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Musnad Ahmad 379:1

Hadith of a Sheikh from Banu Sulait

حديث شيخ من بني سليط

Hadith 379:1

Abu al-Nadr narrated to us, he said: al-Mubarak narrated to us, he said: al-Hasan narrated to us, that a sheikh from Banu Sulayt informed him, he said: I came to the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, to speak to him regarding captives of ours taken during the Pre-Islamic period (Jahiliyyah). I found him sitting, and there was a circle that had surrounded him, and he was speaking to the people. He was wearing a thick Qatari waist-wrapper (izar). He said: I heard him saying, while he was pointing with his finger: "The Muslim is the brother of the Muslim; he does not wrong him, nor does he forsake him. Taqwa (piety/fear of Allah) is here, Taqwa is here." He said: Meaning, in the heart.

حدثنا أبو النضر، قال: حدثنا المبارك، قال: حدثنا الحسن، أن شيخا من بني سليط أخبره قال: أتيت النبي 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، قال: سمعته يقول وهو يشير بإصبعه : " المسلم أخو المسلم، لا يظلمه ولا يخذله، التقوى هاهنا، التقوى هاهنا "، يقول: أي في القلب