al-Tabarani in "Al-Kabir" (11932) and in "Al-Awsat" (4762), and in its chain are Sa'd Abu Ghaylan al-Shaybani and Zurayq ibn al-Sakht, both of whom are unknown.
And another from the hadith of Ibn 'Umar recorded by Ibn Majah (2537), and in its chain is Sa'id ibn Sinan al-Himsi, who is abandoned.
Al-Sindi said: His statement "better for the people of the earth" means: more abundant in blessing in provision and other things, such as fruits and rivers.
(3) In (M): "in a land," and above it is a variant as I have recorded it.
(4) Its chain of transmission is weak — also — due to the weakness of Jarir ibn Yazid, and there is disagreement regarding it concerning Isma'il — and he is =