Question

How authentic is this Hadith?

Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said, “Do not curse the dead, for they have reached the result of what they have sent ahead”

 

Answer

Imam Bukhari (rahimahullah) has recorded this Hadith on the authority of Sayyidah ‘Aaishah (radiyallahu ‘anha). The Hadith is therefore authentic.

(Sahih Bukhari, Hadith: 1393, 6516)

 

Kindly refer to a Mufti/Darul Ifta for the Fiqh rulings derived from this Hadith.

 

And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.

 

Answered by: Moulana Suhail Motala

 

Approved by: Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar

 

Checked by: Moulana Haroon Abasoomar