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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is there an authentic hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that says, "The world is cursed, and everything in it is cursed"?

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he asks: Is this a hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?
This world is cursed and what is in it is cursedوهو الدنيا ملعونة ملعون ما فيها؟
Sunan Ibn Majah 4112Hasan (Darussalam)


Answer:
This is a hadith in the authentic collections. The meaning of "cursed" is "blameworthy"; the curse intended here is blame. However, at the end of the hadith it says:
except the remembrance of Allah (dhikr) and what is conducive to thatإلا ذكر الله وما والاه
Sunan Ibn Majah 4112Hasan (Darussalam)
So the world that is used to assist in the obedience of Allah and in the remembrance of Allah is praiseworthy and not blameworthy. It is only the world that occupies its owner from the obedience of Allah that is cursed and blameworthy.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [716 -939] هل صح حديث عن النبي ﷺ وهو "الدنيا ملعونة، ملعون ما فيها"؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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