Hadith on Curses: We viewed cursing brothers as major sin

Yazid ibn Abi ‘Ubayd reported: Salamah ibn al-Akwa’, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “If we saw a man curse his brother, we considered it as if he had come to a door of mortal sin.”

Source: al-Mu’jam al-Awsaṭ lil-Ṭabarānī 6674

Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani

عن يَزِيد بْن أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ قَالَ قَالَ سَلَمَة بْن الْأَكْوَعِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ كُنَّا إِذَا رَأَيْنَا الرَّجُلَ يَلْعَنُ أَخَاهُ رَأَيْنَا أَنَّهُ قَدْ أَتَى بَابًا مِنَ الْكَبَائِرِ

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Abu Amina Elias
Abu Amina Elias (Justin Parrott) is an academic librarian, researcher, and translator specializing in the Quran, Hadith, and their commentaries. He is a former instructor of Islamic Creed for Mishkah University.
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