Hadith 5260

Chapter 390

باب 390

(390) بَابُ الضَّرْبِ عَلَى اللَّحْنِ

(390) Chapter: Beating someone for grammatical mistakes
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حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ كَثِيرٍ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَجْلاَنَ قَالَ: مَرَّ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ بِرَجُلَيْنِ يَرْمِيَانِ، فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِلْآخَرِ: أسَبْتَ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: سُوءُ اللَّحْنِ أَشَدُّ مِنْ سُوءِ الرَّمْيِ.


'Abdu'r-Rahman ibn 'Ajlan said, "'Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allahbe pleased with him, passed by two men who were shooting. One man saidto another, 'Do hit it (using the letter seen instead of saad).''Umar observed, 'A bad grammatical mistake is worse than a bad shot.'"

Reference: Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 881

In-book reference: Book 37, Hadith 7

English translation: Book 37, Hadith 881