WEBVTT 00:00:00.780 --> 00:00:09.779 Riyadh al-Salihin from the words of the Master of the Messengers, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:00:09.779 --> 00:00:18.780 Chapter: The Urgency of Verifying What One Says and Relates. 00:00:18.780 --> 00:00:20.780 Allah the Exalted says: 00:00:20.780 --> 00:00:24.879 “(O man), follow not that whereof thou hast no knowledge. Lo! the hearing and the sight and the heart - of each of these it will be asked.” (17:36) 00:00:24.879 --> 00:00:26.879 And He the Exalted says: 00:00:26.879 --> 00:00:31.879 “He uttereth no word but there is with him an observer ready.” (50:18) 00:00:31.879 --> 00:00:36.060 On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, 00:00:36.060 --> 00:00:40.060 that the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: 00:00:40.060 --> 00:00:45.100 "It is sufficient lying for a man to relate everything he hears." 00:00:45.100 --> 00:00:47.259 Narrated by Muslim. 00:00:47.259 --> 00:00:51.060 From the benefits of the hadith: 00:00:51.060 --> 00:00:56.219 A severe warning against relating everything a person hears. 00:00:56.219 --> 00:00:59.219 For one typically hears both truth and falsehood. 00:00:59.219 --> 00:01:02.219 If he relates everything he hears, 00:01:02.219 --> 00:01:06.219 he has lied by reporting what did not happen. 00:01:06.219 --> 00:01:11.370 On the authority of Samurah, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: 00:01:11.370 --> 00:01:15.370 The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: 00:01:15.370 --> 00:01:19.370 "Whoever relates a hadith from me, knowing it to be a lie, 00:01:19.370 --> 00:01:22.370 is one of the liars." 00:01:22.370 --> 00:01:24.719 Narrated by Muslim. 00:01:24.719 --> 00:01:29.030 From the benefits of the hadith: 00:01:29.030 --> 00:01:34.030 The impermissibility of narrating hadiths based on the assumption that they are authentic. 00:01:34.030 --> 00:01:41.510 The impermissibility of narrating fabricated hadiths attributed to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:01:41.510 --> 00:01:45.790 On the authority of Asma’, may Allah be pleased with her, 00:01:45.790 --> 00:01:47.790 that a woman said: 00:01:47.790 --> 00:01:49.790 "O Messenger of Allah, 00:01:49.790 --> 00:01:51.790 I have a co-wife (darrah). 00:01:51.790 --> 00:01:57.790 Is there any sin upon me if I pretend to have received from my husband what he has not given me?" 00:01:57.790 --> 00:02:00.819 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: 00:02:00.819 --> 00:02:03.819 "The one who pretends to possess what they have not been given 00:02:03.819 --> 00:02:06.819 is like one wearing two garments of falsehood." 00:02:06.819 --> 00:02:08.889 Agreed upon. 00:02:08.889 --> 00:02:14.430 "The one who pretends" (al-mutashabbi') is one who displays fullness while not being full. 00:02:14.430 --> 00:02:16.430 Its meaning here is: 00:02:16.430 --> 00:02:21.430 That one pretends to have attained a virtue that has not actually been attained. 00:02:21.430 --> 00:02:24.430 "Wearing two garments of falsehood" 00:02:24.430 --> 00:02:26.430 means garments of deceit. 00:02:26.430 --> 00:02:28.430 This is one who deceives people 00:02:28.430 --> 00:02:33.430 by dressing in the attire of the ascetic, the scholar, or the wealthy, 00:02:33.430 --> 00:02:35.430 so that the pious may be deceived by him, 00:02:35.430 --> 00:02:37.430 while he does not possess that quality. 00:02:37.430 --> 00:02:39.430 Other interpretations have been given. 00:02:39.430 --> 00:02:41.430 And Allah knows best. 00:02:41.430 --> 00:02:44.870 Al-mutashabbi': 00:02:44.870 --> 00:02:46.870 The one who adorns himself [falsely]. 00:02:46.870 --> 00:02:49.060 Darrah: 00:02:49.060 --> 00:02:51.159 Meaning the husband's other wife. 00:02:51.159 --> 00:02:52.159 Janah: 00:02:52.159 --> 00:02:54.159 Meaning sin. 00:02:54.159 --> 00:02:57.120 From the benefits of the hadith: 00:02:57.120 --> 00:03:01.539 The impermissibility of a co-wife causing distress to her fellow co-wife. 00:03:01.539 --> 00:03:04.020 The lie of the pretender is doubled, 00:03:05.020 --> 00:03:08.020 because he lied about himself regarding what he did not receive, 00:03:08.020 --> 00:03:12.020 and lied about others regarding what he was not given. 00:03:12.020 --> 00:03:16.530 The impermissibility of worshippers dressing in the attire of others 00:03:16.530 --> 00:03:18.530 if they do not possess those qualities at all. 00:03:18.530 --> 00:03:23.530 Such as one who dresses in the attire of scholars or others. 00:03:23.530 --> 00:03:28.909 The impermissibility of a woman causing discord between her husband and his other wife. 00:03:28.909 --> 00:03:35.699 Chapter: Clarifying the Severity of the Prohibition of False Testimony. 00:03:35.699 --> 00:03:38.689 Allah the Exalted says: 00:03:38.689 --> 00:03:41.689 "And avoid the statement of falsehood." 00:03:41.689 --> 00:03:43.979 And He the Exalted says: 00:03:43.979 --> 00:03:47.979 “(O man), follow not that whereof thou hast no knowledge. Lo! the hearing and the sight and the heart - of each of these it will be asked.” (17:36) 00:03:47.979 --> 00:03:50.169 And He the Exalted says: 00:03:50.169 --> 00:03:55.199 “He uttereth no word but there is with him an observer ready.” (50:18) 00:03:55.199 --> 00:03:57.360 And He the Exalted says: 00:03:57.360 --> 00:04:01.360 "Indeed, your Lord is in observation." 00:04:01.360 --> 00:04:03.460 And He the Exalted says: 00:04:03.460 --> 00:04:06.460 “And those who will not witness vanity, but when they pass near senseless play, pass by with dignity.” (25:72) 00:04:06.460 --> 00:04:11.669 On the authority of Abu Bakrah, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: 00:04:11.669 --> 00:04:15.669 The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: 00:04:15.669 --> 00:04:19.699 "Shall I not inform you of the greatest of the major sins?" 00:04:19.699 --> 00:04:22.699 We said, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." 00:04:22.699 --> 00:04:25.740 He said, "Associating partners with Allah, 00:04:25.740 --> 00:04:28.740 and disobedience to parents." 00:04:28.740 --> 00:04:30.800 He had been reclining, then he sat up 00:04:30.800 --> 00:04:32.800 and said: 00:04:32.800 --> 00:04:34.800 "And beware of false testimony." 00:04:35.800 --> 00:04:37.800 He continued repeating it 00:04:37.800 --> 00:04:40.800 until we said, "If only he would be silent." 00:04:40.800 --> 00:04:42.899 Agreed upon. 00:04:42.899 --> 00:04:51.220 Chapter: The Prohibition of Cursing a Specific Person or Animal. 00:04:51.220 --> 00:04:54.629 On the authority of Abu Zayd, 00:04:54.629 --> 00:04:58.629 Thabit ibn al-Dahhak al-Ansari, may Allah be pleased with him, 00:04:58.629 --> 00:05:01.629 who was one of the people of the Pledge of Ridwan, 00:05:01.629 --> 00:05:02.629 he said: 00:05:02.629 --> 00:05:06.730 The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: 00:05:06.730 --> 00:05:12.730 "Whoever swears an oath by a religion other than Islam, lying and intentionally, 00:05:12.730 --> 00:05:14.860 is as he said. 00:05:14.860 --> 00:05:19.860 Whoever kills himself with something will be punished with it on the Day of Resurrection. 00:05:19.860 --> 00:05:25.110 And a man is not bound by a vow regarding what he does not own. 00:05:25.110 --> 00:05:28.370 And cursing a believer is like killing him." 00:05:28.370 --> 00:05:30.370 Agreed upon. 00:05:30.370 --> 00:05:33.329 Millah: 00:05:33.329 --> 00:05:35.329 Meaning religion and law. 00:05:35.329 --> 00:05:38.220 From the benefits of the hadith: 00:05:38.220 --> 00:05:42.540 It is forbidden to adopt a religion other than the religion of Islam. 00:05:42.540 --> 00:05:46.959 Whoever intends any of that as a religious practice, 00:05:46.959 --> 00:05:50.959 or venerates something while knowing and deeming it permissible, 00:05:50.959 --> 00:05:52.959 is as he said, 00:05:52.959 --> 00:05:55.959 and he will not return to Islam safely. 00:05:55.959 --> 00:06:00.470 The hadith indicates the correspondence of otherworldly punishments 00:06:00.470 --> 00:06:03.470 to worldly crimes. 00:06:03.470 --> 00:06:09.470 It indicates that a person's crime against himself is like his crime against another, 00:06:09.470 --> 00:06:13.470 because his soul is not absolutely his own property, 00:06:13.470 --> 00:06:15.470 but rather it belongs to Allah. 00:06:15.470 --> 00:06:19.470 So he may not dispose of it except in ways permitted to him. 00:06:19.470 --> 00:06:25.399 A servant is not obligated to fulfill a vow regarding what he does not own. 00:06:25.399 --> 00:06:29.399 The severity of the prohibition of Muslims cursing one another, 00:06:29.399 --> 00:06:32.399 as it clarifies that the sin of cursing a Muslim 00:06:32.399 --> 00:06:35.399 is equivalent to the sin of killing him. 00:06:35.399 --> 00:06:39.519 On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, 00:06:39.519 --> 00:06:43.519 that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: 00:06:43.519 --> 00:06:48.649 "It is not fitting for a truthful person to be a frequent curser." 00:06:48.649 --> 00:06:52.579 Narrated by Muslim. 00:06:52.579 --> 00:06:54.829 From the benefits of the hadith: 00:06:54.829 --> 00:06:56.829 A warning against cursing. 00:06:56.829 --> 00:07:01.829 Because whoever adopts it as a habit does not possess beautiful qualities. 00:07:01.829 --> 00:07:05.829 Because a curse is intended to mean exclusion from the mercy of Allah, 00:07:05.829 --> 00:07:09.829 and praying for this is not among the morals of the believers. 00:07:09.829 --> 00:07:13.250 A condemnation of those who curse frequently, 00:07:13.250 --> 00:07:18.250 because it contradicts the perfection of faith and submission. 00:07:18.250 --> 00:07:23.300 On the authority of Abu al-Darda’, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: 00:07:23.300 --> 00:07:27.300 The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: 00:07:27.300 --> 00:07:33.300 "Those who curse frequently will not be intercessors or witnesses on the Day of Resurrection." 00:07:33.300 --> 00:07:37.420 Narrated by Muslim. 00:07:37.420 --> 00:07:39.420 From the benefits of the hadith: 00:07:39.420 --> 00:07:42.620 A condemnation of those who curse frequently. 00:07:42.620 --> 00:07:46.620 They will not intercede on the Day of Resurrection for their brothers, 00:07:46.620 --> 00:07:49.620 when the believers intercede for their brothers. 00:07:49.620 --> 00:07:54.620 Nor will their testimony be accepted on the Day of Resurrection against others. 00:07:54.620 --> 00:07:57.160 The witness and the intercessor 00:07:57.160 --> 00:08:02.160 must be upright, possessing nothing that undermines their integrity, 00:08:02.160 --> 00:08:04.160 or weakness in religion, 00:08:04.160 --> 00:08:07.160 or audacity against the servants of Allah. 00:08:07.160 --> 00:08:11.699 The believer does not hasten the punishment of the one who disagrees with him, 00:08:11.699 --> 00:08:14.699 nor does he cause him to despair of the mercy of Allah. 00:08:14.699 --> 00:08:16.699 Rather, he is patient and seeks reward, 00:08:16.699 --> 00:08:20.699 a key to mercy and a lock against evil. 00:08:20.699 --> 00:08:25.819 On the authority of Samurah ibn Jundub, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: 00:08:25.819 --> 00:08:29.819 The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: 00:08:29.819 --> 00:08:32.820 "Do not curse one another with the curse of Allah, 00:08:32.820 --> 00:08:34.820 nor with His wrath, 00:08:34.820 --> 00:08:36.820 nor with the Fire." 00:08:36.820 --> 00:08:40.080 Narrated by Abu Dawud and al-Tirmidhi. 00:08:40.080 --> 00:08:44.039 From the benefits of the hadith: 00:08:44.039 --> 00:08:47.200 The prohibition of cursing one another with the curse of Allah. 00:08:47.200 --> 00:08:50.649 It is not permissible to pray for anyone to be cast into the Fire, 00:08:50.649 --> 00:08:54.649 because that is a prerogative of Allah's punishment. 00:08:54.649 --> 00:08:58.029 It is not permissible to pray for the wrath of Allah. 00:08:58.029 --> 00:09:02.419 A clarification of the extreme gravity of the curse and the wrath of Allah, 00:09:02.419 --> 00:09:05.419 and the punishment of the Fire of Allah. 00:09:05.419 --> 00:09:10.440 On the authority of Ibn Mas'ud, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: 00:09:10.440 --> 00:09:14.440 The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: 00:09:14.440 --> 00:09:18.440 "The believer is not one who slanders, nor one who curses, 00:09:18.440 --> 00:09:21.659 nor one who is obscene, nor one who is foul-mouthed." 00:09:21.659 --> 00:09:23.659 Narrated by al-Tirmidhi. 00:09:23.659 --> 00:09:26.500 Al-ta'an (the slanderer): 00:09:26.500 --> 00:09:31.500 Meaning one who attacks people's honor through defamation, backbiting, and the like. 00:09:31.500 --> 00:09:33.590 Al-fahish (the obscene): 00:09:33.590 --> 00:09:37.620 Meaning one who is obscene in his speech. 00:09:37.620 --> 00:09:39.620 From the benefits of the hadith: 00:09:39.620 --> 00:09:43.899 It is not among the qualities of a believer whose faith is sound 00:09:43.899 --> 00:09:46.899 to attack the honor of Muslims. 00:09:46.899 --> 00:09:51.480 It is not among the qualities of a believer to curse frequently. 00:09:51.480 --> 00:09:54.480 It is not among the qualities of a believer to be obscene. 00:09:54.480 --> 00:09:57.669 It is not among the qualities of a believer to be foul-mouthed. 00:09:57.669 --> 00:10:02.960 The prohibition of slandering, cursing, obscenity, and foul language. 00:10:02.960 --> 00:10:08.080 On the authority of Abu al-Darda’, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: 00:10:08.080 --> 00:10:12.080 The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: 00:10:12.080 --> 00:10:15.080 "When a servant curses something, 00:10:15.080 --> 00:10:18.080 the curse ascends to the sky, 00:10:18.080 --> 00:10:22.080 and the gates of the sky are closed against it. 00:10:22.080 --> 00:10:24.080 Then it descends to the earth, 00:10:24.080 --> 00:10:27.080 and its gates are closed against it. 00:10:27.080 --> 00:10:30.080 Then it goes right and left, 00:10:30.080 --> 00:10:33.080 and if it finds no place to enter, 00:10:33.080 --> 00:10:36.080 it returns to the one who was cursed, 00:10:36.080 --> 00:10:39.080 if he is deserving of it, 00:10:39.080 --> 00:10:42.080 otherwise it returns to the one who uttered it." 00:10:42.080 --> 00:10:45.299 Narrated by Abu Dawud. 00:10:45.299 --> 00:10:50.070 Masaghan: meaning an entrance or a path. 00:10:50.070 --> 00:10:53.779 From the benefits of the hadith: 00:10:53.970 --> 00:10:57.259 A clarification of the gravity of the curse. 00:10:57.259 --> 00:11:02.259 A clarification that the curse may return to its author in some instances. 00:11:02.259 --> 00:11:09.820 Allah does not accept from His servants their cursing of one another. 00:11:09.820 --> 00:11:13.820 On the authority of 'Imran ibn al-Husayn, may Allah be pleased with them both, who said: 00:11:13.820 --> 00:11:17.820 While the Messenger of Allah was on one of his journeys, 00:11:17.820 --> 00:11:20.820 and a woman from the Ansar was on a she-camel, 00:11:20.820 --> 00:11:23.820 she became impatient and cursed it. 00:11:23.820 --> 00:11:27.820 The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, heard that, 00:11:27.820 --> 00:11:29.820 and said: 00:11:29.820 --> 00:11:32.820 "Take what is on it and let it go, 00:11:32.820 --> 00:11:34.820 for it is cursed." 00:11:34.820 --> 00:11:36.919 'Imran said: 00:11:36.919 --> 00:11:40.919 It is as if I see it now walking among the people, 00:11:40.919 --> 00:11:42.919 and no one bothers it. 00:11:42.919 --> 00:11:45.080 Narrated by Muslim. 00:11:45.080 --> 00:11:47.720 Dajirat: 00:11:47.720 --> 00:11:51.720 Meaning she became distressed by the difficulty of handling the she-camel. 00:11:51.720 --> 00:11:53.980 Take what is on it: 00:11:53.980 --> 00:11:57.980 Meaning remove the luggage and the saddle from it. 00:11:57.980 --> 00:12:01.620 From the benefits of the hadith: 00:12:01.620 --> 00:12:04.899 This indicates the permissibility of riding animals. 00:12:04.899 --> 00:12:08.320 It is not permissible to curse animals. 00:12:08.320 --> 00:12:12.799 It is not permissible to keep an animal that has been cursed. 00:12:12.799 --> 00:12:15.860 On the authority of Abu Barzah, 00:12:15.860 --> 00:12:20.860 Nadlah Ibn 'Ubayd al-Aslami, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: 00:12:20.860 --> 00:12:25.950 While a young woman was riding a she-camel carrying some of the people's belongings, 00:12:25.950 --> 00:12:29.950 she caught sight of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:12:29.950 --> 00:12:32.950 The mountain path became narrow for them, 00:12:32.950 --> 00:12:34.950 so she said, 00:12:34.950 --> 00:12:36.019 "Hul!" (Move on!) 00:12:36.019 --> 00:12:38.019 "O Allah, curse it!" 00:12:38.019 --> 00:12:42.080 The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, 00:12:42.080 --> 00:12:46.080 "A she-camel upon which there is a curse shall not accompany us." 00:12:46.080 --> 00:12:48.399 Narrated by Muslim. 00:12:48.399 --> 00:12:50.820 As for his saying "Hul," 00:12:50.820 --> 00:12:53.820 it is a word used to urge on camels. 00:12:53.820 --> 00:12:56.820 Know that the meaning of this hadith might seem problematic, 00:12:56.820 --> 00:12:58.820 yet there is no problem in it. 00:12:58.820 --> 00:13:02.820 Rather, the intent is to forbid that specific she-camel from accompanying them. 00:13:02.820 --> 00:13:07.820 It does not contain a prohibition against selling, slaughtering, or riding it, 00:13:07.820 --> 00:13:11.820 when not in the company of the Prophet, peace be upon him. 00:13:11.820 --> 00:13:15.820 Indeed, all of that, and other forms of usage, 00:13:15.820 --> 00:13:17.820 are permissible with no restriction, 00:13:17.820 --> 00:13:22.820 except for accompanying the Prophet, peace be upon him, with it. 00:13:22.820 --> 00:13:26.820 Because all these actions were originally permissible, 00:13:26.820 --> 00:13:28.820 and since some were restricted, 00:13:28.820 --> 00:13:32.820 the rest remain as they were. 00:13:32.820 --> 00:13:34.820 And Allah knows best. 00:13:34.820 --> 00:13:42.659 Chapter: The Permissibility of Cursing Sinners in a General, Non-Specific Sense. 00:13:42.659 --> 00:13:45.659 Allah the Exalted said: 00:13:45.659 --> 00:13:49.750 “Who doeth greater wrong than he who inventeth a lie concerning Allah? Such will be brought before their Lord, and the witnesses will say: These are they who lied concerning their Lord. Now the curse of Allah is upon wrong-doers,” (11:18) 00:13:49.750 --> 00:13:51.909 And He the Exalted said: 00:13:51.909 --> 00:13:58.070 "Then a herald will proclaim between them: 'The curse of Allah is upon the wrongdoers.'" 00:13:58.070 --> 00:14:00.299 It is established in the Sahih 00:14:00.299 --> 00:14:04.299 that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: 00:14:04.299 --> 00:14:08.299 "Allah has cursed the woman who adds hair extensions and the one who asks for them." 00:14:08.299 --> 00:14:10.299 And that he said: 00:14:10.299 --> 00:14:13.299 "Allah has cursed the consumer of usury." 00:14:13.299 --> 00:14:16.299 And that he cursed the image-makers. 00:14:16.299 --> 00:14:18.299 And that he said: 00:14:18.299 --> 00:14:22.299 "Allah has cursed the one who alters the boundary markers of the land," 00:14:22.299 --> 00:14:24.299 meaning its borders. 00:14:24.299 --> 00:14:26.389 And that he said: 00:14:26.389 --> 00:14:30.490 "Allah has cursed the thief who steals an egg." 00:14:30.490 --> 00:14:32.490 And that he said: 00:14:32.490 --> 00:14:35.490 "Allah has cursed the one who curses his parents." 00:14:35.490 --> 00:14:39.679 "And Allah has cursed the one who sacrifices to other than Allah." 00:14:39.679 --> 00:14:41.679 And that he said: 00:14:41.679 --> 00:14:46.679 "Whoever introduces an innovation therein or shelters an innovator, 00:14:46.679 --> 00:14:51.679 upon him is the curse of Allah, the angels, and all of mankind." 00:14:51.679 --> 00:14:53.809 And that he said: 00:14:53.809 --> 00:14:57.840 "O Allah, curse Ri'l, Dhakwan, and 'Usayyah, 00:14:57.840 --> 00:15:00.840 for they disobeyed Allah and His Messenger." 00:15:00.840 --> 00:15:05.029 These are three Arab tribes. 00:15:05.029 --> 00:15:07.029 And that he said: 00:15:07.029 --> 00:15:09.029 "Allah has cursed the Jews, 00:15:09.029 --> 00:15:13.029 for they took the graves of their prophets as places of worship." 00:15:13.029 --> 00:15:18.190 And that he cursed men who imitate women, 00:15:18.190 --> 00:15:22.190 and women who imitate men. 00:15:22.190 --> 00:15:25.480 All of these narrations are in the Sahih collections. 00:15:25.480 --> 00:15:29.480 Some are in both Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim, 00:15:29.480 --> 00:15:32.480 and some are in one of them. 00:15:32.480 --> 00:15:36.480 I only intended brevity by referring to them collectively. 00:15:36.480 --> 00:15:40.480 I will mention most of them in their respective chapters in this book, 00:15:40.480 --> 00:15:43.480 if Allah the Exalted wills.