سنن نسائي
Nasai
كتاب الجنائزThe Book of Funerals
بَابُ : النَّهْىِ عَنْ ذِكْرِ الْهَلْكَى إِلاَّ بِخَيْرٍChapter: The Prohibition Of Saying Anything But Good About The Deceased
Hadith 1937
اُردوEn
أَخْبَرَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ، قال : حَدَّثَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ، قال : حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ ، قال : حَدَّثَنَا مَنْصُورُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، عَنْ أُمِّهِ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ، قَالَتْ : ذُكِرَ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ هَالِكٌ بِسُوءٍ ، فَقَالَ : " لَا تَذْكُرُوا هَلْكَاكُمْ إِلَّا بِخَيْرٍ " .
´It was narrated that 'Aishah said:` "Something bad was said in the presence of the Prophet about a person who had died. He said: 'Do not say anything but good about your dead."'
Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
1937. Commentary: To mention the faults of an absent person is considered backbiting (ghibah) even during his lifetime, which is strictly prohibited, despite the fact that he can defend himself. So how can it be permissible to mention the faults of a deceased person who cannot even defend himself? Moreover, who is free from sins and shortcomings? Therefore, the faults of the deceased should not be mentioned; rather, one should overlook them so that Allah, the Exalted, may overlook our faults. However, for the benefit of the Muslim Ummah, it is permissible to mention the faults of a living or deceased person to the extent of necessity, such as in the science of the narrators of hadith (rijal al-hadith).
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 1937
