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الادب المفرد
Adab al-Mufrad
كتاب البهائمBook of Animals
بَابُ التَّحْرِيشِ بَيْنَ الْبَهَائِمِChapter: Inciting animals against each other
Hadith 1232
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مَخْلَدُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ، عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الرَّازِيِّ، عَنْ لَيْثٍ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّهُ كَرِهَ أَنْ يُحَرِّشَ بَيْنَ الْبَهَائِمِ.
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he disliked making animals fight with each other.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Usman Muneeb
Benefits and Issues:
➊ This hadith is also narrated in a marfu‘ form from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (radi Allahu anhuma) that the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) forbade inciting animals to fight one another. (Abu Dawud)
When it is prohibited to incite animals to fight, then how grave a crime it must be to incite people, especially Muslims, to fight among themselves.
➋ In the present era, dog fights and cockfights are also prohibited and futile activities, from which it is necessary to abstain.
➊ This hadith is also narrated in a marfu‘ form from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (radi Allahu anhuma) that the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) forbade inciting animals to fight one another. (Abu Dawud)
When it is prohibited to incite animals to fight, then how grave a crime it must be to incite people, especially Muslims, to fight among themselves.
➋ In the present era, dog fights and cockfights are also prohibited and futile activities, from which it is necessary to abstain.
Source: Fadlullah al-Ahad: Urdu Commentary on al-Adab al-Mufrad, Page: 1232
