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Sahih Muslim, 269
sahih

Abu Huraira reported:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Be on your guard against two things which provoke cursing. They (the companions present there) said: Messenger of Allah, what are those things which provoke cursing? He said: Easing on the thoroughfares or under the shades (where they take shelter and rest).

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ، وَقُتَيْبَةُ، وَابْنُ، حُجْرٍ جَمِيعًا عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ، - قَالَ ابْنُ أَيُّوبَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، - أَخْبَرَنِي الْعَلاَءُ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏"‏ اتَّقُوا اللَّعَّانَيْنِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالُوا وَمَا اللَّعَّانَانِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ ‏"‏ الَّذِي يَتَخَلَّى فِي طَرِيقِ النَّاسِ أَوْ فِي ظِلِّهِمْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Isnad

7 transmitters
  1. 1Yahya bin Ayoub al-GhafiqiEgypt · d. 168 AH
  2. 2Qutayba bin Sa'id bin JamilBulkh,Bakhalan, Baghdad · d. ~240 AH
  3. 3Isma'il bin Ja'far bin Abi KathirMedina, Baghdad · d. 180 AH
  4. 4Isma'il bin Abi Khalid al-AhmsiKufa · d. 146 AH
  5. 5al-Ala' bin 'Abdur Rahman bin Ya'qubMedina · d. > 130 AH
  6. 6'Abdur Rahman bin Y'aqubMedina,Hamadan
  7. 7Abu HurairahMakkah/Medina/Yemen/Bahrain · d. 59 AH/681 CE
References2 variants
In-Book Reference
Book 2, Hadith 85
USC-MSA web (English) reference
Book 2, Hadith 516 (deprecated numbering scheme)
Sharh · explanationclick to expand
The Prophet (ﷺ) was keen to keep public places clean and warned Muslims against falling into bad habits that harm people in those places. In this hadith, he warned against: (1) Two things that necessitate cursing their doers, or (2) Two things that people curse. Cursing is expulsion from Allah's mercy. When the Prophet's companions asked him about these two acts, he replied, "Answering the call of nature in the people's way or under their shades." He forbade these acts, for they spread filths and impurities of nasty smell in people's way and under their shadows. This hadith contains the following benefits: (1) Islamic law’s keenness to keep individuals and societies away from what hurt them, which may lead to curse and insult each other, and (2) It urges Muslims to stick to reasons for bringing love, happiness, and hope goodness for each other and removing harms and difficulties..
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