Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 3360

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصِ بْنِ غِيَاثٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ لَمَّا نَزَلَتِ ‏‏{‏الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَلَمْ يَلْبِسُوا إِيمَانَهُمْ بِظُلْمٍ‏}‏ قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّنَا لاَ يَظْلِمُ نَفْسَهُ قَالَ ‏"‏ لَيْسَ كَمَا تَقُولُونَ ‏‏{‏لَمْ يَلْبِسُوا إِيمَانَهُمْ بِظُلْمٍ‏}‏ بِشِرْكٍ، أَوَلَمْ تَسْمَعُوا إِلَى قَوْلِ لُقْمَانَ لاِبْنِهِ ‏‏{‏يَا بُنَىَّ لاَ تُشْرِكْ بِاللَّهِ إِنَّ الشِّرْكَ لَظُلْمٌ عَظِيمٌ}‏‏"‏‏.‏

Translation

ʿUmar ibn Hafs ibn Ghiyath narrated to us: My father narrated to us: al-Aʿmash narrated to us: Ibrahim narrated to me, from ʿAlqama, from ʿAbd Allah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: When the verse ‘Those who believe and do not mix their faith with wrongdoing’ (Qur’an 6:82) was revealed, we said, ‘Messenger of Allah, who among us does not wrong himself?’ He replied: ‘It is not as you say. Here, “do not mix their faith with wrongdoing” means with associating partners with Allah. Have you not heard Luqman say to his son, “My son, do not associate anything with Allah; indeed, associating partners with Allah is a tremendous wrong”?’ (Qur’an 31:13)

Translation notes
  • Followed the report’s interpretation of ‘wrongdoing’ as associating partners with Allah and included the Qur’anic references.