Hadith: Hatred destroys religion

It is reported that the Prophet ﷺ said:

Hatred is a blade that shaves away religion like a razor cuts hair. I swear by the One who holds my very soul: you will never be believers until you love one another.

In Arabic:

وَالْبَغْضَاءُ هِيَ الْحَالِقَةُ حَالِقَةُ الدِّينِ لَا حَالِقَةُ الشَّعَرِ وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ لَا تُؤْمِنُوا حَتَّى تَحَابُّوا

Notes

This hadith appears in the Musnad of Ahmad ibn Hanbal, and other collections.

Arabic vocabulary

• baghda’ (بغضاء) – hatred
• haliqa (حالقة) – razor, shaving blade
• din (دين) – religion, way of worship
• sha‘r (شعر) – hair
• nafs (نفس) – soul, self
• yad (يد) – hand
• tu’minu (تؤمنوا) – you (plural) believe
• tuhabbu (تحابوا) – love each other