People and neighbours · Something to leave
Don't laugh at someone's bodily noises
- The practice
- Don't laugh at someone who passes wind or has a similar natural lapse.
- When
- An embarrassing natural moment in company
- In daily life
- If someone's stomach rumbles or they pass wind in a quiet meeting or class, act as if you didn't hear and don't catch anyone's eye. The same goes for a stammer, an accent or a slip of the tongue.
The source
نَهَى النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنْ يَضْحَكَ الرَّجُلُ مِمَّا يَخْرُجُ مِنَ الأَنْفُسِ وَقَالَ " بِمَ يَضْرِبُ أَحَدُكُمُ امْرَأَتَهُ ضَرْبَ الْفَحْلِ، ثُمَّ لَعَلَّهُ يُعَانِقُهَا ". وَقَالَ الثَّوْرِيُّ وَوُهَيْبٌ وَأَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ هِشَامٍ " جَلْدَ الْعَبْدِ ".
“The Prophet ﷺ forbade laughing at a person who passes wind, and said, "How does anyone of you beat his wife as he beats the stallion camel and then he may embrace (sleep with) her?" And Hisham said, "As he beats his slave”Narrated by `Abdullah bin Zam`aSahih al-Bukhari 6042
The full hadith, with its chain and grading →Arabic: ara-bukhari · Translation: Muhsin Khan (eng-bukhari), from the eng-bukhari edition of hadith-api (public domain), sunnah.com numbering.
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Get early accessSources: Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, and narrations of Jami at-Tirmidhi graded sahih or hasan sahih by al-Albani.