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muslim:87ʿAmr b. Muḥammad b. Bukayr b. Muḥammad al-Nāqid > Ismāʿīl Ibn ʿUlayyah > Saʿīd al-Jurayrī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Bakrah from his father

We were in the company of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that he observed: Should I not inform you about the most grievous of the grave sins? (The Holy Prophet) repeated it three times, and then said: Associating anyone with Allah, disobedience to parents, false testimony or false utterance. The Prophet was reclining, then he sat up, and he repeated it so many times that we wished that he should become silent.  

مسلم:٨٧حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ النَّاقِدُ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كُنَّا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَلاَ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِأَكْبَرِ الْكَبَائِرِ ثَلاَثًا الإِشْرَاكُ بِاللَّهِ وَعُقُوقُ الْوَالِدَيْنِ وَشَهَادَةُ الزُّورِ أَوْ قَوْلُ الزُّورِ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مُتَّكِئًا فَجَلَسَ فَمَازَالَ يُكَرِّرُهَا حَتَّى قُلْنَا لَيْتَهُ سَكَتَ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Bayhaqī
bukhari:2654Musaddad > Bishr b. al-Mufaḍḍal > al-Jurayrī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Bakrah from his father

The Prophet ﷺ said thrice, "Should I inform you out the greatest of the great sins?" They said, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah ﷺ!" He said, "To join others in worship with Allah and to be undutiful to one's parents." The Prophet ﷺ then sat up after he had been reclining (on a pillow) and said, "And I warn you against giving a false witness, and he kept on saying that warning till we thought he would not stop. (See Hadith No. 7, Vol. 8)  

البخاري:٢٦٥٤حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ حَدَّثَنَا الْجُرَيْرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَلاَ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِأَكْبَرِ الْكَبَائِرِ ثَلاَثًا قَالُوا بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ الإِشْرَاكُ بِاللَّهِ وَعُقُوقُ الْوَالِدَيْنِ وَجَلَسَ وَكَانَ مُتَّكِئًا فَقَالَ أَلاَ وَقَوْلُ الزُّورِ قَالَ فَمَا زَالَ يُكَرِّرُهَا حَتَّى قُلْنَا لَيْتَهُ سَكَتَ  

وَقَالَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا الْجُرَيْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ
bukhari:5976Isḥāq > Khālid al-Wāsiṭī > al-Jurayrī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Bakrah from his father

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said thrice, "Shall I not inform you of the biggest of the great sins?" We said, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah ﷺ" He said, "To join partners in worship with Allah: to be undutiful to one's parents." The Prophet ﷺ sat up after he had been reclining and added, "And I warn you against giving forged statement and a false witness; I warn you against giving a forged statement and a false witness." The Prophet kept on saying that warning till we thought that he would not stop.  

البخاري:٥٩٧٦حَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ الْوَاسِطِيُّ عَنِ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَلاَ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِأَكْبَرِ الْكَبَائِرِ قُلْنَا بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ الإِشْرَاكُ بِاللَّهِ وَعُقُوقُ الْوَالِدَيْنِ وَكَانَ مُتَّكِئًا فَجَلَسَ فَقَالَ أَلاَ وَقَوْلُ الزُّورِ وَشَهَادَةُ الزُّورِ أَلاَ وَقَوْلُ الزُّورِ وَشَهَادَةُ الزُّورِ فَمَا زَالَ يَقُولُهَا حَتَّى قُلْتُ لاَ يَسْكُتُ  

bukhari:6919Musaddad > Bishr b. al-Mufaḍḍal > al-Jurayrī > Qays b. Ḥafṣ > Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > Saʿīd al-Jurayrī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Bakrah from his father

The Prophet. said, "The biggest of the great sins are: To join others in worship with Allah, to be undutiful to one's parents, and to give a false witness." He repeated it thrice, or said, "....a false statement," and kept on repeating that warning till we wished he would stop saying it. (See Hadith No.7, Vol. 8)  

البخاري:٦٩١٩حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ حَدَّثَنَا الْجُرَيْرِيُّ وَحَدَّثَنِي قَيْسُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدٌ الْجُرَيْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَكْبَرُ الْكَبَائِرِ الإِشْرَاكُ بِاللَّهِ وَعُقُوقُ الْوَالِدَيْنِ وَشَهَادَةُ الزُّورِ وَشَهَادَةُ الزُّورِ ثَلاَثًا أَوْ قَوْلُ الزُّورِ فَمَا زَالَ يُكَرِّرُهَا حَتَّى قُلْنَا لَيْتَهُ سَكَتَ  

tirmidhi:2301Ḥumayd b. Masʿadah > Bishr b. al-Mufaḍḍal > al-Jurayrī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Bakrah from his father

"Shall I not inform you of the greatest of the major sins?" They said: "Of course O Messenger of Allah ﷺ!" He said: "Shirk with Allah disobeying parents, and false testimony." Or: "False speech" He said: "So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would not stop saying it until we said ( to ourselves): 'I wish he would be quiet. "  

الترمذي:٢٣٠١حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ عَنِ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَلاَ أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِأَكْبَرِ الْكَبَائِرِ قَالُوا بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ الإِشْرَاكُ بِاللَّهِ وَعُقُوقُ الْوَالِدَيْنِ وَشَهَادَةُ الزُّورِ أَوْ قَوْلُ الزُّورِ قَالَ فَمَا زَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُهَا حَتَّى قُلْنَا لَيْتَهُ سَكَتَ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو
tirmidhi:1901Ḥumayd b. Masʿadah > Bishr b. al-Mufaḍḍal > al-Jurayrī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Bakrah from his father

" The messenger of Allah said: 'Shall I not tell you of the biggest of the major sins?' they said : 'Of course! O Messenger of Allah!' He said: 'To join partners with Allah, and disobeying one's parents.'"He said : " He sat up, and he had been reclining. He said: 'And false testimony, or false speech.' And the Messenger of Allah would not stop saying it until we said (to ourselves): 'I wish that he would stop.'"  

الترمذي:١٩٠١حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ حَدَّثَنَا الْجُرَيْرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَلاَ أُحَدِّثُكُمْ بِأَكْبَرِ الْكَبَائِرِ قَالُوا بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ الإِشْرَاكُ بِاللَّهِ وَعُقُوقُ الْوَالِدَيْنِ قَالَ وَجَلَسَ وَكَانَ مُتَّكِئًا فَقَالَ وَشَهَادَةُ الزُّورِ أَوْ قَوْلُ الزُّورِ فَمَا زَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُهَا حَتَّى قُلْنَا لَيْتَهُ سَكَتَ قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَأَبُو بَكْرَةَ اسْمُهُ نُفَيْعُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ
tirmidhi:3019Ḥumayd b. Masʿadah Baṣrī > Bishr b. al-Mufaḍḍal > al-Jurayrī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Bakrah from his father

from his father that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Shall I not narrate to you about the worst of the major sins?" They said: "Of course O Messenger of Allah!" He said: "Associating others with Allah and disobeying the parents." He said: "And he sat reclining and said: 'The false testimony.' Or he said: 'The false statement.'" He said: "So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would not stop saying it until we said (to ourselves): 'If he would only stop.'"  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ-Gharīb.
الترمذي:٣٠١٩حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ بَصْرِيٌّ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ حَدَّثَنَا الْجُرَيْرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَلاَ أُحَدِّثُكُمْ بِأَكْبَرِ الْكَبَائِرِ قَالُوا بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ الإِشْرَاكُ بِاللَّهِ وَعُقُوقُ الْوَالِدَيْنِ قَالَ وَجَلَسَ وَكَانَ مُتَّكِئًا قَالَ وَشَهَادَةُ الزُّورِ أَوْ قَوْلُ الزُّورِ قَالَ فَمَا زَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُهَا حَتَّى قُلْنَا لَيْتَهُ سَكَتَ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ صَحِيحٌ
ahmad:20385Ismāʿīl > al-Jurayrī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Bakarah from his father

[Machine] And Ismail once said, "We were sitting with the Prophet ﷺ when he said, 'Shall I not inform you of the greatest of the major sins? Associating partners with Allah, disrespecting one's parents.' He was reclining, then he sat up and said, 'False testimony, false testimony, false testimony or saying false testimony.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ continued to repeat it until we said, 'We wish he would be silent.'"  

أحمد:٢٠٣٨٥حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ حَدَّثَنَا الْجُرَيْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكَرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

وَقَالَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ مَرَّةً كُنَّا جُلُوسًا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَلَا أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِأَكْبَرِ الْكَبَائِرِ الْإِشْرَاكُ بِاللهِ قَالَ وَذُكِرَ الْكَبَائِرُ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ الْإِشْرَاكُ بِاللهِ وَعُقُوقُ الْوَالِدَيْنِ وَكَانَ مُتَّكِئًا فَجَلَسَ وَقَالَ وَشَهَادَةُ الزُّورِ وَشَهَادَةُ الزُّورِ وَشَهَادَةُ الزُّورِ أَوْ قَوْلُ الزُّورِ وَشَهَادَةُ الزُّورِ فَمَازَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُكَرِّرُهَا حَتَّى قُلْنَا لَيْتَهُ سَكَتَ  

ahmad:20394Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > al-Jurayrī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Bakarah from his father

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ mentioned the major sins and said, "Associating partners with Allah and disobedience to parents." He was reclining, then he sat up and said, "And false testimony and false testimony or false statement." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ continued to repeat it until we wished he would stop. He said it once, Al-Jurairi informed us, Abdul Rahman ibn Abi Bakrah narrated from his father who said, "We were sitting with the Prophet ﷺ and he said, 'Shall I not inform you of the greatest of major sins? It is associating partners with Allah.' Then he mentioned it."  

أحمد:٢٠٣٩٤حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا الْجُرَيْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكَرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

ذُكِرَ الْكَبَائِرُ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ الْإِشْرَاكُ بِاللهِ وَعُقُوقُ الْوَالِدَيْنِ وَكَانَ مُتَّكِئًا فَجَلَسَ فَقَالَ وَشَهَادَةُ الزُّورِ وَشَهَادَةُ الزُّورِ أَوْ قَوْلُ الزُّورِ فَمَا زَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُكَرِّرُهَا حَتَّى قُلْنَا لَيْتَهُ سَكَتَوقَالَ مَرَّةً أَخْبَرَنَا الْجُرَيْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكَرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ كُنَّا جُلُوسًا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَلَا أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِأَكْبَرِ الْكَبَائِرِ الْإِشْرَاكُ بِاللهِ فَذَكَرَهُ  

bayhaqi:20380[Chain 1] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb b. Yūsuf al-Ḥāfiẓ > Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbdullāh > Yazīd b. Hārūn > al-Jurayrī [Chain 2] Abū Bakr al-Ismāʿīlī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Shall I not inform you of the greatest of sins?" They said, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "Associating partners with Allah, disobedience to parents." Then he sat up and was reclining, and continued to repeat, "And false testimony." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ repeated it so many times that we wished he would stop. In the narration of Ibn Ulayyah, he said, "We were sitting with the Prophet ﷺ and he said, 'Shall I not inform you?' And he said, 'False testimony.'"  

البيهقي:٢٠٣٨٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ يُوسُفَ الْحَافِظُ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ أنبأ يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أنبأ الْجُرَيْرِيُّ ح وَأنبأ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْخُسْرَوْجِرْدِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ الصُّوفِيُّ ثنا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ هُوَ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ عَنِ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ ح وَأنبأ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُبْدُوسٍ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الدَّارِمِيُّ ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ ثنا الْجُرَيْرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِأَكْبَرِ الْكَبَائِرِ؟ ثَلَاثًا قَالُوا بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ الْإِشْرَاكُ بِاللهِ وَعُقُوقُ الْوَالِدَيْنِ قَالَ وَجَلَسَ وَكَانَ مُتَّكِئًا أَلَا وَقَوْلُ الزُّورِ فَمَا زَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُكَرِّرُهَا حَتَّى قُلْنَا لَيْتَهُ سَكَتَ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ بِشْرٍ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ ابْنِ عُلَيَّةَ قَالَ كُنَّا جُلُوسًا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَلَا أُنَبِّئُكُمْ وَقَالَ شَهَادَةُ الزُّورِ ثَلَاثًا  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ مُسَدَّدٍ وَأَخْرَجَاهُ مِنْ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ عُلَيَّةَ عَنِ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ
bayhaqi:20578Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Muḥammad al-Muqriʾ > al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Yūsuf b. Yaʿqūb al-Qāḍī > Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbdullāh al-Harawī > Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > al-Jurayrī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Bakrah from his father

[Machine] We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he said, "Shall I not inform you of the greatest of the major sins?" They said, "Certainly, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "Associating partners with Allah and disobedience to parents." He was reclining, then he sat up and said, "And false testimony, and false testimony, and false testimony, or false speech." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ kept repeating it until we said, "We wish he would stop."  

البيهقي:٢٠٥٧٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُقْرِئُ أنبأ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْقَاضِي ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْهَرَوِيُّ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ قَالَ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كُنَّا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَلَا أُحَدِّثُكُمْ بِأَكْبَرِ الْكَبَائِرِ؟ الْإِشْرَاكُ بِاللهِ وَعُقُوقُ الْوَالِدَيْنِ قَالَ وَكَانَ مُتَّكِئًا فَجَلَسَ وَقَالَ وَشَهَادَةُ الزُّورِ وَشَهَادَةُ الزُّورِ وَشَهَادَةُ الزُّورِ أَوْ قَوْلُ الزُّورِ فَمَا زَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُكَرِّرُهَا حَتَّى قُلْنَا لَيْتَهُ سَكَتَ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ حَفْصٍ وَرَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ عَنْ عَمْرٍو النَّاقِدِ كِلَاهُمَا عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ