Hadith / Musnad Ahmad / 1023:1

Musnad Ahmad 1023:1

Hadith of a Sheikh from Banu Sulait (RA)

حديث شيخ من بني سليط

Hadith 1023:1

Abu al-Nadr narrated to us, al-Mubarak narrated to us, al-Hasan narrated to us, that a sheikh from Banu Sulayt informed him, saying: I came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, to speak to him regarding some captives of ours taken during the Jahiliyyah. I found him sitting, and there was a circle of people surrounding him, and he was speaking to the people. He was wearing a thick Qatari waist-wrapper. The first thing I heard him say, while gesturing with his two fingers, was: "The Muslim is the brother of the Muslim; he does not wrong him, nor does he forsake him. Taqwa (piety) is here, Taqwa is here." He said: Meaning, in the heart.

حدثنا أبو النضر، حدثنا المبارك، حدثنا الحسن، أن شيخا من بني سليط أخبره: قال: أتيت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أكلمه في سبي أصيب لنا في الجاهلية، فإذا هو قاعد وعليه حلقة قد أطافت به، وهو يحدث القوم عليه إزار قطر له غليظ فأول شيء سمعته يقول وهو يشير بإصبعيه: " المسلم أخو المسلم لا يظلمه ولا يخذله، التقوى هاهنا، التقوى هاهنا "، يقول: أي في القلب