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Sunan Abi Dawud 3488 (Book 24, Hadith 73) #23778
Cursing of Jews for Selling Forbidden Animals

SUMMARY: This hadith is about the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) cursing the Jews for selling and enjoying the price of animals that died a natural death, which Allah had declared unlawful.

Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: I saw the Messenger of Allah sitting neat the Black stone (or at a corner of the Ka'bah). He said: He (the Prophet) raised his eyes towards the heaven, and laughed, and he said: May Allah curse the Jews! He said this three times. Allah declared unlawful for them the fats (of the animals which died a natural death); they sold them and they enjoyed the price they received for them. When Allah declared eating of thing forbidden for the people, He declares it price also forbidden for them. The version of Khalid b'.Abd Allah al-Tahhan does not have the words "I saw". It has: "May Allah destroy the Jews!"
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، أَنَّ بِشْرَ بْنَ الْمُفَضَّلِ، وَخَالِدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَاهُمُ - الْمَعْنَى، - عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ، عَنْ بَرَكَةَ، قَالَ مُسَدَّدٌ فِي حَدِيثِ خَالِدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ بَرَكَةَ أَبِي الْوَلِيدِ، ثُمَّ اتَّفَقَا - عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ جَالِسًا عِنْدَ الرُّكْنِ - قَالَ - فَرَفَعَ بَصَرَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَضَحِكَ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ الْيَهُودَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ ثَلاَثًا ‏"‏ إِنَّ اللَّهَ حَرَّمَ عَلَيْهِمُ الشُّحُومَ فَبَاعُوهَا وَأَكَلُوا أَثْمَانَهَا وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ إِذَا حَرَّمَ عَلَى قَوْمٍ أَكْلَ شَىْءٍ حَرَّمَ عَلَيْهِمْ ثَمَنَهُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَلَمْ يَقُلْ فِي حَدِيثِ خَالِدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الطَّحَّانِ ‏"‏ رَأَيْتُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَقَالَ ‏"‏ قَاتَلَ اللَّهُ الْيَهُودَ

TOPICS
prophet  *  stone  *  heaven  *  fats  *  unlawful  *  price  *  kabah

QUICK LESSONS:
Obey God’s commands even if you don’t understand why they are given; Respect what has been declared unlawful by God; Do not take advantage of others by selling something that has been declared unlawful by Him; Do not profit from something forbidden by Him .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the Prophet Muhammad's (PBUH) reaction to the Jews' actions. He was sitting near the Black Stone or at a corner of Ka'bah when he raised his eyes towards heaven and laughed before saying "May Allah curse the Jews!" three times. The reason behind this was because Allah had declared eating certain fats from animals that died a natural death as unlawful for them but they still sold it and enjoyed its price. As such, not only did Allah declare eating these things forbidden but also their price. This shows us how important it is to obey God's commands even if we don't understand why they are given in order to avoid His wrath and punishment.

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