And prayers and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions: He said -may Allah have mercy on him-: "Chapter on the dislike of saying 'My soul has become foul'
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The reader: Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may prayers and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions:
He said -may Allah have mercy on him-: "Chapter on the dislike of saying 'My soul has become foul':
It was narrated from Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said:Sahih Muslim 2250a Agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim.
The scholars said: The meaning of "I have become foul" is: "I have become ill," which is the meaning of "I have become ill," but the word "foul" is disliked.
Chapter on the dislike of calling grapes "vine":
It was narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Riyad as-Salihin 1740 Agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim.
This is the wording of Muslim, and in another narration:Sahih Muslim 2247d.
And in a narration by al-Bukhari and Muslim:Sahih al-Bukhari 6183.
And it was narrated from Wa'il ibn Hujr (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said:Sahih Muslim 2248b Narrated by Muslim ".
The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful:
The author -may Allah have mercy on him- said in his book *Riyad al-Salihin*: "Chapter on the dislike of a man saying 'My soul has become foul'": "My soul has become foul" means "I have become ill," and the meaning of "I have become ill" is "I have become nauseous." Sometimes a person is afflicted with a blockage, which people call a blockage, and the world becomes narrow for him without him knowing the reason for it, so he says: "My soul has become foul," and "foul" means it has become foul. This is a disliked word, and for this reason the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade a man from saying: "My soul has become foul," but rather he should say: "I have become ill." "I have become ill" means the same as "I have become foul," but in wording it differs from it, so it is lighter and easier.
And in this hadith is evidence for avoiding disliked words and replacing them with non-disliked words, even if the meaning is the same, because the word may be a cause for the meaning. One may say: "My soul has become foul" meaning "I have become ill" and nausea has befallen him, and it occurs to him that it is from the foulness which is the opposite of the good. The foul souls are: the souls of the disbelievers, and may Allah protect us from that, by the saying of Allah the Exalted:[At-Tawbah 9:28], and by His saying the Exalted: [An-Nur 24:26].
And because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when he wanted to enter the place of relief to urinate or defecate, would say:Sunan Ibn Majah 298Sahih (Darussalam): meaning the devils and evil.
So the important thing is that a person should, indeed it is disliked for him, to use disliked words for correct meanings, but rather he should replace them with words that are pleasing to the souls.
He said -may Allah have mercy on him-: "Chapter on the dislike of saying 'My soul has become foul':
It was narrated from Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said:
None of you should say: "My soul has become evil," but he should say: "My soul has become remorseless."
لا يقولن أحدكم خبثت نفسي، ولكن ليقل: لقِست نفسيThe scholars said: The meaning of "I have become foul" is: "I have become ill," which is the meaning of "I have become ill," but the word "foul" is disliked.
Chapter on the dislike of calling grapes "vine":
It was narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
None of you should use the word Al-Karm for grapes, for Al-Karm is a Muslim (worthy of respect).
لا تسموا العنب الكرم، فإن الكرم المسلمThis is the wording of Muslim, and in another narration:
for the heart of a believer is karm (worthy of respect).
فإنما الكرم قلب المؤمنAnd in a narration by al-Bukhari and Muslim:
They say Al-Karm (the generous), and in fact Al-Karm is the heart of a believer.
يقولون الكرم، إنما الكرم قلب المؤمنAnd it was narrated from Wa'il ibn Hujr (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said:
This hadith has been reported by Alqama b. Wa'il on the authority of his father with a different chain of transmitters and with a slight variation of wording.
لا تقولوا: الكرم، ولكن قولوا: العنب، والحبلةThe Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful:
The author -may Allah have mercy on him- said in his book *Riyad al-Salihin*: "Chapter on the dislike of a man saying 'My soul has become foul'": "My soul has become foul" means "I have become ill," and the meaning of "I have become ill" is "I have become nauseous." Sometimes a person is afflicted with a blockage, which people call a blockage, and the world becomes narrow for him without him knowing the reason for it, so he says: "My soul has become foul," and "foul" means it has become foul. This is a disliked word, and for this reason the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade a man from saying: "My soul has become foul," but rather he should say: "I have become ill." "I have become ill" means the same as "I have become foul," but in wording it differs from it, so it is lighter and easier.
And in this hadith is evidence for avoiding disliked words and replacing them with non-disliked words, even if the meaning is the same, because the word may be a cause for the meaning. One may say: "My soul has become foul" meaning "I have become ill" and nausea has befallen him, and it occurs to him that it is from the foulness which is the opposite of the good. The foul souls are: the souls of the disbelievers, and may Allah protect us from that, by the saying of Allah the Exalted:
O you who have believed, indeed the polytheists are unclean, so let them not approach al-Masjid al-Haram after this, their [final] year
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنَّمَا الْمُشْرِكُونَ نَجَسٌ فَلاَ يَقْرَبُوا الْمَسْجِدَ الْحَرَامَ بَعْدَ عَامِهِمْ هَذَاEvil words are for evil men, and evil men are [subjected] to evil words. And good words are for good men, and good men are [an object] of good words
الْخَبِيثَاتُ لِلْخَبِيثِينَ وَالْخَبِيثُونَ لِلْخَبِيثَاتِ وَالطَّيِّبَاتُ لِلطَّيِّبِينَ وَالطَّيِّبُونَ لِلْطَّيِّبَاتAnd because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when he wanted to enter the place of relief to urinate or defecate, would say:
A'udhu Billahi minal-khubthi wa'l-khaba'ith (I seek refuge with Allah from male and female devils)
أعوذ بالله من الخبث والخبائثSo the important thing is that a person should, indeed it is disliked for him, to use disliked words for correct meanings, but rather he should replace them with words that are pleasing to the souls.