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ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ هَذَا الْخَبَرَ وَهَمَ فِيهِ مِسْعَرُ بْنُ كِدَامٍ

ibnhibban:412ʿUmar b. Muḥammad al-Hamadhānī > Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar And Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Shuʿbah > Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Indeed, one of the greatest sins is for a person to curse his parents." He was asked, "How can someone curse his parents?" He replied, "He curses another person's father, so that person curses his own father, and he curses another person's mother, so that person curses his own mother."  

ابن حبّان:٤١٢أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمَذَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ وَيَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ مِنْ أَكْبَرِ الْكَبَائِرِ أَنْ يَسُبَّ الرَّجُلُ وَالِدَيْهِ» قَالَ وَكَيْفَ يَسُبُّ الرَّجُلُ وَالِدَيْهِ؟ قَالَ «يَسُبُّ أَبَا الرَّجُلِ فَيَسُبُّ أَبَاهُ وَيَسُبُّ أُمَّهُ فَيَسُبُّ أُمَّهُ»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Suyūṭī
bukhari:5973Aḥmad b. Yūnus > Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd from his father > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said. "It is one of the greatest sins that a man should curse his parents." It was asked (by the people), "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! How does a man curse his parents?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "'The man abuses the father of another man and the latter abuses the father of the former and abuses his mother."  

البخاري:٥٩٧٣حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ مِنْ أَكْبَرِ الْكَبَائِرِ أَنْ يَلْعَنَ الرَّجُلُ وَالِدَيْهِ قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَكَيْفَ يَلْعَنُ الرَّجُلُ وَالِدَيْهِ قَالَ يَسُبُّ الرَّجُلُ أَبَا الرَّجُلِ فَيَسُبُّ أَبَاهُ وَيَسُبُّ أَمَّهُ  

muslim:90aQutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Layth > Ibn al-Hād > Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr b. al-ʿĀṣ

Abusing one's parents is one of the major sins. They (the hearers) said: Messenger of Allah, does a man abuse his parents too? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: Yes, one abuses the father of another man, who in turn abuses his father. One abuses his mother and he in turn abuses his (the former's) mother.  

مسلم:٩٠aحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنِ ابْنِ الْهَادِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مِنَ الْكَبَائِرِ شَتْمُ الرَّجُلِ وَالِدَيْهِ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَلْ يَشْتِمُ الرَّجُلُ وَالِدَيْهِ قَالَ نَعَمْ يَسُبُّ أَبَا الرَّجُلِ فَيَسُبُّ أَبَاهُ وَيَسُبُّ أُمَّهُ فَيَسُبُّ أُمَّهُ  

abudawud:5141[Chain 1] Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar b. Ziyād [Chain 2] ʿAbbād b. Mūsá > Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd from his father > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr

A man’s reviling of his parents is one of the grave sins. He was asked : Messenger of Allah! How does a man revile his parents? He replied: He reviles the father of a man who then reviles his father, and he reviles a man’s mother and he reviles his.  

أبو داود:٥١٤١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ وَقَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ مِنْ أَكْبَرِ الْكَبَائِرِ أَنْ يَلْعَنَ الرَّجُلُ وَالِدَيْهِ قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ يَلْعَنُ الرَّجُلُ وَالِدَيْهِ قَالَ يَلْعَنُ أَبَا الرَّجُلِ فَيَلْعَنُ أَبَاهُ وَيَلْعَنُ أُمَّهُ فَيَلْعَنُ أُمَّهُ  

tirmidhi:1902Qutaybah > al-Layth b. Saʿd > Ibn al-Hād > Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr

the Messenger of Allah said: "It is among the greatest of sins that a man should curse his parents." They said: "O Messenger of Allah! Does a man curse his parents?" He said: "Yes. He verbally abuses the father of a man, who in turn, verbally abuses his father, and he (retaliates and) curses his mother , so he curses his mother."  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ.
الترمذي:١٩٠٢حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ الْهَادِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنَ الْكَبَائِرِ أَنْ يَشْتُمَ الرَّجُلُ وَالِدَيْهِ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَهَلْ يَشْتُمُ الرَّجُلُ وَالِدَيْهِ قَالَ نَعَمْ يَسُبُّ أَبَا الرَّجُلِ فَيَشْتُمُ أَبَاهُ وَيَشْتُمُ أُمَّهُ فَيَسُبُّ أُمَّهُ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
ahmad:7004ʿAffān > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAwf > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Verily, the greatest of major sins is disobedience to parents." It was said: "What is disobedience to parents?" He said: "It is when a person insults another person, and that person insults his father, and insults his mother."  

أحمد:٧٠٠٤حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ أَكْبَرَ الْكَبَائِرِ عُقُوقُ الْوَالِدَيْنِ قَالَ قِيلَ وَمَا عُقُوقُ الْوَالِدَيْنِ؟ قَالَ يَسُبُّ الرَّجُلُ الرَّجُلَ فَيَسُبُّ أَبَاهُ وَيَسُبُّ أُمَّهُ فَيَسُبُّ أُمَّهُ  

ahmad:7029Yaʿqūb from my father from his father > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said. "It is one of the greatest sins that a man should curse his parents." It was asked (by the people), "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! How does a man curse his parents?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "'The man abuses the father of another man and the latter abuses the father of the former and abuses his mother." (Using translation from Bukhārī 5973)  

أحمد:٧٠٢٩حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ مِنْ أَكْبَرِ الْكَبَائِرِ أَنْ يَلْعَنَ الرَّجُلُ وَالِدَيْهِ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَكَيْفَ يَلْعَنُ الرَّجُلُ أَبَوَيْهِ؟ قَالَ يَسُبُّ الرَّجُلُ الرَّجُلَ فَيَسُبُّ أَبَاهُ وَيَسُبُّ الرَّجُلُ أُمَّهُ فَيَسُبُّ أُمَّهُ  

ahmad:6529Wakīʿ > Misʿar And Sufyān > Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAwf > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr Rafaʿah Sufyān Wawaqafah Misʿar > from al-Kabāʾir > Yashtum al-a man Wa-al-Idayh > Wakayf Yashtum al-a man Wa-al-Idayh

[Machine] "To insult one's parents," they asked, "how does a person insult his parents?" He replied, "He curses the father of the man, so he curses his father, and he curses the mother of the man, so he curses his mother."  

أحمد:٦٥٢٩حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا مِسْعَرٌ وَسُفْيَانُ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو رَفَعَهُ سُفْيَانُ وَوَقَفَهُ مِسْعَرٌ قَالَ مِنَ الْكَبَائِرِ

أَنْ يَشْتُمَ الرَّجُلُ وَالِدَيْهِ قَالُوا وَكَيْفَ يَشْتُمُ الرَّجُلُ وَالِدَيْهِ؟ قَالَ يَسُبُّ أَبَا الرَّجُلِ فَيَسُبُّ أَبَاهُ وَيَسُبُّ أُمَّهُ فَيَسُبُّ أُمَّهُ  

ahmad:6840Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar And Ḥajjāj > Shuʿbah > Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm > Ḥumayd > Ḥajjāj > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said: "Indeed, one of the greatest sins is for a person to curse his parents." They asked, "How can a person curse his parents?" He replied, "He curses someone's father, so that person retaliates by cursing his father, and he curses someone's mother, so that person retaliates by cursing his mother."  

أحمد:٦٨٤٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ وَحَجَّاجٌ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ قَالَ حَجَّاجٌ سَمِعْتُ حُمَيْدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ مِنْ أَكْبَرِالذَّنْبِ أَنْ يَسُبَّ الرَّجُلُ وَالِدَيْهِ قَالُوا وَكَيْفَ يَسُبُّ الرَّجُلُ وَالِدَيْهِ؟ قَالَ يَسُبُّ أَبَا الرَّجُلِ فَيَسُبُّ أَبَاهُ وَيَسُبُّ أُمَّهُ فَيَسُبُّ أُمَّهُ  

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السيوطي:٢٣٥٧٠a

"مِنَ الكَبَائِرِ شَتْمُ الرَّجُلِ وَالِدَيهِ، قيلَ: يَا رَسُولَ الله، وَهَلْ يَشْتِمُ الرَّجُلُ وَالِديه؟ . قَال: نَعَمْ، يَسُبُّ أَبَا الرَّجُلِ فَيَسُبُّ أَبَاهُ ويَسُبُّ أُمَّهُ، فَيَسُبُّ أُمَّهُ".  

[خ] البخاري [م] مسلم [ت] الترمذي عن ابن عمرو
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السيوطي:٤٠١٢a

"أكْبَرُ الكبائر: عقوقُ الوالدين: يَسُبُّ الرجلُ أبا الرَّجُلِ، فَيَسُبُّ أبَاهُ، ويَسُبُّ أمُه، فَيَسُبُّ أُمَّه".  

[حم] أحمد عن ابن عَمْرو
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السيوطي:٧٢١٣a

"إِنَّ مِنْ أَكْبِرَ الكبائرِ أَن يَلعَنَ الرَّجُلُ والدَيْه، قيل: يا رسولَ اللَّه كيف ذَاكَ؟ قَالَ يَلْعَنُ أَبا الرَّجُلِ فَيَلْعَنُ أَباه ويَلْعنُ أُمَّه، فيلعن أُمَّهُ ".  

[د] أبو داود وابن أَبى الدنيا في ذم الغضب عن ابن عمرو