The price of a dog is evil, the earning of a prostitute is evil and the earning of a cupper is evil
Narrator in the source: Rāfi‘ ibn Khadīj
Rāfi‘ ibn Khadīj (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The price of a dog is evil, the earning of a prostitute is evil and the earning of a cupper is evil."- Grade in the source
- Authentic hadith
- Reported by
- Narrated by Muslim
- Source entry
- HadeethEnc · 6037 ↗
Original Arabic wording
عن رافع بن خديج رضي الله عنهما أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: «ثمن الكلب خبيث، ومهر البغي خبيث، وكسب الحجام خبيث».Understand this hadith
The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) clarifies for us the evil types of earnings, so that we would avoid them and resort to lawful ways of earnings instead. The money earned from selling dogs, the money earned by a prostitute and the money earned by the cupper are examples of such evil earnings. Note that the word translated as evil here is 'Khabīth' and has many meanings including evil, malicious, disgusting, offensive, etc.
References (original Arabic)
- صحيح مسلم، للإمام مسلم بن الحجاج، حققه ورقمه محمد فؤاد عبد الباقي، دار عالم الكتب - الرياض، الطبعة الأولى، 1417هـ. - الإلمام بشرح عمدة الأحكام، للشيخ إسماعيل الأنصاري -مطبعة السعادة- الطبعة الثانية، 1392ه. - تيسير العلام شرح عمدة الأحكام، عبد الله البسام، تحقيق محمد صبحي حسن حلاق، مكتبة الصحابة، الشارقة، الطبعة العاشرة، 1426ه.