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Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 371

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In-book entry
371

Chapter 44

Chapter context: Visiting the Pious Persons, loving them and adoption of their company

- باب زيارة أهل الخير ومجالستهم وصحبتهم ومحبتهم وطلب زيارتهم والدعاء منهم وزيارة المواضع الفاضلة

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Hadith text

Original Arabic

وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال‏:‏ ‏"‏الناس معادن كمعادن الذهب والفضة، خيارهم في الجاهلية خيارهم في الإسلام إذا فقهوا، والأرواح جنود مجندة، فما تعارف منها ائتلف، وما تناكر منها اختلف‏"‏ ‏(‏‏(‏رواه مسلم‏؟‏‎‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏ ‏(‏‏(‏وروى البخاري‏)‏‏)‏ قوله‏:‏ ‏"‏الأرواح‏"‏ من رواية عائشة رضي الله عنها‏

Translation

English translation

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

I heard Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, "People are like gold and silver; those who were best in Jahiliyyah (Pre-Islamic Period of Ignorance) are best in Islam, if they have religious understanding; and the souls are like recruited soldiers, they get mixed up with those similar with them in qualities and oppose and drift away from those who do not share their qualities". [Muslim].

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Where is this hadith found?

This is Hadith 371 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 1, The Book of Miscellany, as in-book entry 371 under the chapter “Visiting the Pious Persons, loving them and adoption of their company.”

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Reference details

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371

Source and grading notes

Arabic/English book : Book 1, Hadith 371

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