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Sunan Abi Dawud 4878

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: When I was taken up to heaven I passed by people who had nails of copper and were scratching their faces and their breasts. I said: Who are these…

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Sahihgraded sahih by Al-Albani
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حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُصَفَّى، حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ، وَأَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي رَاشِدُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَمَّا عُرِجَ بِي مَرَرْتُ بِقَوْمٍ لَهُمْ أَظْفَارٌ مِنْ نُحَاسٍ يَخْمِشُونَ وُجُوهَهُمْ وَصُدُورَهُمْ فَقُلْتُ: مَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ يَا جِبْرِيلُ قَالَ هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ يَأْكُلُونَ لُحُومَ النَّاسِ وَيَقَعُونَ فِي أَعْرَاضِهِمْ»

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: When I was taken up to heaven I passed by people who had nails of copper and were scratching their faces and their breasts. I said: Who are these people, Gabriel? He replied: They are those who were given to back biting and who aspersed people’s honour.

আনাস ইবনু মালিক (রাঃ) সূত্রে বর্ণিত। তিনি বলেন, রাসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম বলেছেনঃ মি‘রাজের রাতে আমি এমন এক কওমের পাশ দিয়ে অতিক্রম করছিলাম যাদের নখগুলো তামার তৈরী এবং তা দিয়ে তারা অনবরত তাদের মুখমন্ডলে ও বুকে আচড় মারছে। আমি বললাম, হে জিবরীল! এরা কারা? তিনি বললেন, এরা সেসব লোক যারা মানুষের গোশত খেতো (গীবত করতো) এবং তাদের মানসম্মানে আঘাত হানতো।[1] সহীহ।

انس بن مالک رضی اللہ عنہ کہتے ہیں کہ رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا: جب مجھے معراج کرائی گئی، تو میرا گزر ایسے لوگوں پر سے ہوا، جن کے ناخن تانبے کے تھے اور وہ ان سے اپنے منہ اور سینے نوچ رہے تھے، میں نے پوچھا: جبرائیل! یہ کون لوگ ہیں؟

کہا: یہ وہ ہیں جو لوگوں کا گوشت کھاتے ( غیبت کرتے ) اور ان کی بے عزتی کرتے تھے ۔ ابوداؤد کہتے ہیں: ہم سے اسے یحییٰ بن عثمان نے بیان کیا ہے اور بقیہ سے روایت کر رہے تھے، اس میں انس موجود نہیں ہیں۔

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Ibnul Mushaffa] berkata, telah menceritakan kepada kami [Baqiyyah] dan [Abul Mughirah] keduanya berkata; telah menceritakan kepada kami [Shafwan] ia berkata; telah menceritakan kepadaku [Rasyid bin Sa'd] dan ['Abdurrahman bin Jubair] dari [Anas bin Malik] ia berkata, "Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam bersabda: "Ketika aku dinaikkan ke lagit (dimi'rajkan), aku melewati suatu kaum yang kuku mereka terbuat dari tembaga, kuku itu mereka gunakan untuk mencakar muka dan dada mereka.

Aku lalu bertanya, "Wahai Jibril, siapa mereka itu?" Jibril menjawab, "Mereka itu adalah orang-orang yang memakan daging manusia (ghibah) dan merusak kehormatan mereka."

Abu Dawud berkata, " [Yahya bin Utsman] menceritakannya kepada kami dari [Baqiyyah], tetapi tidak disebutkan di dalamnya nama Anas. Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Isa bin Abu Isa As Sailahini] dari [Al Mughirah] sebagaimana yang dikatakan oleh Ibnul Mushaffa

Hz. Enes b. Malik'den (rivayet edildiğine göre) Rasûlullah (s.a.v.) şöyle buyurmuştur: "Mi'rac'a çıkarıldığım zaman bakırdan tırnakları olan bir topluluğa uğradım. (Bu tırnaklarıyla) yüzlerini ve bağırlarını tırmalıyorlardı. (Cebrail'e:) Bunlar da kimlerdir? dedim.

"(Gıybet etmek suretiyle) halkın etlerini yiyenler ve şereflerine saldıranlardır, cevabını verdi." Ebu Dâvud der ki: Bu hadisi bize Bakıyye'den (mürsel olarak bir de) Yahya b. Osman rivayet etti. Yahya'nın bi rivayetinde (senedde) Enes yoktur

Sunan Abi Dawud 4878, Book 43, General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab), Hadith 106. 1 min read
The note in this edition

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: حَدَّثَنَاهُ يَحْيَى بْنُ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ بَقِيَّةَ لَيْسَ فِيهِ أَنَسٌ

Abu Dawud said: Yahya ibn Uthman has also transmitted it from Baqiyyah, there is no mention of Anas in it.

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) informed that when he was taken up to the heavens on the night of Isrā’ and Mi‘rāj, he passed by a group of people who had nails of copper, with which they were scratching and tearing their own faces and chests. The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) asked Jibrīl (Gabriel) (peace be upon him): What did these people do to deserve such punishment?

Gabriel (peace be upon him) replied: They are those who used to backbite others and speak about people's honor unjustly.

What it teaches

  • A stern warning against backbiting, with the backbiter likened to one who eats human flesh.
  • Violating people's honor through backbiting and similar acts is among the major sins.
  • At-Tībi, commenting on the Prophet's word "scratching”, said: Since scratching the face and chest is a trait of wailing women, it was made the punishment for those who backbite and slander Muslims—to indicate that such behavior is unbefitting of men and is instead from the traits of women in their most disgraceful and distorted state.
  • It is obligatory to believe in the unseen and in everything that Allah and His Messenger (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) have informed us of.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Abu Dawud back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Abu DawudCompiler, died 275 AH
  2. 2Muhammad ibn MusaffaTold us, Fourth generation, died 240 AH
  3. 3Baqiyyah ibn al-WalidTold us, Third generation, died 197 AH
  4. 4Abd al-Quddus ibn al-HajjajWith, Third generation, died 212 AH
  5. 5Safwan ibn AmrTold us, Successor, died 155 AH
  6. 6Rashid ibn SadTold me, Successor, died 108 AH
  7. 7Abd ar-Rahman ibn JubayrWith, Successor, died 118 AH
  8. 8Anas ibn MalikFrom, Companion, died 90 AH

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