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Sunan Ibn Majah 3970

Chapter: Restraining one's tongue during times of tribulation

Authentic 3 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 3970

Narrator:Abu Hurayrah

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يُوسُفَ الصَّيْدَلاَنِيُّ، مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الرَّقِّيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏

"‏ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَتَكَلَّمُ بِالْكَلِمَةِ مِنْ سَخَطِ اللَّهِ لاَ يَرَى بِهَا بَأْسًا فَيَهْوِي بِهَا فِي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ سَبْعِينَ خَرِيفًا ‏"

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

“A man may speak a word that angers Allah and not see anything wrong with it, but it will cause him to sink down in Hell the depth of seventy autumns.”

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 3970), At-Tirmidhi (No. 2314) and Ahmad (No. 6917, 7617).

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Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan Ibn Majah

قَوْله ( فَيَهْوِي بِهَا ) كَيَضْرِب أَيْ يَسْقُط وَيُسْفِل بِهَا ( سَبْعِينَ خَرِيفًا ) أَيْ قَدْرًا مِنْ الْمَسَافَة يُقْطَع فِي خَمْسِينَ سَنَة وَفِي الزَّوَائِد فِي إِسْنَاده مُحَمَّد بْن إِسْحَق وَهُوَ مُدَلِّس.…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 3970
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 3970
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 3970

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