Sahih Muslim, 46
sahihIt is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessing be upon him) observed:
He will not enter Paradise whose neighbour is not secure from his wrongful conduct.
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ، وَقُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، جَمِيعًا عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ، - قَالَ ابْنُ أَيُّوبَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، - قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي الْعَلاَءُ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
لاَ يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ مَنْ لاَ يَأْمَنُ جَارُهُ بَوَائِقَهُ
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Isnad
8 transmitters- 1Yahya bin Ayoub al-GhafiqiEgypt · d. 168 AH
- 2Qutayba bin Sa'id bin JamilBulkh,Bakhalan, Baghdad · d. ~240 AH
- 3'Ali bin Hujr bin Iyas bin MaqatilBaghdad,Merv · d. 244 AH
- 4Isma'il bin Ja'far bin Abi KathirMedina, Baghdad · d. 180 AH
- 5Isma'il bin Abi Khalid al-AhmsiKufa · d. 146 AH
- 6al-Ala' bin 'Abdur Rahman bin Ya'qubMedina · d. > 130 AH
- 7'Abdur Rahman bin Y'aqubMedina,Hamadan
- 8Abu HurairahMakkah/Medina/Yemen/Bahrain · d. 59 AH/681 CE
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 1, Hadith 79
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Book 1, Hadith 74 (deprecated numbering scheme)
Sharh · explanationclick to expand
The Islamic teachings recommend all that is good for people to preserve harmony among them. It commands us to be kind to our neighbors whether they are relatives or strangers, Muslim or non-Muslim. This hadith is one of the most decisive hadiths in which the Prophet ﷺ mentioned the punishment for abusing our neighbors. His word, "...his wrongful conduct." means oppression and transgression. In a dire threat, he confirms that a Muslim does not harm or hurt his neighbor, which will prevent him from entering Paradise. In the two Sahihs, Aisha narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said, "Gabriel was recommending me about kindly and politely treating the neighbors so much so that I thought he would order me to make them as my heirs." His saying, "He will not enter Paradise ..." means that if he hurts his neighbor and dies while being a Muslim, he will not enter Paradise with the first groups, but he will be reckoned then enter Paradise due to his belief, except Allah forgives and pardons him. Finally, this hadith contains the following lessons: (1) It rebukes for harming neighbors, and (2) It confirms that misusing them is a way to be punished..