Bayan Al-Hadith › Riyad as-Salihin › The Book of the Prohibited actions
Riyad as-Salihin 893رياض الصالحين 893
وعن ابن مسعود رضي الله عنه أنه أتي برجل فقيل له، هذا فلان تقطر لحيته خمرًا، فقال: إنَّا قد نهينا عن التجسس، ولكن إن يظهر لنا شئ، نأخذ به". حديث حسن صحيح رواه أبو داود بإسناد على شرط البخاري ومسلم.
It has been reported that a man was brought before Abdullah bin Mas'ud (May Allah be pleased with him) because his beard was giving out smell of wine. Ibn Mas'ud said: "We have been prohibited from spying (on Muslims) and finding faults (with them). But we can take to task only and only if the sin is overt..
Grading
Sahih
- Al-Nawawi's citation: Al-Bukhari and Muslim
Chain of narrators
عبد الله بن مسعود
`Abdullah
