مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب الآدابThe Book of Manners
(اللَّعْنَةُ تَرْجِعُ إِلَى قَائِلِهَا)
(The curse returns to the one who utters it)
Hadith 4850
وَعَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا لَعَنَ شَيْئًا صَعِدَتِ اللَّعْنَةُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَتُغْلَقُ أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ دُونَهَا ثُمَّ تَهْبِطُ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ فَتُغْلَقُ أَبْوَابُهَا دُونَهَا ثُمَّ تَأْخُذُ يَمِينًا وَشِمَالًا فَإِذَا لَمْ تَجِدْ مَسَاغًا رَجَعَتْ إِلَى الَّذِي لُعِنَ فَإِنْ كَانَت لِذَلِكَ أَهْلًا وَإِلَّا رَجَعَتْ إِلَى قَائِلِهَا» . رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد
Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: "When a servant sends a curse upon something, the curse rises towards the sky, but before it reaches, the gates of the sky are closed. Then it descends towards the earth, and its gates are also closed. Then it turns to the right and to the left, and when it finds no way, it returns to the one upon whom the curse was sent, provided he is deserving of it; otherwise, it returns to the one who uttered it." Its chain is weak. Narrated by Abu Dawood.
