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Hadith 2044

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What Has Been Related About Who Kills Himself With Poison Or Something Else

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Darussalam · Volume 4

26. Chapters On Medicine From The Messenger Of Allāh ﷺ

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الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 565

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2044. Abū Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Whoever kills himself with (an instrument of) iron, his iron will be in his hand, to continually stab himself in his stomach with it in the Fire of Jahannam, dwelling in that state eternally. And whoever kills himself with poison, then his poison will be in his hand, to continually take it in the Fire of Jahannam, dwelling in that state eternally. And whoever throws himself from a mountain to kill himself, then he will be continually throwing himself in the Fire of Jahannam, dwelling in that state eternally.” (Sahīh) (Another chain) from Abū Hurairah, from the Prophet ﷺ with similar to the narration of Shu'bah from Al-A'mash (no. 2044). [Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Sahīh. It is more correct than the first Hadīth. This is how this Hadīth was reported: From Al-A'mash, from Abū Ṣāliḥ, from Abū Hurairah, from the Prophet ﷺ. Muḥammad bin 'Ajlān reported from Sa'eed Al-Maqburī, from Abū Hurairah, that the Prophet ﷺ said: “Whoever kills himself with poison, he will be punished in the Fire of Jahannam.” And he did not mention: “Dwelling in that state eternally.” And this is how Abū Az-Zinād reported it, from Al-A'rāj, from Abū Hurairah, from the Prophet ﷺ. And this is more correct, because these two narrations only provide that the people of Tawḥīd would be punished in the Fire and then be removed from it, not mentioning that they would abide eternally in it.

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٢٠٤٤ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلَانَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌أَبُو دَاوُدَ ، عَنْ ‌شُعْبَةَ ، عَنِ ‌الْأَعْمَشِ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ ‌أَبَا صَالِحٍ ، عَنْ ‌أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسَهُ بِحَدِيدَةٍ» فَحَدِيدَتُهُ فِي يَدِهِ يَتَوَجَّأُ بِهَا فِي بَطْنِهِ فِي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ خَالِدًا مُخَلَّدًا فِيهَا أَبَدًا، وَمَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسَهُ بِسُمٍّ فَسُمُّهُ فِي يَدِهِ يَتَحَسَّاهُ فِي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ خَالِدًا مُخَلَّدًا فِيهَا أَبَدًا، وَمَنْ تَرَدَّى مِنْ جَبَلٍ فَقَتَلَ نَفْسَهُ فَهُوَ يَتَرَدَّى فِي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ خَالِدًا مُخَلَّدًا فِيهَا أَبَدًا. ٢٠٤٤ (م) - حَدَّثَنَا ‌مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌وَكِيعٌ ‌وَأَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ ، عَنِ ‌الْأَعْمَشِ ، عَنْ ‌أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ ‌أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَحْوَ حَدِيثِ شُعْبَةَ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ. وَهُوَ أَصَحُّ مِنَ الْحَدِيثِ الْأَوَّلِ. هَكَذَا رَوَى غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ. وَرَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَجْلَانَ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسَهُ بِسُمٍّ عُذِّبَ فِي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ. وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ فِيهِ: خَالِدًا مُخَلَّدًا فِيهَا أَبَدًا، وَهَكَذَا رَوَاهُ أَبُو الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ. وَهَذَا أَصَحُّ؛ لِأَنَّ الرِّوَايَاتِ إِنَّمَا تَجِيءُ بِأَنَّ أَهْلَ التَّوْحِيدِ يُعَذَّبُونَ فِي النَّارِ، ثُمَّ يُخْرَجُونَ مِنْهَا، وَلَمْ يُذْكَرْ أَنَّهُمْ يُخَلَّدُونَ فِيهَا.

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A person's decision to kill himself means that he considers himself master of his own life and death, and therefore free to take his life. This kind of mentality truly warrants punishment in the Hellfire.