The Book of Faith-07a

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The reciter: Amr al-Naqid, Abu Bakr ibn al-Nadr, and 'Abd ibn Hamid narrated to me, and the wording is that of 'Abd. They said: Ya'qub ibn Ibrahim ibn Sa'd narrated to us, saying: My father narrated to me from Salih ibn Kaysan, from al-Harith, from Ja'far ibn 'Abd Allah ibn al-Hakam, from 'Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Mas'ud, from Abu Rafi', from 'Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

Never a Prophet had been sent before me by Allah towards his nation who had not among his people (his) disciples and companions who followed his ways and obeyed his command. Then there came after them their successors who said whatever they did not practise, and practised whatever they were not commanded to do. He who strove against them with his hand was a believer: he who strove against them with his tongue was a believer, and he who strove against them with his heart was a believer and beyond that there is no faith even to the extent of a mustard seed.

ما من نبيٍّ بعثه الله في أمّةٍ قبلي إلّا كان له من أمّته حواريّون ، وأصحابٌ يأخذون بسنّته ويقتدون بأمره ، ثمّ إنّها تخلف من بعدهم خلوفٌ يقولون ما لا يفعلون ، ويفعلون ما لا يؤمرون ، فمن جاهدهم بيده فهو مؤمنٌ ، ومن جاهدهم بلسانه فهو مؤمنٌ ، ومن جاهدهم بقلبه فهو مؤمنٌ ، وليس وراء ذلك من الإيمان حبّة خردلٍ

Sahih Muslim 50a

Abu Rafi' said: So 'Abd Allah ibn 'Umar narrated it to me, and I denied it to him. Then Ibn Mas'ud arrived and stayed at al-Qanah, so 'Abd Allah ibn 'Umar asked me to accompany him to visit him. I went with him, and when we sat down, I asked Ibn Mas'ud about this hadith, and he narrated it to me just as Ibn 'Umar had narrated it to me. Salih said: And he used to narrate something similar from Abu Rafi'.

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