Forty Hadith Qudsi
Hadith 31, 40 Hadith Qudsi
عَنْ جُنْدُبٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ : أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى الله عَلَيْهِ وَ سَلَّمَ حَدَّثَ (أَنْ رجُلاً قال : واللهِ لا يَغْفِرُ اللهُ لِفُلانٍ وإِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى قَالَ : مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يَتَأَلَّى عَلَيَّ أَنْ لا أَغْفِرَ لِفُلان،فَإِنِّي قَدْ غَفَرْتُ لِفُلانٍ، وأَحْبَطْتُ عَمَلَكَ (أَوْ كَمَا قَال رواه مسلم
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) related:
‘A man said, “By Allah, Allah will not forgive so-and-so.” Allah, Exalted is He, said, “Who is it that swears about Me that I will not forgive so-and-so? I have forgiven so-and-so and nullified your deed”—or words to that effect.’
It was related by Muslim.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
وأَحْبَطْتُ عَمَلَكَ (أَوْ كَمَا قَال
The Arabic says عَمَلَكَ (your deed/work, singular); the witness adds ‘[own good]’ and interprets the consequence as nullifying good deeds. A footnote then imports an explanation from a similar Abu Dawud hadith, which is absent from the Arabic block.
Can the intended scope of عَمَلَكَ be established from this source occurrence, without importing the separate Abu Dawud report?