What is the authenticity of this Hadith?
Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said, “Whoever harms a poor believer unjustly, it is as though he has destroyed Makkah ten times and Baytul Maqdis and it is as though he murdered close Angels”
Answer:
Imam Ibn ‘Asakir and others have recorded this Hadith. However that chain consists of a liar. The Hadith is not suitable to quote.
(Tarikh Dimashq, vol. 35 pg. 392. Refer: Dhaylul La-Alil Masnu’ah, vol. 2 pg. 748, Hadith: 927 and Tanzihush Shari’ah, vol. 2 pg. 316)
See here for other narrations on unjustly harming a Muslim.
And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.
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