Hadith 222

Riyad as-Salihin

Book 17: The Book of the Prohibited actions

Chapter 326

Prohibition of Calling a Muslim an Infidel

باب تحريم قوله لمسلم‏:‏ يا كافر

Riyad as-Salihin 1732
عن ابن عمر رضي الله عنهما قال‏:‏ قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏:‏ ‏ ‏ ‏(‏‏(‏متفق عليه‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏
"‏إذا قال رجل لأخيه‏:‏ يا كافر، فقد باء بها أحدهما، فإن كان كما قال وإلا رجعت عليه‏"
Ibn 'Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) said:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "When a person calls his brother (in Islam) a disbeliever, one of them will certainly deserve the title. If the addressee is so as he has asserted, the disbelief of the man is confirmed, but if it is untrue, then it will revert to him."[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].