رياض الصالحين
Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 1517
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- 7
Chapter 1
Chapter context: The Prohibition of Backbiting and the Commandment of Guarding one's Tongue
باب تحريم الغيبة والأمر بحفظ اللسان
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Original Arabic
وعن سفيان بن عبد الله رضي الله عنه قال: قلت يا رسول الله حدثني بأمر أعتصم به قال:
قل ربي الله ثم استقم
قلت: يا رسول الله ما أخوف ما تخاف علي؟ فأخذ بلسان نفسه، ثم قال: “هذا”. رواه الترمذي وقال حديث حسن صحيح.
Translation
English translation
Sufyan bin 'Abdullah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
I asked: "O Messenger of Allah! Tell me, of something to which I may remain steadfast." He (ﷺ) said, "Say: My Rubb is Allah and then remain steadfast." Then I said: "O Messenger of Allah! What do you fear most about me?" He took hold of his own tongue and said: "This." [At-Tirmidhi].
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This is Hadith 1517 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 18, The Book of the Prohibited actions, as in-book entry 7 under the chapter “The Prohibition of Backbiting and the Commandment of Guarding one's Tongue.”
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