Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #28793

Mahmoud bin Ghaylan told us, Waki’ told us, on the authority of Sufyan, on the authority of Zubaid, on the authority of Abu Wa’il, on the authority of Abdullah bin Masoud, he said: The Messenger said: God, may God bless him and grant him peace, “Insulting a Muslim is immorality and fighting him is disbelief.” Abu Issa said: This is a good and authentic hadith. And the meaning of this hadith Fighting him is blasphemy, not blasphemy, like apostasy from Islam. The evidence for that is what was narrated on the authority of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, that he said: “Whoever kills Intentionally, then the guardians of the murdered person have the choice. If they wish, they can kill, and if they wish, they can pardon. And if killing were disbelief, then killing would be obligatory. The pardon was not authentic, as it was narrated on the authority of Ibn Abbas, Tawus, Ata’, and more than one of the people of knowledge. They said: “Disbelief is less than disbelief, and immorality is less than Immorality...