15. Cursing
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 309Hasan or sahih
مَا سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ لاَعِنًا أَحَدًا قَطُّ لَيْسَ إِنْسَانًا وَكَانَ سَالِمٌ يَقُولُ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لاَ يَنْبَغِي لِلْمُؤْمِنِ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَعَّانًا
Salim ibn 'Abdullah said, "I never heard 'Abdullah ever curse anything." Salim mentioned that 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar said, "It is not fitting for a believer to be a curser."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يُحِبُّ الْفَاحِشَ الْمُتَفَحِّشَ وَلاَ الصَّيَّاحَ فِي الاسْوَاقِ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah does not love the obscene, the foul-mouthed, or the loud-mouthed in the markets."
أَنَّ يَهُودًا أَتَوُا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالُوا السَّامُ عَلَيْكُمْ فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ وَعَلَيْكُمْ وَلَعَنَكُمُ اللَّهُ وَغَضِبُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمْ قَالَ مَهْلاً يَا عَائِشَةُ عَلَيْكِ بِالرِّفْقِ وَإِيَّاكِ وَالْعُنْفَ وَالْفُحْشَ قَالَتْ أَوَ لَمْ تَسْمَعْ مَا قَالُوا؟ قَالَ أَوَ لَمْ تَسْمَعِي مَا قُلْتُ؟ رَدَدْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ فَيُسْتَجَابُ لِي فِيهِمْ وَلاَ يُسْتَجَابُ لَهُمْ فِيَّ
'A'isha reported that some Jews came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "Poison ('sam' instead of 'salam') be upon you." 'A'isha said, "And upon you and may the curse of Allah and the anger of Allah be upon you!" The Prophet said, "Easy, 'A'isha, you must be gentle. Beware of harshness and coarseness." She asked, "Didn't you hear what they said?" He said, "Didn't you hear what I said? I repeated it to them and what I said about them will be accepted and what they said about me will not be accepted."
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَيْسَ الْمُؤْمِنُ بِالطَّعَّانِ وَلاَ اللِّعَانِ وَلاَ الْفَاحِشِ وَلاَ الْبَذِي
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said, "The believer is not a defamer, nor a curser, nor obscene, nor indecent."
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 313Hasan or sahih
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَنْبَغِي لِذِي الْوَجْهَيْنِ أَنْ يَكُونَ أَمِينًا
Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet ﷺ said, "A person who is two-faced cannot be trusted."
أَلأَمُ أَخْلاَقِ الْمُؤْمِنِ الْفُحْشُ
'Abdullah said, "The most blameworthy thing in a believer's character is coarseness."
لُعِنَ اللَّعَّانُونَ
✧ The inveterate cursers were cursed.
قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنَّ اللَّعَّانِينَ لاَ يَكُونُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ شُهَدَاءَ وَلا شُفَعَاءَ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said, "The inveterate cursers will not be witnesses or intercessors on the Day of Resurrection."
قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لاَ يَنْبَغِي لِلصِّدِّيقِ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَعَّانًا
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said, "It is not befitting for a truthful one to be an inveterate curser."
تَلاَعَنَ قَوْمٌ قَطُّ إِلاَّ حُقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ اللَّعْنَةُ
✧ No people ever curse one another but the curse becomes binding upon them.
فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ اللَّعَّانِينَ وَالصِّدِّيقِينَ؟ كَلاَّ وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلاَثًا فَأَعْتَقَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَوْمَئِذٍ بَعْضَ رَقِيقِهِ ثُمَّ جَاءَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ لا أَعُودُ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said, "O Abu Bakr, inveterate cursers and truthful ones? No, by the Lord of the Kaaba"—twice or thrice. Abu Bakr then freed some of his slaves that day, then came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "I will not return."
قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لاَ تَتَلاَعَنُوا بِلَعْنَةِ اللهِ وَلاَ بِغَضَبِ اللهِ وَلاَ بِالنَّارِ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said, "Do not curse one another with the curse of Allah, nor with the anger of Allah, nor with the Fire."
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ادْعُ اللَّهَ عَلَى الْمُشْرِكِينَ قَالَ إِنِّي لَمْ أُبْعَثْ لَعَّانًا وَلَكِنْ بُعِثْتُ رَحْمَةً
✧ From Abū Hurayrah ؓ who said: It was said, 'O Messenger of Allah, supplicate against the polytheists.' He said, 'I was not sent as a curser, but rather I was sent as a mercy.'
عَنْ هَمَّامٍ كُنَّا مَعَ حُذَيْفَةَ فَقِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّ رَجُلا يَرْفَعُ الْحَدِيثَ إِلَى عُثْمَانَ فَقَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ لا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ قَتَّاتٌ
✧ From Hammām: We were with Ḥudhayfah ؓ, and it was said to him, 'A man raises reports to ʿUthmān.' Ḥudhayfah said, 'I heard the Prophet ﷺ say, "A talebearer will not enter the Garden."'
قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَلاَ أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِخِيَارِكُمْ؟ قَالُوا بَلَى قَالَ الَّذِينَ إِذَا رُؤُوا ذُكِرَ اللَّهُ أَفَلاَ أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِشِرَارِكُمْ؟ قَالُوا بَلَى قَالَ الْمَشَّاؤُونَ بِالنَّمِيمَةِ الْمُفْسِدُونَ بَيْنَ الأَحِبَّةِ الْبَاغُونَ الْبُرَآءَ الْعَنَتَ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Shall I not tell you of the best of you?' They said, 'Yes.' He said, 'Those who, when they are seen, Allah is remembered. Shall I not tell you of the worst of you?' They said, 'Yes.' He said, 'Those who go about spreading slander, corrupting between loved ones, and seeking to bring hardship upon the innocent.'
عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ قَالَ الْقَائِلُ الْفَاحِشَةَ وَالَّذِي يُشِيعُ بِهَا فِي الإِثْمِ سَوَاءٌ
'Ali ibn Abi Talib said, "The person who says something indecent and the person who makes it known are equal as far as the wrong action is concerned."
سَمِعَ بِفَاحِشَةٍ فَأَفْشَاهَا فَهُوَ فِيهَا كَالَّذِي أَبْدَاهَا
✧ He heard of an indecency and then spread it about; he is in regard to it like the one who initiated it.
أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَرَى النَّكَالَ عَلَى مَنْ أَشَاعَ الزِّنَا يَقُولُ أَشَاعَ الْفَاحِشَةَ
✧ He used to consider exemplary punishment upon one who spread rumors of fornication, saying, 'He spread indecency.'
سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا يَقُولُ لاَ تَكُونُوا عُجُلاً مَذَايِيعَ بُذُرًا فَإِنْ مِنْ وَرَائِكُمْ بَلاَءً مُبَرِّحًا مُمْلِحًا وَأُمُورًا مُتَمَاحِلَةً رُدُحًا
✧ I heard ʿAlī ؓ say, 'Do not be hasty, broadcasting, and scatterers of secrets, for behind you is a painful and bitter trial and protracted, enduring matters.'
أَنْ تَذْكُرَ عُيُوبَ صَاحِبِكَ فَاذْكُرْ عُيُوبَ نَفْسِكَ
✧ Instead of mentioning the faults of your companion, mention your own faults.
يَطْعَنُ بَعْضُكُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ
✧ Some of you disparage others.
حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو جَبِيرَةَ بْنُ الضَّحَّاكِ قَالَ فِينَا نَزَلَتْ فِي بَنِي سَلِمَةَ {وَلاَ تَنَابَزُوا بِالأَلْقَابِ} قَالَ قَدِمَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَيْسَ مِنَّا رَجُلٌ إِلاَّ لَهُ اسْمَانِ فَجَعَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَا فُلاَنُ فَيَقُولُونَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّهُ يَغْضَبُ مِنْهُ
✧ Abū Jubayrah b. al-Ḍaḥḥāk narrated to me, saying: 'Regarding us, among the Banū Salimah, the verse "And do not call each other by [offensive] nicknames" (49:11) was revealed.' He said: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to us, and there was not a man among us but had two names. The Prophet ﷺ began saying, "O so-and-so," and they would say, "O Messenger of Allah, he becomes angry from it."'
قَالَ أَحَدُهُمْ لَهَا يَا زَانِيَةُ فَقَالَ مَهْ إِنْ لَمْ تَحُدَّكَ فِي الدُّنْيَا تَحُدُّكَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ قَالَ أَفَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَانَ كَذَاكَ؟ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يُحِبُّ الْفَاحِشَ الْمُتَفَحِّشَ
✧ One of them said to her, 'O adulteress!' He said, 'Desist! If she does not inflict the legal punishment upon you in this world, she will inflict it upon you in the Hereafter.' He said, 'What do you think if it is as he said?' He said, 'Allah does not love the obscene and the foul-mouthed.'
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَيْسَ الْمُؤْمِنُ بِالطَّعَّانِ وَلاَ اللِّعَانِ وَلاَ الْفَاحِشِ وَلاَ الْبَذِي
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ who said, 'The believer is not one who defames, curses, is obscene, or indecent.'