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Sahih al-Bukhari 3188

Chapter: The sin of a betrayer

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari 3188

Narrator:Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar

حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏"‏

لِكُلِّ غَادِرٍ لِوَاءٌ يُنْصَبُ لِغَدْرَتِهِ ‏"‏‏.‏

Narrated Ibn `Umar:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Every betrayer will have a flag which will be fixed on the Day of Resurrection, and the flag's prominence will be made in order to show the betrayal he committed."

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 3188).

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Classical commentary

Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

قَوْله : ( يُنْصَب يَوْم الْقِيَامَة بِغَدْرَتِهِ ) أَيْ بِقَدْرِ غَدْرَته كَمَا فِي رِوَايَة مُسْلِم , قَالَ الْقُرْطُبِيّ هَذَا خِطَاب مِنْهُ لِلْعَرَبِ بِنَحْرِ مَا كَانَتْ تَفْعَل , لِأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَرْفَعُونَ لِلْوَفَاءِ رَايَة بَيْضَاء , وَلِلْغَدْرِ رَايَة سَوْدَاء , لِيَلُومُوا الْغَادِر وَيَذُمُّوهُ , فَاقْتَضَى الْحَدِيث وُقُوع مِثْل ذَلِكَ لِلْغَادِرِ لِيَشْتَهِر بِصِفَتِهِ فِي الْقِيَامَة فَيَذُمّهُ أَهْل الْمَوْقِف , وَأَمَّا الْوَفَاء فَلَمْ يَرِدْ فِيهِ شَيْء وَلَا يَبْعُد أَنْ يَقَعَ كَذَلِكَ , وَقَدْ ثَبَتَ لِوَاء الْحَمْد لِنَبِيِّنَا صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ. وَقَدْ تَقَدَّمَ تَفْسِير الْغَدْر قَرِيبًا وَالْكَلَام عَلَى اللِّوَاء وَمَا الْفَرْق بَيْنه وَبَيْن ا…

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