You mentioned this hadith, "Do not show joy at your brother's misfortune, lest Allah heal him and afflict you," and you said it is an athar, yet al-Nawawi mentioned it as a hadith?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you, O honorable Shaykh. You mentioned this hadith and said it is an athar: .
The Shaykh : We mentioned it as a wise saying.
The questioner : Al-Nawawi included it in the chapter on rejoicing at the misfortune of enemies, treating it as a hadith.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : He included it in *Riyad al-Salihin* as a hadith in the chapter on rejoicing at misfortune...
The Shaykh : Yes, some scholars mentioned it as a hadith, but Ibn Hajar stated in *Bulugh al-Maram* that the stronger position is that it is a saying of Luqman the Wise.
Do not show joy at your brother's misfortune, lest Allah heal him and afflict you
لا تُظهر الشماتة بأخيك فيعافيه الله ويبتليكThe Shaykh : We mentioned it as a wise saying.
The questioner : Al-Nawawi included it in the chapter on rejoicing at the misfortune of enemies, treating it as a hadith.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : He included it in *Riyad al-Salihin* as a hadith in the chapter on rejoicing at misfortune...
The Shaykh : Yes, some scholars mentioned it as a hadith, but Ibn Hajar stated in *Bulugh al-Maram* that the stronger position is that it is a saying of Luqman the Wise.