{"fatawa":{"id":7780,"title":"Soundness of  Hadeeth, \u201cBy hating the Arabs you would hate me\u201d","slug":"soundness-of-hadeeth-by-hating-the-arabs-you-would-hate-me","order":"","question":"How sound is this hadeeth (prophetic narration)? It was narrated that Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: \u201cO Salman, do not hate me and leave your religion.\u201d I said: O Messenger of Allah, how could I hate you when Allah has guided me through you? He said: \u2018By hating the Arabs, you would hate me.\u201d.","answer":"Praise be to Allah.\r\nFirstly: \r\n\r\nThe text of this hadeeth is as follows: \r\n\r\nIt was narrated that Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:\r\n\r\n\u201cO Salman, do not hate me and give up your religion.\u201d\r\n\r\nI said: O Messenger of Allah, how can I hate you when Allah has guided us through you?\r\n\r\nHe said: \u201cBy hating the Arabs you would hate me.\u201d \r\n\r\nThis hadeeth was narrated by al-Tirmidhi (no. 3927); al-Bazzar in his Musnad (2513); al-Tabarani in al-Mu\u2019jam al-Kabeer (6\/238); al-Hakim in al-Mustadrak (4\/86); and others, via Abu Badr al-Shuja\u2019 ibn al-Waleed, from Qaboos ibn Abi Zabyan, from his father, from Salman (may Allah be pleased with him). \r\n\r\nThis isnad (chain of transmission) is da\u2019eef (weak) and has two faults: \r\n\r\n1.     Qaboos ibn Abi Zabyan. Ibn Ma\u2019een said: his hadeeth is da\u2019eef. Abu Hatim said: Reports narrated by him cannot be quoted as evidence. Al-Daraqutni and others classed him as weak. See: Tahdheeb al-Tahdheeb, 8\/306.\r\n\r\n2.     The isnad is interrupted between Abu Zabyan \u2013 who is Husayn ibn Jundub \u2013 and Salman al-Farisi (may Allah be pleased with him). Al-Tirmidhi said, after narrating the hadeeth: I heard Muhammad ibn Isma\u2019eel [meaning al-Bukhari] say: Abu Zabyan did not meet Salman; Salmaan died before \u2018Ali. End quote. Ibn Abi Hatim said in al-Maraseel (50): I do not think that Husayn ibn Jundub heard it from Salman. See: Tahdheeb al-Tahdheeb, 2\/380. \r\n\r\nThe hadeeth was also narrated by Abu Na\u2019eem in Hilyat al-Awliya, 7\/270, via Khalid ibn \u2018Abd al-Rahman, from Mis\u2019ar, from Abu Hashim al-Rummani from Zadan, from Salman. \r\n\r\nThis chain is da\u2019eef jiddan (very weak) because of Khalid ibn \u2018Abd al-Rahman ibn Khalid ibn Salamah al-Makhzoomi al-Makki, whose narration is worthless, and \u2018Amr ibn al-Fallas accused him of fabricating hadeeth. \r\n\r\nHence al-Hafiz al-Mundhiri said in Ajwibah \u2018ala Asilah fi\u2019l-Jarh wa Ta\u2019deel (p. 84): A munkar hadeeth (denounced narration). Al-Shaykh al-Albani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Its isnad is da\u2019eef. End quote. Al-Silsilah al-Da\u2019eefah (no. 2029). \r\n\r\nThirdly: \r\n\r\nThe weakness of this hadeeth does not mean that there is no virtue in the Arabs. There are many hadeeths concerning this matter, a few of which are saheeh (authentic) and many of which are weak or fabricated. \r\n\r\nShaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: \r\n\r\nConcerning this matter there are reports other than those which I have mentioned. Some of them are subject to further examination and some of them are fabricated. End quote.\r\n\r\nIqtida\u2019 al-Sirat al-Mustaqeem, p.159 \r\n\r\nHe also said, commenting on this hadeeth: \r\n\r\nThe Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) described hating the Arabs as being a cause of leaving Islam, and he stated that hating them implies hating him. \r\n\r\nPreviously on our website we have spoken about the virtue of the Arabs and outlined the correct understanding of this issue. Please see the answer to question number 115934. \r\n\r\nAnd Allah knows best.\r\n\r\nIslam Q&A","status":1,"created_at":"2014-10-28T20:51:56.000000Z","updated_at":"2014-10-28T20:51:56.000000Z","language_id":1,"fatawacate_id":32,"parent_id":7779,"author_id":"","books":[],"articles":[],"videos":[],"audios":[],"author_name":"","category_name":"\u0627\u0644\u0623\u062d\u0627\u062f\u064a\u062b \u0627\u0644\u0636\u0639\u064a\u0641\u0629","category_slug":"","get_date":"2014-10-28"},"translations":[],"fatawa_books":[],"fatawa_articles":[],"fatawa_videos":[],"fatawa_audios":[],"url":"http:\/\/islamland.com\/eng\/api\/fatawas\/7780"}