Source: HadeethEnc.com, English v1.25.0
Arabic text
عن ابْنِ عُمَرَ رَضيَ اللهُ عنهُما قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَيُّمَا امْرِئٍ قَالَ لِأَخِيهِ: يَا كَافِرُ، فَقَدْ بَاءَ بِهَا أَحَدُهُمَا، إِنْ كَانَ كَمَا قَالَ، وَإِلَّا رَجَعَتْ عَلَيْهِ».
Translation
Ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) reported: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Any person who says to his brother: O disbeliever, it will, indeed, fall upon one of them; if he is as he said, or else it will return to him."
Explanation
The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) warned against a Muslim saying to his Muslim brother: O disbeliever. By saying that word of disbelief, one of them deserves it; if he is as he said, then it applies to the person being addressed, or else the charge of disbelief returns to the sayer.
Benefits
- Deterring a Muslim from attributing to his Muslim brother any of the qualities of defiance or disbelief that he does not possess.
- Warning against such bad speech, as the one who utters it is in great danger if he says it to his brother. Therefore, one should guard his tongue and only speak with insight.
Explanation: العربية
حذَّر النبيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم من أن يقول المسلم لأخيه المسلم: يا كافر، فقد استحق بكلمة الكفر أحدهما، إن كان كما قال، وإلا رجع على القائل تكفيره لأخيه.
- زجر المسلم عن أن يقول لأخيه المسلم ما ليس فيه من صفات الفسوق والكفر.
- التحذير من هذا الكلام السيئ، وأن صاحبه على خطر عظيم إذا قاله لأخيه، فينبغي حفظ اللسان وأن لا يتكلم إلا عن بصيرة.