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Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “If a man says 1, ‘People are ruined,’ he is the most ruined among them.”
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- Candidate: Sahih Muslim 2623a (unverified) 97% confidence
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Commentary and footnotes (2)
Note 1
(1) His statement: “If a man says, ‘People are ruined’”: meaning, they deserve the Fire due to their evil deeds. In Sharh As-Sunnah, it is added: If he says this out of self-admiration and belittling others, it is what is disapproved and prohibited. However, if he says it out of sorrow or warning about the state of people’s religion, I see no harm in it. [As stated in Al-Mirqat]
Note 1
(۱) قوله: إذا قال الرجل: هلك الناس: أي استوجبوا النار بسوء أعمالهم، وزاد في شرح السنة»: حيث قال: إذا قال ذلك عجبا بنفسه وتصاغرا للناس فهو المكروه الذي نهى عنه، وأما إذا قال ذلك تحزنا أو تحذيرا لما يرى في الناس من أمر دينهم، فلا أرى به بأسا. كذا في «المرقاة».