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.

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَنْ وَصْفِ الزَّقُّومِ الَّذِي جَعَلَهُ اللَّهُ شَرَابَ مَنْ حَادَ عَنْهُ فِي دَارِ هَوَانِهِ

ibnhibban:7470al-Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad b. Abū Maʿshar > Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Ibn Abū ʿAdī > Shuʿbah > Sulaymān > Mujāhid > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās

“O you who believe! Have fear of Allah as is His due, and die not except as Muslims. [3:102] (Then he said): ‘If a drop of Zaqqum were to be dropped on the earth, it would ruin the livelihood of the people of this world, so how about those who have no food other than it (i.e. Zaqqum)?’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4325)  

ابن حبّان:٧٤٧٠أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي مَعْشَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «{يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ وَلَا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ} فَلَوْ أَنَّ قَطْرَةً مِنَ الزَّقُّومِ قَطَرَتْ فِي الْأَرْضِ لَأَفْسَدَتْ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ مَعِيشَتَهُمْ فَكَيْفَ بِمَنْ لَيْسَ لَهُ طَعَامٌ غَيْرُهُ؟ »  


See similar narrations below:

Collected by Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ḥākim, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
tirmidhi:2585Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Abū Dāwud > Shuʿbah > al-Aʿmash > Mujāhid > Ibn ʿAbbās

Have the Taqwa of Allah as His due, and do not die except as Muslims. And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "If only a drop of Az-Zaqqum were to drip into the abode of the world, it would spoil the peoples' livelihood, so how about the person for whom it is his food?"  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ.
الترمذي:٢٥٨٥حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَرَأَ هَذِهِ الآيَةَ (اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ وَلاَ تَمُوتُنَّ إِلاَّ وَأَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ ) قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَوْ أَنَّ قَطْرَةً مِنَ الزَّقُّومِ قُطِرَتْ فِي دَارِ الدُّنْيَا لأَفْسَدَتْ عَلَى أَهْلِ الدُّنْيَا مَعَايِشَهُمْ فَكَيْفَ بِمَنْ يَكُونُ طَعَامَهُ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
ibnmajah:4325Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Ibn Abū ʿAdī > Shuʿbah > Sulaymān > Mujāhid > Ibn ʿAbbās

“O you who believe! Have fear of Allah as is His due, and die not except as Muslims. [3:102] (Then he said): ‘If a drop of Zaqqum were to be dropped on the earth, it would ruin the livelihood of the people of this world, so how about those who have no food other than it (i.e. Zaqqum)?’”  

ابن ماجة:٤٣٢٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَرَأَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ وَلاَ تَمُوتُنَّ إِلاَّ وَأَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ } وَلَوْ أَنَّ قَطْرَةً مِنَ الزَّقُّومِ قُطِرَتْ فِي الأَرْضِ لأَفْسَدَتْ عَلَى أَهْلِ الدُّنْيَا مَعِيشَتَهُمْ فَكَيْفَ بِمَنْ لَيْسَ لَهُ طَعَامٌ غَيْرُهُ  

ahmad:2735Rawḥ > Shuʿbah > Sulaymān > Mujāhid

[Machine] "People used to perform the tawaf around the house, and Ibn Abbas was sitting with them, holding a container. He said, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "O you who have believed, fear Allah as He should be feared and do not die except as Muslims [in submission to Him]." (Quran 3:102) If only a drop of Zaqqum (a tree of Hell) was to fall on the inhabitants of the earth, it would ruin their livelihood. So, how will it be for those who have nothing to eat except Zaqqum?'"  

أحمد:٢٧٣٥حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ

أَنَّ النَّاسَ كَانُوا يَطُوفُونَ بِالْبَيْتِ وَابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ جَالِسٌ مَعَهُ مِحْجَنٌ فَقَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ وَلا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلا وَأَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ} [آل عمران 102] وَلَوْ أَنَّ قَطْرَةً مِنَ الزَّقُّومِ قُطِرَتْ لَأَمَرَّتْ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ عَيْشَهُمْ فَكَيْفَ مَنْ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا الزَّقُّومُ  

ahmad:3136Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Sulaymān > Mujāhid > Ibn ʿAbbās

“O you who believe! Have fear of Allah as is His due, and die not except as Muslims. [3:102] (Then he said): ‘If a drop of Zaqqum were to be dropped on the earth, it would ruin the livelihood of the people of this world, so how about those who have no food other than it (i.e. Zaqqum)?’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4325)   

أحمد:٣١٣٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّهُ كَانَ عِنْدَ الْحَجَرِ وَعِنْدَهُ مِحْجَنٌ يَضْرِبُ بِهِ الْحَجَرَ وَيُقَبِّلُهُ فَقَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ وَلا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلا وَأَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ} [آل عمران 102] لَوْ أَنَّ قَطْرَةً مِنَ الزَّقُّومِ قُطِرَتْ فِي الْأَرْضِ لَأَمَرَّتْ عَلَى أَهْلِ الدُّنْيَا مَعِيشَتَهُمْ فَكَيْفَ بِمَنْ هُوَ طَعَامُهُ وَلَيْسَ لَهُ طَعَامٌ غَيْرُهُ  

hakim:3158Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Ibrāhīm b. Marzūq > Abū Dāwud And Wahb b. Jarīr > Shuʿbah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Ḥasan al-Qāḍī Bihamdān > Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥusayn > Ādam b. Abū Iyās > Shuʿbah > al-Aʿmash > Mujāhid > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] It is reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited the following verse: "O you who believe! Fear Allah as He should be feared and do not die except as Muslims." [Al Imran 102] He ﷺ then said, "By the One in whose hand is my soul, if a drop of Zamzam water was poured into the oceans of the Earth, it would not be corrupted." And in another narration by Wahb ibn Jarir, he ﷺ said, "I have turned away the luxuries of this world, so how can I be concerned with its sustenance?"  

الحاكم:٣١٥٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَوَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ قَالَا ثنا شُعْبَةُ وَأَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي بِهَمْدَانَ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ثنا آدَمُ بْنُ أَبِي إِيَاسٍ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَلَا هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ وَلَا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ} [آل عمران 102] قَالَ «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَوْ أَنَّ قَطْرَةً مِنَ الزَّقُّومِ قُطِرَتْ فِي بِحَارِ الْأَرْضِ لَفَسَدَتْ» وَفِي حَدِيثِ وَهْبِ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ «لَأَمَرَّتْ عَلَى أَهْلِ الدُّنْيَا مَعَايِشَهُمْ فَكَيْفَ بِمَنْ تَكُونُ طَعَامَهُ؟»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخْرِجَاهُ على شرط البخاري ومسلم
hakim:3686Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Ibrāhīm b. Marzūq > Wahbb. Jarīr Waʾabū Dāwud > Shuʿbah > al-Aʿmash > Mujāhid > Ibn ʿAbbās

“O you who believe! Have fear of Allah as is His due, and die not except as Muslims. [3:102] (Then he said): ‘If a drop of Zaqqum were to be dropped on the earth, it would ruin the livelihood of the people of this world, so how about those who have no food other than it (i.e. Zaqqum)?’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4325)   

الحاكم:٣٦٨٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ ثنا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ وَأَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَا ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَرَأَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ {اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ وَلَا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ} [آل عمران 102] وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ لَوْ أَنَّ قَطْرَةً مِنَ الزَّقُّومِ قُطِرَتْ فِي الْأَرْضِ لَأَفْسَدَتْ عَلَى أَهْلِ الدُّنْيَا مَعَائِشَهُمْ فَكَيْفَ بِمَنْ يَكُونُ طَعَامُهُ؟  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ أَخْرَجَهُ الْإِمَامُ أَبُو يَعْقُوبَ الْحَنْظَلِيُّ فِي تَفْسِيرِ قَوْلِهِ {خُذُوهُ فَاعْتِلُوهُ إِلَى سَوَاءِ الْجَحِيمِ ثُمَّ صُبُّوا فَوْقَ رَأْسِهِ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْحَمِيمِ} [الدخان 48] «وَهُوَ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ»
tabarani:11068[Chain 1] Abū Muslim al-Kashhī > ʿAmr b. Marzūq > Shuʿbah [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. Asad b. Yazīd al-Aṣbahānī > Abū Dāwud al-Ṭayālisī > Shuʿbah > al-Aʿmash > Mujāhid > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited this verse, "Fear Allah as He should be feared." Then he said, "If a drop of the Zaqoom plant were to drop into the oceans of the world, it would spoil their sustenance. So, how would it be for the one who consumes it?"  

الطبراني:١١٠٦٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْكَشِّيُّ ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ أنا شُعْبَةُ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَسَدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ تَلَا هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ {اتَّقُوا اللهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ} الْآيَةَ فَقَالَ «لَوْ أَنَّ قَطْرَةً مِنَ الزَّقُّومِ قُطِرَتْ فِي بحارِ الدُّنْيَا لَأَفْسَدَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ مَعَايِشَهُمْ كَيْفَ بِمَنْ يَكُونُ طَعَامَهُ؟»  

قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ} [آل عمران: 102]

nasai-kubra:11004Bishr b. Khālid > Ghundar > Shuʿbah > Sulaymān > Mujāhid > Ibn ʿAbbās

“O you who believe! Have fear of Allah as is His due, and die not except as Muslims. [3:102] (Then he said): ‘If a drop of Zaqqum were to be dropped on the earth, it would ruin the livelihood of the people of this world, so how about those who have no food other than it (i.e. Zaqqum)?’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4325)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١١٠٠٤أَخْبَرَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ وَلَا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ} [آل عمران 102] لَوْ أَنَّ قَطْرَةً مِنَ الزَّقُّومِ قُطِرَتْ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ لَأَمَرَّتْ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ مَعِيشَتَهُمْ فَكَيْفَ مَنْ هُوَ طَعَامُهُ أَوْ لَيْسَ لَهُ طَعَامٌ غَيْرُهُ