1551/1- Abu Zayd, Thābit ibn al-Dahhāk al-Ansāri (may Allah be pleased with him), who is one of those who witnessed Al-Ridwān Pledge of Allegiance, said that Allah’s Messenger (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Whoever intentionally swears falsely by a religion other than Islam, then he is what he has said (e.g. if he says, ‘If such thing is not true then I am a Jew,’ he is really a Jew); and he who kills himself with something, he will be tortured with it on the Day of Resurrection; and a man is not bound to fulfill a vow about something which he does not possess; and cursing a believer is like murdering him.” [Narrated by Al-Bukhāri and Muslim]
Cursing: supplicating that a person be expelled and distanced from the mercy of Allah Almighty.
1) A person bears no sin and no expiation is due upon him if he swears by Allah about something believing it to be as he thought of it when he swore, then learns that it is not as he believed it to be.
2) The Hadīth strictly condemns the Muslims cursing one another and states the prohibition of that.
1552/2- Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) said: “It does not befit the truthful one to frequently curse others.” [Narrated by Muslim]
1) The Hadīth dispraises those who frequently curse others because this contradicts the perfection of the rank of Siddīqiyyah (being affirmers of the truth).
2) The Shariah urges adopting good morals and guarding against vile ones.
1553/3- Abu ad-Dardā’ (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Those who frequently curse (people) would neither be accepted as intercessors nor as witnesses on the Day of Resurrection.” [Narrated by Muslim]
1) Those who frequently curse others will not be intercessors on the Day of Judgment, and their testimony will not be accepted.
2) The Hadīth urges Muslims to be among those of high status on the Day of Judgment.
1554/4- Samurah ibn Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Do not curse one another invoking the curse of Allah or His wrath or the fire of Hell.” [Narrated by Abu Dāwūd and Al-Tirmidhi, who classified it as Hasan Sahīh (sound and authentic)]
1) The Hadīth warns against invoking curses that entail expulsion from Allah’s mercy and subjection to His wrath.
2) One of the merciful aspects of the Shariah is that it prohibits all that leads to the believers hating one another.
1555/5- ‘Abdullāh ibn Mas‘ūd (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) said: “A believer is neither a slanderer nor an invoker of curse, nor is he vulgar nor foulmouthed.” [Narrated by Al-Tirmidhi; who classified it as Hasan (sound)]
Slanderer: one who abuses people’s honor by dispraising and backbiting them.
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1) Frequent cursing is not a characteristic of the believers.
2) Speaking good words only and keeping away from every evil are from the characteristics of a believer.
1556/6- Abu ad-Dardā’ (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) said: “When a person curses something, the curse ascends to heaven and the gates of heaven are closed against it. Then it descends to earth and its gates are closed against it. Then it turns right and left and when it finds no exit it returns to what was cursed if it deserves to be cursed; otherwise it rebounds to the one who uttered it.” [Narrated by Abu Dāwūd]
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1) A stern warning for the one who curses someone who does not deserve to be cursed, for whoever does this will have his curse rebounded to him.
2) One must not accustom his tongue to cursing because it is a destructive sin that renders deeds worthless.
1557/7- ‘Imrān ibn al-Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) said: “We were with the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) on one of his journeys, and there was a woman from the Ansār riding a camel. The camel annoyed her so she cursed it. Hearing that, the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Unload it and set it free, for it is cursed.’ It is as if I could still see it walking amongst people with no one getting in its way.” [Narrated bt Muslim]
1558/8- Abu Barzah Nadlah ibn ‘Ubayd al-Aslami (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: “While a girl was riding a camel that was carrying some of the people’s luggage, she suddenly saw the Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) and the path on the mountain was narrow. She urged the camel to hurry, but it did not do so, so she said: ‘O Allah, let it be damned.’ Thereupon, the Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘A cursed camel shall not accompany us.’” [Narrated by Muslim]
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The implications of this Hadīth may seem problematic, yet they are actually not. The prohibition in the Hadīth applies only to having the camel with them on the journey, but it does not apply to selling, slaughtering, or riding it on a journey wherein the Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) is not present. All this and other actions related to using it are permissible as well apart from riding it while they are with the Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him). This is so because all these actions were permissible then some of them were forbidden, while the rest of the actions remained permissible as they were; and Allah knows best.
1) It is forbidden to curse animals because they do not deserve to be cursed, and because cursing it is a form of injustice.
2) The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) honored the command of the Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) and hastened to obey his commands and avoid what he forbade. Obedience to the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) is the duty of the whole Muslim nation and the key to its prosperity. Allah Almighty says: {If you obey him, you will be guided}
The Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) forbade accompanying a cursed riding animal, and his command to leave it is a punishment for the woman who cursed it; and it did not deserve to be cursed. This indicates that the Shariah guards all the rights even those of animals. Thus, when someone transgresses with regard to rights, he deserves a suitable punishment.