Sunan an-Nasai

Hadith 1938

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Prohibition Of Verbally Abusing The Dead

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Darussalam · Volume 3

21. The Book OfFunerals

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الحديث: 1936 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 53

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1938. It was narrated that 'Aishah said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Do not verbally abuse the dead, for they have reached the consequences of what they did.'"(Sahih)

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1936 - أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ، عَنْ بِشْرٍ وَهُوَ ابْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا تَسُبُّوا الْأَمْوَاتَ فَإِنَّهُمْ قَدْ أَفْضَوْا إِلَى مَا قَدَّمُوا»

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The affairs of the dead should be entrusted to Allāh, Most High, because only the verdict of Allāh is right. If we call a person evil who is good before Allāh, then this is a matter of great sin. Therefore, the reasonable thing is to remain silent. However, those unbelievers, hypocrites or libertines who are openly known to common folks by their vices, and die with their wicked qualities, they could be mentioned with their evils, so that people may not behave like them.