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Riyad as-SalihinThe Book of the Prohibited actions

Riyad as-Salihin 1667

Chapter: Prohibition of Bewailing the Deceased

Not graded Riyad as-Salihin 1667

Narrator:Abu Hurayrah

وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال‏:‏ قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏:‏ ‏

"‏اثنان في الناس هما بهم كفر‏:‏ الطعن في النسب، والنياحة على الميت‏"

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Two things are signs of disbelief on the part of those who indulge in them: Slandering one's lineage and wailing over the dead."

[Muslim].

Reported by Muslim (No. 67) and Ahmad (No. 10030). Cited in Riyad as-Salihin (No. 1667).

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  • الإبانة الكبرى لابن بطة (605)اثْنَتَانِ فِي النَّاسِ هُمَا بِهِمْ كُفْرٌ : الطَّعْنُ فِي النَّسَبِ , وَالنِّيَاحَةُ عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ
  • الإيمان لابن منده (653)اثْنَتَانِ فِي النَّاسِ هُمَا كُفْرٌ : الطَّعْنُ فِي النَّسَبِ ، وَالنِّيَاحَةُ عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ
  • السنة لأبي بكر بن الخلال (1511)اثْنَتَانِ فِي النَّاسِ هُمَا بِهِمَا كُفْرٌ : الطَّعْنُ فِي النَّسَبِ ، وَالنِّيَاحَةُ عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ
  • مستخرج أبي عوانة (51)اثْنَتَانِ فِي النَّاسِ وَهُمْ بِهِمَا كُفْرٌ : الطَّعْنُ فِي النَّسَبِ ، وَالنِّيَاحَةُ عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ

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Authentic Sahih Muslim 934

Among my people there are four characteristics belonging to pre-Islamic period which they do not abandon: boasting of high rank, reviling other peoples' genealogies, seeking rain by stars, and walling. And he (further) said: If the wailing woman does not repent before she dies, she will be made to…

أَرْبَعٌ فِي أُمَّتِي مِنْ أَمْرِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ لاَ يَتْرُكُونَهُنَّ الْفَخْرُ فِي الأَحْسَابِ وَالطَّعْنُ فِي الأَنْسَابِ وَالاِسْتِسْقَاءُ بِالنُّجُومِ وَالنِّيَاحَةُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَقَالَ ‏"‏ النَّائِحَةُ إِذَا لَمْ…

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Good (hasan) Jami' at-Tirmidhi 1001

"There are four matters in my nation that are from the matters of Jahiliyyah which the people will not leave: Wailing, slandering one's lineage, Al-Adwa - a camel gets mange, so one hundred camels get mange - but who gave the first camel mange? And Al-Anwa (saying): "We got rain because of this or…

"‏ أَرْبَعٌ فِي أُمَّتِي مِنْ أَمْرِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ لَنْ يَدَعَهُنَّ النَّاسُ النِّيَاحَةُ وَالطَّعْنُ فِي الأَحْسَابِ وَالْعَدْوَى أَجْرَبَ بَعِيرٌ فَأَجْرَبَ مِائَةَ بَعِيرٍ مَنْ أَجْرَبَ الْبَعِيرَ الأَوَّلَ…

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