Hadith of the Holy Prophet, Sallallahu ʿAlayhi waalihi

27. Abu Ali Al-Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Saalim and Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father altogether, from Ahmad Bin Al-Nazar, and Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Abu Al-Qasim, from Al-Husayn Bin Abu Qatada altogether, from Amro Bin Shimr, from Jabir, who said: Abu Ja’far عليه الصلاة والسلام having said: ‘The Messenger عليه السلام of Allah عز وجل came out for the display of the horses. He صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم passed by the grave of Abu Ahayhat. So Abu Bakr said, ‘Curse be upon the occupant of this grave, for by Allah عز وجل, he used to divert people away from the Way of Allah عز وجل and belied the Messenger صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم of Allah عز وجل’. So Khalid, his (Ahayhat’s) son said, ‘But curse of Allah عز وجل be upon Abu Qohafa (Abu Bakr’s father), for by Allah عز وجل, he neither served a guest nor did he kill (fight) the enemy. So Allah عز وجل has Cursed the worthless one of the two of his clan’. So the Messenger صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم of Allah عز وجل placed the bridle of the horse upon his (Abu Bakr’s) neck and said: ‘Whenever you speak about the ‘Mushraqeen’ Polytheists speak in general terms and not particular, for you have anger his son’. Then he صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم paused. The horses were displayed to him عليه الصلاة والسلام. So he صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم passed by a horse. Uyayna Bin Hisan said, ‘The matter of this horse is such and such’. The Messenger صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم of Allah عز وجل said: ‘Leave us, for I صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم am more knowledgeable of the horses than you are’. Uyayna said, ‘And I am more knowledgeable of the men than you صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم are’ (Nouzobillah). So the Messenger صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم of Allah عز وجل got angry to the extent that blood appeared in his صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم face. He صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said to him: ‘So which of the men are the best?’ Uyayna Bin Hisan said, ‘The men who are in Najd place their swords upon their shoulders and their spears upon the saddles of their horses, then march with them step by step’. The Messenger صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم of Allah عز وجل said: ‘You are lying. But, the men of Yemen are better. The faith is in Yemen and the wisdom is in Yemen, and had it not been for the Emigration (Hijrat), I صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم would have been of the people of Yemen. The alienation and the cruelty is in the acreages of the owners of the cotton yarn, Rabi’ah and Muzar from where the rays of the sun appear, and (as for) Muzhaj most of the tribe will enter the Paradise, and Hazramaut is better than Aamir Bin Sa’sa (and some have reported ‘better than Haaris Bin Muawiya’) and Bajeela is better than Ra’al and Zakwaan, and if Lihyaan were to perish I عليه الصلاة والسلام would not care’. Then he صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: ‘Allah عز وجل has Cursed four kings – Jamada, and Makhwasa, and Mashraha, and Abza’a, as well as Akhtam Al-Ammaradat. Allah عز وجل has Cursed Al-Muhallal (One who legalises a woman for her previous husband after three divorces from him) and the one to whom she has been made legal for, and the slave who does not obey his master, and the one who makes a claim for lineage, and the man who is effeminate (has feminine traits) and the woman who has masculine traits, and the one who innovates something new in Al-Islam or helps an innovator, and the one who kills someone other than the one who wants to kill him, or strike against someone other than the one who wants to strike him, and the one who curses his father’. So a man said, ‘O Messenger صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم of Allah عز وجل, is there a man who curses his own father?’ He صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: ‘Yes, he who curses the fathers and the mothers of the men, so he has cursed his own father. Allah عز وجل has Cursed Ra’la, and Zakwaan, and Azla, and Lahyaan, and the criminals of Asad, and Ghatfaan, and Abu Sufyan Bin Harb, and Shahbala of two teeth, and the two sons of Malikat Bin Jazeem, and Marwaan, and Howzat and Hownat’.