53/13. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 2857b — Morning in Wrath and Evening Under Curse
The Arrogant Will Enter The Fire, And The Humble Will Enter Paradise
Whips Like Ox Tails and Allah’s Curse Hadith
Sahih Muslim : 2857b
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 2857b
حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ نَافِعٍ وَعَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ الْعَقَدِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَفْلَحُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ رَافِعٍ، مَوْلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " إِنْ طَالَتْ بِكَ مُدَّةٌ أَوْشَكْتَ أَنْ تَرَى قَوْمًا يَغْدُونَ فِي سَخَطِ اللَّهِ وَيَرُوحُونَ فِي لَعْنَتِهِ فِي أَيْدِيهِمْ مِثْلُ أَذْنَابِ الْبَقَرِ " .
Abu Hurairah Narrated from:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: If you live for a time, you would certainly see people get up (in the morning) in the wrath of Allah and getting into the evening under the curse of Allah, and there would be in their hands (whips) like the tail of an ox.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 2857bIn-book reference : Book 53, Hadith 65USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 40, Hadith 6842
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 2857b
This Hadith about whips like ox tails is a close wording to the previous warning. Abu Huraira heard the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) say that if he lived long enough, he would soon see people who go out in the wrath of Allah and return in His curse, with whips in their hands like the tails of oxen. The report gives a serious moral picture: people carrying tools of beating while living under divine displeasure. The focus is not on a name or place, but on a harmful type of conduct. This Hadith is often searched as a hadith about oppression, because it warns against the kind of force that harms people and earns anger.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Hadith warns of people known by whips like ox tails.
- Their morning and evening are tied to Allah’s wrath and curse in this wording.
- The report shows the seriousness of harming people through force.
- It teaches fear of unjust power and cruelty.
