Hadith Research Libraryمكتبة الحديث والرجال

Chapter 122.0

It is forbidden to throw stones

باب النَّهْىِ عَنِ الْخَذْفِ

1 hadiths

Sahih al-Bukhari, 6220sahih

Chain of narration · Isnād

Each narrator name opens their biography and classical source evidence.

5 transmitters

Narrated by Aadm bin Abi IyasfromShu'bah bin al-HajjajfromQatadafrom'Uqba bin S'hbanfrom'Abdullah bin Mughfal al-Mazni

Hadith text · Matn

‏ إِنَّهُ لاَ يَقْتُلُ الصَّيْدَ، وَلاَ يَنْكَأُ الْعَدُوَّ، وَإِنَّهُ يَفْقَأُ الْعَيْنَ، وَيَكْسِرُ السِّنَّ ‏

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English translation

Narrated `Abdullah bin Mughaffal Al-Muzani:

The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade the throwing of stones (with the thumb and the index or middle finger), and said "It neither hunts a game nor kills (or hurts) an enemy, but it gouges out an eye or breaks a tooth."

Original Arabic chain wording

حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُقْبَةَ بْنَ صُهْبَانَ الأَزْدِيَّ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُغَفَّلٍ الْمُزَنِيِّ، قَالَ نَهَى النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنِ الْخَذْفِ وَقَالَ ‏