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2636. Ad-Dhahāk narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: "It is not for a slave (of Allāh) to vow about
something he does not possess, and cursing a believer is like killing him, and whoever accuses a believer of disbelief, then it is like he has killed him, and whoever kills himself with something, then Allāh will punish him with whatever he killed himself with on the Day of Judgement.” (Sahīh)
There are narrations on this topic from Abū Dharr and Ibn ‘Umar.
[Abū ‘Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Sahīh.
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Commentary
As killing someone is a crime and offence, likewise is cursing and criticising someone, so calling a Muslim ‘disbeliever’ is a crime like killing; committing suicide is also a sin, and a person who does so will be punished with the same weapon that he had used to commit suicide.
