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رياض الصالحين

Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 1526

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In-book entry
16

Chapter 1

Chapter context: The Prohibition of Backbiting and the Commandment of Guarding one's Tongue

باب تحريم الغيبة والأمر بحفظ اللسان

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Hadith text

Original Arabic

وعن أنس رضي الله عنه قال‏:‏ قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم‏:‏ “لما عُرج بي مررت بقوم لهم أظفار من نُحاس يخمشون وجوههم وصدورهم، فقلت‏:‏ من هؤلاء يا جبريل‏؟‏ قال‏:‏ هؤلاء الذين يأكلون لحوم الناس، ويقعون في أعراضهم‏!‏”‏.‏ ‏(‏‏(‏رواه أبو داود‏.‏‏)‏‏)‏

Translation

English translation

Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) said:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "During the Mi'raj (the Night of Ascension), I saw a group of people who were scratching their chests and faces with their copper nails. I asked, 'Who are these people, O Jibril?' Jibril replied: 'These are the people who ate flesh of others (by backbiting) and trampled people's honour."' [Abu Dawud].

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This is Hadith 1526 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 18, The Book of the Prohibited actions, as in-book entry 16 under the chapter “The Prohibition of Backbiting and the Commandment of Guarding one's Tongue.”

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