سنن أبي داود

Hadith 2310

Book 13: Divorce (Kitab Al-Talaq)

كتاب تفريع أبواب الطلاق

Chapter 50

Chapter: The Gravity Of Fornication.

باب فِي تَعْظِيمِ الزِّنَا

English narration

Narrated by عبد الله بن مسعود

Abd Allaah (bin Masud) said “I asked Messenger of Allah ﷺ which sin is the gravest?” He replied “That you associate someone with Allaah, while He has created you”. I again asked “Which then?” He replied “That you commit adultery with the wife of your neighbor. ” Allaah then revealed the following Quranic verse in support of the statement of the Prophet ﷺ “Those who invoke not with Allaah any other god nor slay such life as Allaah has made sacred except for just cause nor commit fornication. ”

النص العربي

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُرَحْبِيلَ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، أَيُّ الذَّنْبِ أَعْظَمُ ؟ قَالَ : "

أَنْ تَجْعَلَ لِلَّهِ نِدًّا وَهُوَ خَلَقَكَ

" ، قَالَ : فَقُلْتُ : ثُمَّ أَيٌّ ؟ قَالَ : " أَنْ تَقْتُلَ وَلَدَكَ مَخَافَةَ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ مَعَكَ " ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ : ثُمَّ أَيٌّ ؟ قَالَ : " أَنْ تُزَانِيَ حَلِيلَةَ جَارِكَ " ، قَالَ : وَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى تَصْدِيقَ قَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : وَالَّذِينَ لا يَدْعُونَ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَهًا آخَرَ وَلا يَقْتُلُونَ النَّفْسَ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ إِلا بِالْحَقِّ وَلا يَزْنُونَ سورة الفرقان آية 68 الْآيَةَ .

Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 2310In-book: Book 13, Hadith 2310

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