English translation
1937. It was narrated that 'Aishah said: "Something bad was said in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ about a person who had died. He said: 'Do not say anything but good about your dead.'"(Sahih)
Hadith 1937
The Prohibition Of Saying Anything But Good About The Deceased
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الحديث: 1935 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 52
Al-Albani source references (2)
- صحيح وضعيف سنن النسائي (opens in a new tab)
Source no. 1935 · Volume 5 · Page 79
Sahih
صحيح، الروض النضير (١ / ٤٣٧) // صحيح الجامع (٧٢٧١) //
- صحيح سنن النسائي (opens in a new tab)
Source no. 1827 · Volume 2 · Page 417
Sahih
(صحيح) - الروض النضير ١/ ٤٣٧ [صحيح الجامع ٧٢٧١].
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1935 - أَخْبَرَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِسْحَقَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مَنْصُورُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أُمِّهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ: ذُكِرَ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ هَالِكٌ بِسُوءٍ فَقَالَ: «لَا تَذْكُرُوا هَلْكَاكُمْ إِلَّا بِخَيْرٍ»
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Disparaging someone behind his back in his lifetime also constitutes slander, which is strictly forbidden, although the possibility of his defending himself exists. How could slandering a deceased person be permissible, when he can no more rise to his defence?