Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 53, 54

Arabic hadith text

وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «لَا يَزْنِي الزَّانِي حِينَ يَزْنِي وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ وَلَا يشرب الْخمر حِين يشْربهَا وَهُوَ مُؤمن وَلَا يَسْرِقُ السَّارِقُ حِينَ يَسْرِقُ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ وَلَا ينتهب نهبة ذَات شرف يرفع النَّاس إِلَيْهِ أَبْصَارهم فِيهَا حِينَ يَنْتَهِبُهَا وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ وَلَا يَغُلُّ أَحَدُكُمْ حِين يغل وَهُوَ مُؤمن فإياكم إيَّاكُمْ» وَفِي رِوَايَة ابْن عَبَّاس: «وَلَا يَقْتُلُ حِينَ يَقْتُلُ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ» . قَالَ عِكْرِمَةُ: قُلْتُ لِابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ: كَيْفَ يُنْزَعُ الْإِيمَانُ مِنْهُ؟ قَالَ: هَكَذَا وَشَبَّكَ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ ثُمَّ أَخْرَجَهَا فَإِنْ تَابَ عَادَ إِلَيْهِ هَكَذَا وَشَبَّكَ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ وَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ: لَا يَكُونُ هَذَا مُؤْمِنًا تَامًّا وَلَا يَكُونُ لَهُ نُورُ الْإِيمَان. هَذَا لفظ البُخَارِيّ

Translation

Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet said, “An adulterer is not a believer at the moment he commits adultery; a drinker of wine is not a believer at the moment he drinks it; a thief is not a believer at the moment he steals; a person who grabs a conspicuous item of booty, at which people raise their eyes, is not a believer at the moment he seizes it; and none of you is a believer at the moment he embezzles. Beware—beware!”

In Ibn ʿAbbas’s version: “And a person is not a believer at the moment he commits murder.” ʿIkrima said: I asked Ibn ʿAbbas, “How is faith taken away from him?” He replied, “Like this,” and interlaced his fingers, then separated them. “If he repents, it returns to him like this,” and he interlaced his fingers. Abu ʿAbd Allah said, “Such a person is not a complete believer, nor does he possess the light of faith.” This is Bukhari’s wording.