What Has Been Related About Vilification
Darussalam · Volume 4
25. Chapters On Righteousness And Maintaining Good Relations With Relatives From The Messenger Of Allāh ﷺJami at-Tirmidhi Darussalam English translation
الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 523
Source no. 1982 · Volume 4 · Page 482
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صحيح، الروض النضير (٣٥٧) ، التعليق الرغيب (٤ / ١٣٥) ، الصحيحة (٢٣٧٩)
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1982. Al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Do not vilify the dead (and) by that harm the living." (Hasan) [Abū 'Eisā said:] The companions of Sufyān (a narrator in the chain) differed in the narration of this Hadith. Some of them reported it the same as Al-Ḥafarī did. Some of them reported it from Sufyān, from Ziyād bin 'Ilāqah who said: "I heard a man narrating, in the presence of Al-Mughīrah bin Shu'bah, from the Prophet ﷺ with similar.
١٩٨٢ - حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلَانَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ الْحَفَرِيُّ ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ ، عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ عِلَاقَةَ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ الْمُغِيرَةَ بْنَ شُعْبَةَ يَقُولُ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا تَسُبُّوا» الْأَمْوَاتَ فَتُؤْذُوا الْأَحْيَاءَ. وَقَدِ اخْتَلَفَ أَصْحَابُ سُفْيَانَ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ: فَرَوَى بَعْضُهُمْ مِثْلَ رِوَايَةِ الْحَفَرِيِّ، وَرَوَى بَعْضُهُمْ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ عِلَاقَةَ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَجُلًا يُحَدِّثُ عِنْدَ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَحْوَهُ.
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Mentioning a dead person, especially a believer, in a manner that hurts his kinsmen could lead to mutual acrimony and dispute. Hence the interdiction on it in Islam (Tuhfat Al-Ahwadhi, V.3.p.139).