Hadith 37759

Chapter 2

باب 2

(2) باب فِي الأَلَدِّ الْخَصِمِ

(2) Chapter: The One Who Is Harsh In Arguing
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّ أَبْغَضَ الرِّجَالِ إِلَى اللَّهِ الأَلَدُّ الْخَصِمُ " .

'A'isha reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
The most despicable amongst persons in the eye of Allah is one who tries to fall into dispute with others (for nothing but only to display his knowledge and power of argumentation).

Reference: Sahih Muslim 2668

In-book reference: Book 47, Hadith 6

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 34, Hadith 6447