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Hadith 4672

Chapter on Guarding the Tongue

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Chapter on Guarding the Tongue

Zujajat al-Masabih 4672Volume 4

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Samurah ibn Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Do not curse one another 1 with the curse of Allah, His wrath, or Hell.” In another narration: “or the Fire.”
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  • Candidate: Jami al-Tirmidhi 1976 (unverified) 97% confidence
  • Candidate: Sunan Abi Dawud 4906 (unverified) 97% confidence

Confidence and text similarity are not editorial verification.

Commentary and footnotes (2)

Note 1

Do not curse one another with the curse of Allah…

(1) His statement: “Do not curse one another with the curse of Allah…”: Al-Tayyibi said: This means do not invoke against people something that distances them from Allah’s mercy, whether explicitly, like saying, “May Allah’s curse be upon him,” or implicitly, like saying, “May Allah’s wrath be upon him,” or “May Allah make him enter the Fire.” The phrase “do not curse one another” is a general expression, as some instances are literal and others metaphorical. This applies to specific individuals, as it is permissible to curse generally, like saying, “May Allah’s curse be upon the disbelievers,” or specifically, like “May Allah’s curse be upon the Jews,” or a specific disbeliever who died in disbelief, like Pharaoh or Abu Jahl. [As stated in Al-Mirqat]

Note 1

قوله

(۱) قوله : لا تلاعنوا بلعنة الله إلخ : قال الطيبي: أي لا تدعوا الناس بما يبعدهم الله من رحمته، إما صريحا كما تقولون: لعنة الله عليه، أو كناية كما تقولون عليه غضب الله، أو أدخله الله النار، فقوله: «لا تلاعنوا» من باب عموم المجاز؛ لأنه في بعض أفراده حقيقة وبعضه مجاز. وهذا مختص بمعين؛ لأنه يجوز اللعن بالوصف الأعم، كقوله: لعنة الله على الكافرين، أو بالأخص كقوله: لعنة الله على اليهود، أو على كافر معين مات على الكفر كفرعون وأبي جهل. كذا في المرقاة».