Hadith 2284 a
Sahih Muslim
The Book of Virtues · His Compassion Towards His Ummah, And His Intense Concern To Warn Them Against That Which May Harm Them
Arabic
وَحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْقُرَشِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّمَا مَثَلِي وَمَثَلُ أُمَّتِي كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ اسْتَوْقَدَ نَارًا فَجَعَلَتِ الدَّوَابُّ وَالْفَرَاشُ يَقَعْنَ فِيهِ فَأَنَا آخِذٌ بِحُجَزِكُمْ وَأَنْتُمْ تَقَحَّمُونَ فِيهِ " .
English translation
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: The similitude of mine and that of my Umma is that of a person who lit fire and there began to fall into it insects and moths. And I am there to hold you back, but you plunge into it.
Grade as stored: Sahih
Narrator chain
- قتيبة بن سعيد الثقفي · first↓
- المغيرة بن عبد الرحمن الحزامي · chain↓
- عبد الله بن ذكوان القرشي · chain↓
- عبد الرحمن بن هرمز الأعرج · chain↓
- أبو هريرة الدوسي · sahabi