How sound is the hadith: "May Allah curse the one who rides alone in the wilderness," bearing in mind that scholars say: if a minor action leads to a major and severe punishment, the hadith is judged to be fabricated?
The aforementioned hadith regarding the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, cursing effeminate men among men, and women who isolate themselves from marriage, and a man who travels alone in the wilderness, and a man who spends the night alone, was commented on by Shu'ayb al-Arna'ut: "It is authentic, except for the curse on the one who travels alone in the wilderness and the one who spends the night alone, and its chain of narration is weak due to the unknown status of Tayyib ibn Muhammad." Al-Albani said about it: "Weak and Munkar (denounced)." As for the saying attributed to scholars, "What contains a severe promise or a severe threat for a trivial matter or a minor sin," it is one of the hallmarks of fabricated hadith. It is known that a hadith is fabricated by its exaggeration in a great promise for a grave act or a severe threat for a minor matter.
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