Nawawī’s Arbaýīn

A Collection of Forty Traditions of the Prophet ﷺ

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Being Steadfast On Faith - Hadith 21

عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرٍو وَقِيلَ: أَبِي عَمْرَةَ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ قُلْت: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! قُلْ لِي فِي الْإِسْلَامِ قَوْلًا لَا أَسْأَلُ عَنْهُ أَحَدًا غَيْرَك؛ قَالَ: قُلْ: آمَنْت بِاَللَّهِ ثُمَّ اسْتَقِمْ . رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ

Narrated by Abū Ámr – it is also said that he was Abū Ámrah – Sufyān ibn Ábdullāh radiyAllāhu Anhu who said: I said to RasūlAllāh ﷺ: “O Messenger of Allāh, tell me something in Islām [i.e. give me advice] that I may not ask anyone else about it, other than you.

He said: Say: “I have believed in Allāh,” and then remain steadfast upon it.

Reported by Muslim. [1]

Notes:

[1] Muslim 38; Tirmidhī 2418; Ibn Mājah 3972.

References:

1. Nawawī’s Arbaýīn, Collection of Forty Traditions of the Prophet ﷺ, Hadith 21

[ English Translation ]

Mawlana Abu Hasan Ridawi,

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