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Sunan Abu Dawud 2564

Chapter: The Prohibition Of Branding The Face, And Striking The Face

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Abu Dawud 2564

Narrator:Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مُرَّ عَلَيْهِ بِحِمَارٍ قَدْ وُسِمَ فِي وَجْهِهِ فَقَالَ ‏"‏

أَمَا بَلَغَكُمْ أَنِّي قَدْ لَعَنْتُ مَنْ وَسَمَ الْبَهِيمَةَ فِي وَجْهِهَا أَوْ ضَرَبَهَا فِي وَجْهِهَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَنَهَى عَنْ ذَلِكَ

Jabir reported the Prophet (ﷺ) as saying when an ass which had been branded on its face passed him. Did it not reach you that I cursed him who branded the animals on their faces or struck them on their faces. So he prohibited it.

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 2564).

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Al-Azimabadi — Awn al-Ma'bud

( مُرَّ ) : بِصِيغَةِ الْمَجْهُول ( عَلَيْهِ ) : أَيْ عَلَى النَّبِيّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ( قَدْ وُسِمَ ) : بِالْبِنَاءِ لِلْمَفْعُولِ. وَفِي الْحَدِيث دَلِيل عَلَى تَحْرِيم وَسْم الْحَيَوَان فِي وَجْهه لِأَنَّهُ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا يَلْعَن إِلَّا مَنْ فَعَلَ مُحَرَّمًا وَكَذَلِكَ ضَرْب الْوَجْه. قَالَ النَّوَوِيّ : وَأَمَّا الضَّرْب فِي الْوَجْه فَمَنْهِيّ عَنْهُ فِي كُلّ الْحَيَوَان الْمُحْتَرَم مِنْ الْآدَمِيّ وَالْحَمِير وَالْخَيْل وَالْإِبِل وَالْبِغَال وَالْغَنَم وَغَيْرهَا لَكِنَّهُ فِي الْآدَمِيّ أَشَدّ لِأَنَّهُ مَجْمَع الْمَحَاسِن , مَعَ أَنَّهُ لَطِيف لِأَنَّهُ يَظْهَر فِيهِ أَثَر الضَّرْب , وَرُبَّمَا شَانَهُ وَرُبَّمَا آذَى بَعْض الْحَوَاسّ. قَالَ :…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih صحيح The hadith No. 2564
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 2564
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih Muslim (2117) The hadith No. 2564
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamidd. 1392 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 2564

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