Caution: Translations of Quran and Ḥadīth may lead to possible misapplications and misinterpretations. This site is intended for students of sacred knowledge that are proficient in comprehending classical Arabic and have a strong foundation in Islamic sciences. Also note that religious injunctions rely on several aspects beyond what one may glean through reading individual aḥādīth.
Qurʾān Ibn Rajab's Fifty Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn al-Adab al-Mufrad al-Luʾluʾ wa-al-Marjān Bukhārī Muslim Abū Dāwūd Tirmidhī Nasāʾī Ibn Mājah Dārimī Aḥmad Mālik Ḥākim Ibn Ḥibbān Ṭabarānī Nasāʾī's Kubrá Bayhaqī Aḥmad's Zuhd Suyūṭī
adab:429 –

Sa'id ibn Malik reported that the Prophet ﷺ said, "Reviling a Muslim is deviant behaviour."

الأدب المفرد:٤٢٩ – حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ عَنْ زَكَرِيَّا عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ سِبَابُ الْمُسْلِمِ فُسُوقٌ

Add your own reflection below:

Sign in from the top menu to add or reply to reflections.

See similar narrations below:

Collected by Bukhārī, Ibn Mājah

Abusive behavior is evil and murder is disbelief

bukhari:48 – Muḥammad b. ʿArʿarah > Shuʿbah > Zubayd > Saʾalt Abū Wāʾil > al-Murjiʾah > ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Abusing a Muslim is fusūq (evil doings) and killing him is kufr (disbelief)."

البخاري:٤٨ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَرْعَرَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ زُبَيْدٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا وَائِلٍ عَنِ الْمُرْجِئَةِ فَقَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ: «سِبَابُ الْمُسْلِمِ فُسُوقٌ وَقِتَالُهُ كُفْرٌ۔»

bukhari:7076 – ʿUmar b. Ḥafṣ from my father > al-Aʿmash > Shaqīq > ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet, said, "Abusing a Muslim is Fusuq (evil doing) and killing him is Kufr (disbelief).

البخاري:٧٠٧٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ حَدَّثَنَا شَقِيقٌ قَالَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ سِبَابُ الْمُسْلِمِ فُسُوقٌ وَقِتَالُهُ كُفْرٌ

ibnmajah:3940 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Asadī > Abū Hilāl > Ibn Sīrīn > Abū Hurayrah

“Verbally abusing a Muslim is Fusuq (disobedience) and fighting him is Kufr (ungratefulness to Allah).”

ابن ماجة:٣٩٤٠ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الأَسَدِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هِلاَلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ سِبَابُ الْمُسْلِمِ فُسُوقٌ وَقِتَالُهُ كُفْرٌ