Sahih al-Bukhari 5977

Translation

Messenger of Allah ﷺ mentioned the greatest sins or he was asked about the greatest sins. He said, "To join partners in worship with Allah; to kill a soul which Allah has forbidden to kill; and to be undutiful or unkind to one's parents." The Prophet ﷺ added, "Shall I inform you of the biggest of the great sins? That is the forged statement or the false witness." Shuʿba (the sub-narrator) states that most probably the Prophet said, "the false witness."

Notes

• قَالَ شُعْبَةُ وَأَكْثَرُ ظَنِّي أَنَّهُ قَالَ شَهَادَةُ الزُّورِ

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Other narrations of this report

Sahih al-Bukhari 6273Jami' at-Tirmidhi 1901Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2301Musnad Ahmad 12336al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 20440al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 20807

Narrators

1. 1
   Anas b. Mālik

   a well-known Companiond. 90 AH, or 91 AH, or 92 AH, or 93 AH
   أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍصحابي مشهور
   سمعت
2. 2
   ʿUbayd Allāh b. Abī Bakr

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. between 131 AH and 140 AH
   عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍثقة
   حدثني
3. 3
   Shuʿbah

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), meticulous (mutqin)d. 160 AH
   شُعْبَةُثقة حافظ , متقن
   حدثنا
4. 4
   Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar

   Trustworthy (thiqah), his book was sound (ṣaḥīḥ al-kitāb), except that he had some heedlessness (ghaflah)d. 192 AH or 193 AH or 194 AH
   مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍثقة صحيح الكتاب إلا أن فيه غفلة
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Muḥammad b. al-Walīd

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. Ibn Ḥajar said: 250 AH, or after it
   مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِثقة
   حدثني
6. 6
   al-Bukhārī

   a mountain of memorization and the leader of the world in the comprehension of hadith (jabal al-ḥifẓ wa-imām al-dunyā fī fiqh al-ḥadīth)d. 256 AH
   الْبُخَارِيُّجبل الحفظ وإمام الدنيا في فقه الحديث

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Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.