Gardens of the Righteous — Page 263
RIYADH AS-SALIHIN 356. Follow not that of which thou hast no knowledge (17. 51). 357. He utters not a word, but there is by him an alert watcher who takes care to preserve it (50. 19). 358. Surely, Thy Lord is on the watch (89. 15). 359. Those who bear not false witness (25. 73). 1555. This hadith is the same as No. 338. 263 262. . On Prohibition of Cursing 1556. Abu Zaid ibn Thabit ibn Dhahak relates that the Holy Prophet said: He who takes a false oath that if he is not telling the truth he might become a follower of a faith other than Islam is already as he describes himself. He who kills himself with an instrument will be tormented with that instrument on the Day of Judgment. A person cannot offer as a vow that which does not belong to him. Cursing a believer is equal to slaying him (Bokhari and Muslim). 1557. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: It does not behove a righteous Muslim that he should be given to cursing (Muslim). 1558. Abu Darda' relates that the Holy Prophet said: Those who are given to cursing will neither be intercessors nor witnesses on the Day of. Judgment (Muslim). 1559. Samurah ibn Jundub relates that the Holy Prophet said: Do not curse anyone with the curse or wrath of Allah or with the Fire (Abu Daud and. Tirmidhi). 1560. Ibn Mas'ud relates that the Holy Prophet said that a believer is not given to taunting or cursing or indecent talk or abuse (Tirmidhi). 1561. Abu Darda' relates that the Holy Prophet said: When a person curses something the curse ascends to heaven and all the gates of heaven are closed against it. Then it descends to the earth and the gates of the earth are closed against it. Then it turns right and left and when it finds no exit it turns to the one who has been cursed and attaches itself to him if he should be deserving of it, but if not it returns to the one who uttered it (Abu Daud). 1562. Imran ibn Husain relates: While the Holy Prophet was on a journey a woman of the Ansar riding a she-camel abused it and cursed it. The. Holy Prophet heard this and said: Take off the load from the she-camel and turn it loose for it has been cursed (Muslim).