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Sahih MuslimThe Book of Faith

Sahih Muslim 133

Chapter: Clarifying the Waswasah (Whispers, Bad Thoughts) with regard to faith, and what the one who experiences that should say

Authentic hadith of Sahih Muslim Sahih Muslim 133

Narrator:Abdullah ibn Mas‘ūd

حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الصَّفَّارُ، حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَثَّامٍ، عَنْ سُعَيْرِ بْنِ الْخِمْسِ، عَنْ مُغِيرَةَ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنِ الْوَسْوَسَةِ قَالَ ‏"‏

تِلْكَ مَحْضُ الإِيمَانِ ‏"

It is narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah b. Mas'ud that the Apostle (ﷺ) was asked about evil prompting, to which he replied:

It is pure faith.

Reported by Muslim (No. 133).

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An-Nawawi — Sharh Sahih Muslim

فِيهِ قَالَ مُسْلِم : ( حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُف بْن يَعْقُوب الصَّفَّار حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيّ بْن عَثَّام سُعَيْر بْن الْخِمْس عَنْ مُغِيرَة بْن عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيم عَنْ عَلْقَمَة عَنْ عَبْد اللَّه هُوَ اِبْن مَسْعُود رَضِيَ اللَّه عَنْهُ ) وَهَذَا الْإِسْنَاد كُلّه كُوفِيُّونَ ( عَثَّام ) بِالثَّاءِ الْمُثَلَّثَة , ( سُعَيْر ) هُوَ بِضَمِّ السِّين الْمُهْمَلَة وَآخِره رَاء , وَ ( الْخِمْس ) بِكَسْرِ الْخَاء الْمُعْجَمَة وَإِسْكَان الْمِيم وَبِالسِّينِ الْمُهْمَلَة , وَسُعَيْر وَأَبُوهُ لَا يُعْرَف لَهُمَا نَظِير , وَمُغِيرَة وَإِبْرَاهِيم وَعَلْقَمَة تَابِعِيُّونَ وَقَدْ اُعْتُرِضَ عَلَى هَذَا الْإِسْنَاد.…

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