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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the meaning of the hadith: (If you see a man mourning in the manner of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, strike his father with his own hand)

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The questioner : Yes, the hadith you read, which I have in "Al-Silsilah al-Sahihah."

The Shaykh: Go ahead.

The questioner :
If you see a man mourning in the manner of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance إذا رأيتم الرجل يتعزَّى بعزاء الجاهلية
.

The Shaykh :
strike his father with his own hand فأعضوه بهن أبيه
.

The questioner : With his hand.

The Shaykh : Yes, his father.

The questioner : What does it mean,
strike his father with his own hand فأعضوه بهن أبيه
?

The Shaykh : It means strike him, or do you want an explanation...

The questioner : No, no, I understood now, but the meaning of the whole hadith.

The Shaykh : The meaning of the hadith.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : That if you see a man boasting about his ancestors in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : That is, regarding the dislike of this action, say to him: May you be cursed, etc.
Source www.al-albany.com

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