Sunan Abi Dawud

Hadith 4983

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Darussalam · Volume 5

40. THE BOOK OFETIQUETTE (AL-ADAB)

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الحديث: 4983 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 296

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4983. It was narrated from Abū Hurairah that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “If you hear a man say:” – Mūsā (one of the narrators) said: “If a man says” – “The people are doomed,” he is the cause of their doom.” (Sahih) Abū Dāwūd said: Mālik said: “If he says that out of sorrow at what he sees of the people – meaning with regard to their religion – I do not see anything wrong with it, but if he says that out of self-admiration and belittling the people, then this is the disliked thing that was forbidden."

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4983 - حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، ح وحَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: «إِذَا سَمِعْتَ» وَقَالَ مُوسَى: «إِذَا قَالَ الرَّجُلُ هَلَكَ النَّاسُ فَهُوَ أَهْلَكُهُمْ» قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: قَالَ مَالِكٌ: إِذَا قَالَ ذَلِكَ تَحَزُّنًا لِمَا يَرَى فِي النَّاسِ يَعْنِي فِي أَمْرِ دِينِهِمْ فَلَا أَرَى بِهِ بَأْسًا، وَإِذَا قَالَ ذَلِكَ عُجْبًا بِنَفْسِهِ وَتَصَاغُرًا لِلنَّاسِ فَهُوَ الْمَكْرُوهُ الَّذِي نُهِيَ عَنْهُ

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Showing disappointment with people's reformation, and thinking oneself better than others in religious matters is a sign of one's ruin.