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Sahih Bukhari 2935 — Fighting for the Cause of Allah (Jihaad)
To invoke Allah to defeat and shake Al-Mushrikun
Sahih Bukhari : 2935
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 2935
حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ أَنَّ الْيَهُودَ، دَخَلُوا عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالُوا السَّامُ عَلَيْكَ. فَلَعَنْتُهُمْ. فَقَالَ " مَا لَكِ ". قُلْتُ أَوَلَمْ تَسْمَعْ مَا قَالُوا قَالَ " فَلَمْ تَسْمَعِي مَا قُلْتُ وَعَلَيْكُمْ ".
A'isha Narrated from:
Once the Jews came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "Death be upon you." So I cursed them. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "What is the matter?" I said, "Have you not heard what they said?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Have you not heard what I replied (to them)? (I said), ('The same is upon you.')"
[1] There is great similarity between the pronunciations of the Arabic words meaning "peace" and "death". The first is "As-Salāmu" and the second is "As-Sāmu". The Jews, instead of saying "As-Salāmu 'Alaikum" said, "As-Sāmu 'Alaikum", intending to invoke evil upon the Prophet ﷺ rather than to greet him, but the Prophet ﷺ noticed what they had said and invoked evil upon them in his turn. They were the losers, for Allāh would accept the Prophet's invocation and reject theirs.Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 2935In-book reference : Book 56, Hadith 148USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 4, Book 52, Hadith 186
