أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدَةُ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا يَزِيدُ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَيُّ الذَّنْبِ أَعْظَمُ قَالَ الشِّرْکُ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ لِلَّهِ نِدًّا وَأَنْ تُزَانِيَ بِحَلِيلَةِ جَارِکَ وَأَنْ تَقْتُلَ وَلَدَکَ مَخَافَةَ الْفَقْرِ أَنْ يَأْکُلَ مَعَکَ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَالَّذِينَ لَا يَدْعُونَ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَهًا آخَرَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْد الرَّحْمَنِ هَذَا خَطَأٌ وَالصَّوَابُ الَّذِي قَبْلَهُ وَحَدِيثُ يَزِيدَ هَذَا خَطَأٌ إِنَّمَا هُوَ وَاصِلٌ وَاللَّهُ تَعَالَی أَعْلَمُ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 4030
It was narrated that ‘Abdullah said: “I asked the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم , which sin is most grievous’!” He said: “Shirk, setting up a rival to Allah, committing adultery with your neighbor’s wife, and killing your child for fear of poverty, and that he may eat with you.” Then ‘Abdullah recited the Verse: “And those who invoke not any other Ilah (god) along with Allah.” (Hasan) Abu ‘Abdur-Rahman (An-Nasa’i) said: This is a mistake, and what is correct is the one before it. This narration of Yazid is a mistake, it should be Wasil
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020