Hadith / Musnad Ahmad / 788:177
Musnad Ahmad 788:177
Hadith of Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (RA)
حديث أبي موسى الأشعري
Hadith 788:177
He said: And the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "The heart (al-qalb) was only named [as such] because of its flipping (taqallub). The likeness of the heart is only like a feather suspended at the base of a tree, which the wind flips from back to front."
قال: وقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: " إنما سمي القلب من تقلبه، إنما مثل القلب كمثل ريشة معلقة في أصل شجرة تقلبها الريح ظهرا لبطن "