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Sahih MuslimThe Book of Invoking Curses

Sahih Muslim 1495a

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Authentic hadith of Sahih Muslim Sahih Muslim 1495a

Narrator:Abdullah ibn Mas‘ūd

حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، - وَاللَّفْظُ لِزُهَيْرٍ - قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ أَخْبَرَنَا وَقَالَ الآخَرَانِ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ إِنَّا لَيْلَةَ الْجُمُعَةِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ إِذْ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ فَقَالَ لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلاً وَجَدَ مَعَ امْرَأَتِهِ رَجُلاً فَتَكَلَّمَ جَلَدْتُمُوهُ أَوْ قَتَلَ قَتَلْتُمُوهُ وَإِنْ سَكَتَ سَكَتَ عَلَى غَيْظٍ وَاللَّهِ لأَسْأَلَنَّ عَنْهُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏.‏ فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنَ الْغَدِ أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلاً وَجَدَ مَعَ امْرَأَتِهِ رَجُلاً فَتَكَلَّمَ جَلَدْتُمُوهُ أَوْ قَتَلَ قَتَلْتُمُوهُ أَوْ سَكَتَ سَكَتَ عَلَى غَيْظٍ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏"‏

اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَجَعَلَ يَدْعُو فَنَزَلَتْ آيَةُ اللِّعَانِ ‏‏{‏ وَالَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ أَزْوَاجَهُمْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ شُهَدَاءُ إِلاَّ أَنْفُسُهُمْ‏}‏ هَذِهِ الآيَاتُ فَابْتُلِيَ بِهِ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ بَيْنِ النَّاسِ فَجَاءَ هُوَ وَامْرَأَتُهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَتَلاَعَنَا فَشَهِدَ الرَّجُلُ أَرْبَعَ شَهَادَاتٍ بِاللَّهِ إِنَّهُ لَمِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ ثُمَّ لَعَنَ الْخَامِسَةَ أَنَّ لَعْنَةَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ إِنْ كَانَ مِنَ الْكَاذِبِينَ فَذَهَبَتْ لِتَلْعَنَ فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ مَهْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَأَبَتْ فَلَعَنَتْ فَلَمَّا أَدْبَرَا قَالَ ‏"‏ لَعَلَّهَا أَنْ تَجِيءَ بِهِ أَسْوَدَ جَعْدًا ‏"

'Abdullah reported:

We were on the night of Friday staying in the mosque when a person from the Ansar came there and said: If a person finds hiswoman along with a man, and he speaks about it, you would lash him, and if he kills, you will kill him, and if he keeps quiet he shall have to consume anger. By Allah, I will definitely ask about him from Allah's Mescenger (ﷺ). On the following day he came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and asked him thus: If a man were to find with his wife a man and if he were to talk about it, you would lash him; and if he killed, you would kill him, and if he were to keep quiet. he would consume anger, whereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Allah, solve (this problem), and he began to supplicate (before Him), and then the verses pertaining to li'an were revealed:" Those who accuse their wives and have no witnesses except themselves" (xxiv. 6). The person was then put to test according to these verses in the presence of the people. There came he and his wife in the presence of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), and they invoked curses (in order to testify their claim). The man swore four times in the name of Allah that he was one of the truthful and then invoked curse for the fifth time saying: Let there be curse of Allah upon him if he were among the liars. Then she began to invoke curse. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to her: just wait (and curse after considering over it), but she refused and invoked curse and when she turned away, he (Allah's Apostle) said: It seems that this woman shall give birth to a curly-haired black child, And so she did gave birth to a curly-haired black child.

Reported by Muslim (No. 1495a, 1495b) and Abu Dawud (No. 2253).

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An-Nawawi — Sharh Sahih Muslim

قَوْله صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : ( اللَّهُمَّ اِفْتَحْ ) مَعْنَاهُ بَيَّنَ لَنَا الْحُكْم فِي هَذَا. قَوْله صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : ( لَعَلَّهَا أَنْ تَجِيء بِهِ أَسْوَد جَعْدًا ) وَفِي الرِّوَايَة الْأُخْرَى ( فَإِنْ جَاءَتْ بِهِ سَبِطًا قَضِيء الْعَيْنَيْنِ فَهُوَ لِهِلَالِ وَإِنْ جَاءَتْ بِهِ أَكْحَل جَعْدًا حَمْش السَّاقَيْنِ فَهُوَ لِشَرِيكِ ) أَمَّا الْجَعْد فَبِفَتْحِ الْجِيم وَإِسْكَان الْعَيْن , قَالَ الْهَرَوِيُّ : الْجَعْد فِي صِفَات الرِّجَال يَكُون مَدْحًا وَيَكُون ذَمًّا فَإِذَا كَانَ مَدْحًا فَلَهُ مَعْنَيَانِ : أَحَدهمَا أَنْ يَكُون مَعْصُوب الْحَلْق شَدِيد الْأَسِرَّة , وَالثَّانِي أَنْ يَكُون شَعْره غَيْر سَبِط لِأَنَّ السُّبُوطَة أَكْثَرهَا فِي شُعُور ا…

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Authentic Sahih Muslim 1495b

A hadith like this is narrated on the authority of A'mash.

وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ، أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، جَمِيعًا عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ نَحْوَهُ…

Authentic Sunan Abu Dawud 2253

‘Abd Allah (bin Mas’ud) said “We were in the mosque on the night of a Friday, suddenly a man from the Ansar entered the mosque”. And said “If a man finds a man along with wife and declares (about her adultery) you will flog him. Or if he kills you, you will kill him or if keeps silence he will keep…

لَعَلَّهَا أَنْ تَجِيءَ بِهِ أَسْوَدَ جَعْدًا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَجَاءَتْ بِهِ أَسْوَدَ جَعْدًا

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Mas‘ūd

Also reported by… (6)
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  • مستخرج أبي عوانة (3732)اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ وَجَعَلَ يَدْعُو ، فنزلت آيَةُ اللِّعَانِ فِي : وَالَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ أَزْوَاجَهُمْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ شُهَدَاءُ إِلا أَنْفُسُهُمْ سورة النور آية 6 هَذِهِ الآيَاتُ فَابْتُلِيَ بِهِ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ بَيْنِ النَّاسِ ، فَجَاءَ هُوَ وَامْرَأَتُهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَتَلاع
  • مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي (5100)رَجُلا وَجَدَ مَعَ امْرَأَتِهِ رَجُلا فَتَكَلَّمَ جَلَدْتُمُوهُ ، أَوْ قَتْلَ قَتَلْتُمُوهُ ، أَوْ سَكَتَ سَكَتَ عَلَى غَيْظٍ ، قَالَ : اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ ، وَجَعَلَ يَدْعُو ، فَنَزَلَتْ أَيَّةُ اللِّعَانِ : وَالَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ أَزْوَاجَهُمْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ شُهَدَاءُ إِلا أَنْفُسُهُمْ سورة ال
  • مشكل الآثار للطحاوي (4510)جَاءَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ، فَلاعَنَ امْرَأَتَهُ ، فَلَمَّا أُخِذَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ لِتَلْتَعِنَ قَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ : مَهْ ، فَلَمَّا أَدْبَرَتْ ، قَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ : لَعَلَّهَا أَنْ تَجِيءَ بِهِ أَسْوَدَ جَعْدًا
  • مصنف ابن أبي شيبة (35396)لَاعَنَ بَيْنَ رَجُلٍ وَامْرَأَتِهِ ، وَقَالَ : عَسَى أَنْ تَجِيءَ بِهِ أَسْوَدَ جَعْدًا , فَجَاءَتْ بِهِ أَسْوَدَ جَعْدًا
  • معرفة السنن والآثار للبيهقي (4028)لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلا وَجَدَ مَعَ امْرَأَتِهِ رَجُلا فَقَتَلَهُ قَتَلْتُمُوهُ ؟ وَإِنْ تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ جَلَدْتُمُوهُ ؟ لأَذْكُرَنَّ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ، قَالَ : فَذَكَرَهُ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ آيَاتِ اللِّعَانِ ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ الرَّجُلُ فَقَذَفَ امْرَأَتَهُ ، فَلاعَنَ رَ

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