Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 318
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي ظَبْيَانَ، عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ قَالَ: مَا تَلاَعَنَ قَوْمٌ قَطُّ إِلاَّ حُقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ اللَّعْنَةُ.
Translation
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn Yusuf narrated to us: Sufyan narrated to us, from al-A‘mash, from Abu Zabyan, from Hudhayfa, who said: ‘Whenever a people curse one another, the curse becomes due upon them.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic literally says the curse becomes binding or deserved upon the group that exchanges curses.