Pointing to a Muslim with other than a piece of iron which can Kill him

Answered by our Shaykh, the ‘Allāmah, the Trustworthy Advisor, Abu ‘Abdirrahmān Yahya bin ‘Ali Al-Hajūri – may Allāh preserve him – on the 25th, Dhūl-Hijjah, 1441H

Question:

Whoever points to his brother with other than a piece of iron from the things that can kill, does this enter into the curse?

Answer:

It has come in the hadith a piece of iron;

من أشار إلى أخيه بحديدة فإن الملائكة تلعنه حتى يدعه وإن كان أخاه لأبيه وأمه

“Whoever points to his brother with a piece of iron then verily the angels curse him until he ceases, even if it is his brother from his father and mother.” [Reported by Muslim]

لا يُشِيرُ أحَدُكُمْ علَى أخِيهِ بالسِّلاحِ، فإنَّه لا يَدْرِي، لَعَلَّ الشَّيْطانَ يَنْزِعُ في يَدِهِ، فَيَقَعُ في حُفْرَةٍ مِنَ النَّارِ

“Let not one of you point to his brother with a weapon for little does he know that the Shaytān may tempt him to strike and cause him to fall into a pit of fire.” [Reported by Bukhāri]

If it is from what kills because some things even if it is not a piece of iron can kill, it takes the ruling of a piece of iron because verily pointing to a Muslim with a piece of iron was not prohibited except out of fear that Shaytān would entice him and cause him to plunge into a pit of fire as comes in the hadith, so if he could fall into a pit of fire due to this then he could fall into a pit of fire because of something else that kills like it, even if it is not iron, so if he were to point with it, it takes the same ruling.

Translated by: Abū ‘Abdillāh ‘Omar bin Yahya Al-‘Akawi

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