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I heard a person reciting a (Quranic) Verse in a certain way, and I had heard the Prophet (ﷺ) reciting the
same Verse in a different way. So I took him to the Prophet (ﷺ) and informed him of that but I noticed the
sign of disapproval on his face, and then he said, "Both of you are correct, so don't differ, for the
nations before you differed, so they were destroyed."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 60, Hadith 143
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The people of Quraish worried about the lady from Bani Makhzum who had committed theft. They
asked, "Who will intercede for her with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)?" Some said, "No one dare to do so except
Usama bin Zaid the beloved one to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ." When Usama spoke about that to Allah's
Apostle Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, (to him), "Do you try to intercede for somebody in a case connected
with Allah's Prescribed Punishments?" Then he got up and delivered a sermon saying, "What
destroyed the nations preceding you, was that if a noble amongst them stole, they would forgive him,
and if a poor person amongst them stole, they would inflict Allah's Legal punishment on him. By
Allah, if Fatima, the daughter of Muhammad stole, I would cut off her hand."
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As if I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) talking about one of the prophets whose nation had beaten him and caused him
to bleed, while he was cleaning the blood off his face and saying, "O Allah! Forgive my nation, for
they have no knowledge."