سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
أبواب السلام(Abwab Us Salam )
باب فِي قَطْعِ السِّدْرِChapter: Regarding cutting down lote-trees.
Hadith 5239
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ , أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ , عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ , عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حُبْشِيٍّ , قَالَ : قال رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " مَنْ قَطَعَ سِدْرَةً صَوَّبَ اللَّهُ رَأْسَهُ فِي النَّارِ " , سُئِلَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ عَنْ مَعْنَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ , فَقَالَ : هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ مُخْتَصَرٌ , يَعْنِي : مَنْ قَطَعَ سِدْرَةً فِي فَلَاةٍ يَسْتَظِلُّ بِهَا ابْنُ السَّبِيلِ وَالْبَهَائِمُ عَبَثًا وَظُلْمًا بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ يَكُونُ لَهُ فِيهَا , صَوَّبَ اللَّهُ رَأْسَهُ فِي النَّارِ .
Narrated Abdullah ibn Habashi: The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone cuts the lote-tree, Allah brings him headlong into Hell. Abu Dawud was asked about the meaning of this tradition. He said: This is a brief tradition. It means that if anyone cuts uselessly, unjustly and without any right a lote-tree under the shade of which travellers and beasts take shelter, Allah will bring him into Hell headlong.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
One explanation of this hadith is the very one mentioned by Imam Abu Dawud rahimahullah, and in this meaning, not only the lote tree (beri) is included, but all such trees can be included which, in the wilderness, provide shade and comfort to travelers and to wild animals and birds.
To cut them down without reason is a great injustice. The second explanation is that what is meant here is the prohibition of cutting down the lote trees (beri) and similar other trees located within the sacred boundaries (haram) of Makkah and Madinah.
As is mentioned in the following narration.
One explanation of this hadith is the very one mentioned by Imam Abu Dawud rahimahullah, and in this meaning, not only the lote tree (beri) is included, but all such trees can be included which, in the wilderness, provide shade and comfort to travelers and to wild animals and birds.
To cut them down without reason is a great injustice. The second explanation is that what is meant here is the prohibition of cutting down the lote trees (beri) and similar other trees located within the sacred boundaries (haram) of Makkah and Madinah.
As is mentioned in the following narration.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 5239
