حَدَّثَنَا وَاصِلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا أَسْبَاطُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كُلُّ الْمُسْلِمِ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِ حَرَامٌ مَالُهُ وَعِرْضُهُ وَدَمُهُ حَسْبُ امْرِئٍ مِنْ الشَّرِّ أَنْ يَحْقِرَ أَخَاهُ الْمُسْلِمَ .
Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Everything of a Muslim is sacred to a Muslim: his property, honour and blood. It is enough evil for any man to despise his brother Muslim.
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
Just as it is forbidden (haram) to speak ill of a Muslim brother in front of others, to insult him, or to usurp his wealth, likewise, considering him insignificant in one’s own heart is also a very grave sin.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 4882
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
To humiliate someone, to backbite about him, to lay any kind of false accusation upon him, and to publicize his mistakes—all of these are major sins.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 3933