Hadith 1978

حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، وَسُرَيْجُ بْنُ يُونُسَ كلاهما ، عَنْ مَرْوَانَ ، قَالَ زُهَيْرٌ : حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ الْفَزَارِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا مَنْصُورُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الطُّفَيْلِ عَامِرُ بْنُ وَاثِلَةَ ، قَالَ : كُنْتُ عِنْدَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ، فَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ ، فَقَالَ : مَا كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُسِرُّ إِلَيْكَ ، قَالَ : فَغَضِبَ ، وَقَالَ : مَا كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُسِرُّ إِلَيَّ شَيْئًا يَكْتُمُهُ النَّاسَ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَدْ حَدَّثَنِي بِكَلِمَاتٍ أَرْبَعٍ ، قَالَ : فَقَالَ : مَا هُنَّ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ؟ قَالَ : قَالَ : " لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ لَعَنَ وَالِدَهُ ، وَلَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ ذَبَحَ لِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ ، وَلَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ آوَى مُحْدِثًا ، وَلَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ غَيَّرَ مَنَارَ الْأَرْضِ " .
Abu Tufail 'Amir bin Wathila reported: I was in the company of ' Ali Ibn Abi Talib (RA) , when a person came to him, and said: What was it that Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) told you in secret? Thereupon he (liadrat 'All) was enraged and said: Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) did not tell me anything in secret that he hid from people, except that he told me four things. He said: Com- mader of Faithful, what are these? He said: Allah cursed him who cursed his father; Allah cursed him who sacrificed for anyone besides Allah; and Allah cursed him who accommodates an innovator (in religion) ; and Allah cursed him who changed the minarets (the boundary lines) of the land.
Hadith Reference صحيح مسلم / كتاب الأضاحي / 1978
Hadith Grading محدثین: أحاديث صحيح مسلم كلها صحيحة
Hadith Takhrij «أحاديث صحيح مسلم كلها صحيحة»
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ الْأَحْمَرُ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ ، عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ حَيَّانَ ، عَنْ أَبِي الطُّفَيْلِ ، قَالَ : قُلْنَا لِعَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ : أَخْبِرْنَا بِشَيْءٍ أَسَرَّهُ إِلَيْكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : مَا أَسَرَّ إِلَيَّ شَيْئًا كَتَمَهُ النَّاسَ ، وَلَكِنِّي سَمِعْتُهُ ، يَقُولُ : " لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ ذَبَحَ لِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ ، وَلَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ آوَى مُحْدِثًا ، وَلَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ لَعَنَ وَالِدَيْهِ ، وَلَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ غَيَّرَ الْمَنَارَ " .
Abu Tufail reported: We said to ' Ali Ibn Abi Talib (RA) : Inform us about something which Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) told you in secret, whereupon he said: He told me nothing in secret which he bid from people, but I heard him say: Allah cursed him who sacrificed for anyone besides Allah; and cursed him who accommodated an innovator; and Allah cursed him who cursed his parents and Allah cursed him who changed the boundary lines (of the land possessed by him).
Hadith Reference صحيح مسلم / كتاب الأضاحي / 1978
Hadith Grading محدثین: أحاديث صحيح مسلم كلها صحيحة
Hadith Takhrij «أحاديث صحيح مسلم كلها صحيحة»
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ ، وَاللَّفْظُ لِابْنِ الْمُثَنَّى ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ الْقَاسِمَ بْنَ أَبِي بَزَّةَ يُحَدِّثُ ، عَنْ أَبِي الطُّفَيْلِ ، قَالَ : سُئِلَ عَلِيٌّ أَخَصَّكُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِشَيْءٍ ؟ فَقَالَ : مَا خَصَّنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِشَيْءٍ لَمْ يَعُمَّ بِهِ النَّاسَ ، كَافَّةً إِلَّا مَا كَانَ فِي قِرَابِ سَيْفِي هَذَا ، قَالَ : فَأَخْرَجَ صَحِيفَةً مَكْتُوبٌ فِيهَا " لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ ذَبَحَ لِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ ، وَلَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ سَرَقَ مَنَارَ الْأَرْضِ ، وَلَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ لَعَنَ وَالِدَهُ ، وَلَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ آوَى مُحْدِثًا " .
Abu Tufail reported: 'Ali was asked whether Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had showed special favour (by disclosing to him) a thing (which he kept secret from others). Thereupon he said: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) singled us not for (disclosing to us) anything (secret) which he did not make public, (but those few things) which lie in the sheath of my sword. He drew out the written document contained in it and on that (it was mentioned): Allah cursed him who sacrificed for anyone else besides Allah; and Allah cursed him who stole the signposts (demarcating the boundary lines of the) land; and Allah cursed him who cursed his father; and Allah cursed him who accommodated an innovator (in religion).
Hadith Reference صحيح مسلم / كتاب الأضاحي / 1978
Hadith Grading محدثین: أحاديث صحيح مسلم كلها صحيحة
Hadith Takhrij «أحاديث صحيح مسلم كلها صحيحة»
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues:
This hadith refutes the Rafidah, Shia, and Imamiyyah, who claim that the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) conveyed certain matters exclusively to Ali (radi Allahu anhu) by appointing him as his executor (wasi), and did not inform anyone else of them. However, Ali (radi Allahu anhu) himself is openly and publicly expressing that the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) did not tell us any rulings separate from others.
Cursing one’s parents refers to explicitly abusing them, or causing one’s own parents to be cursed in retaliation by abusing someone else’s parents.
Slaughtering for other than Allah means that a person slaughters an animal in the name of an idol, a prophet, a messenger, or the Ka‘bah—whether a Muslim, Jew, or Christian does it—this act is forbidden and such meat is not lawful. If it is done out of reverence and veneration, or to seek nearness and pleasure (of that entity), then this is disbelief (kufr). If the one doing this is a Muslim, he becomes an apostate (murtadd). (Sharh Nawawi)
‘Allamah ‘Ala’ al-Din al-Hasfaki has written:
To slaughter an animal upon the arrival of a leader or a prominent person is forbidden, because this too is “offering for other than Allah” (ihlal li-ghayrillah), even if the name of Allah is pronounced over it (because the intention is to seek nearness and pleasure of that person). (Radd al-Muhtar, on the margin of Radd al-Muhtar, vol. 5, p. 270)
Nowadays, people go to shrines, considering the occupants as owners of benefit and harm, believing that they can deliver from calamity or fulfill needs, such as granting children or blessing in business. This reverence and veneration is worship, and this is an act of disbelief (kufr).
‘Allamah Shami has written:
To seek nearness to any human as an act of worship is disbelief (kufr). (Radd al-Muhtar, vol. 5, p. 270, Istanbul edition)
And to slaughter an animal upon the arrival of a leader, president, or prime minister, if it is for hospitality and humility, then there is no harm in it. But if the intention is to show that “I am sacrificing this for you” and it is purely for their veneration, then according to ‘Allamah Shami, this slaughter is forbidden.
‘Allamah Sa‘idi himself has acknowledged:
From the hadith of this chapter and the statements of the jurists, it is understood that if someone slaughters an animal out of veneration for a saint, that slaughter is forbidden, but it is not disbelief (kufr). Disbelief occurs when the veneration of the saint is done as an act of worship. (Sharh Sahih Muslim, vol. 6, p. 178)
Those who go to shrines and pray facing them or prostrate to them, or those who make vows for them—what will you say about them? What connection do these things have with conveying reward (isal al-thawab)? There is no need to go to a shrine to give charity; has anyone ever faced the graves of their parents to give charity, or gone there to slaughter an animal or distribute money?
The meaning of “awi muhdithan” is to honor or venerate an innovator or a corrupter, or to give them protection and refuge. The details have already been discussed in the Book of Hajj.
“Ghayr manar al-ard” refers to changing the boundary markers or signs in order to seize someone else’s land.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 5124