Sahih al-Bukhari
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Chapter 2 · Beliefحُبُّ الرَّسُولِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِنَ الإِيمَانِ
Love for the Messenger ﷺ is part of faith
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لاَ يُؤْمِنُ أَحَدُكُمْ حَتَّى أَكُونَ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ وَالِدِهِ وَوَلَدِهِ ".
Show the chain of narration (Arabic)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ
Translation
Abu Hurairah reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “By Him in whose hand is my soul, none of you believes until I am dearer to him than his father and his child.”
Other translations
Deutsch
Abu Huraira berichtete: Der Gesandte Allahs ﷺ sagte: „Bei Dem, in Dessen Hand meine Seele ist, keiner von euch ist gläubig, bis ich ihm lieber bin als sein Vater und sein Kind.“
Türkçe
Ebû Hüreyre (r.a.) şöyle rivayet etti: Resûlullah ﷺ şöyle buyurdu: “Nefsim kudret elinde olana yemin ederim ki, ben kendisine babasından ve çocuğundan daha sevimli olmadıkça sizden biriniz iman etmiş olmaz.”
The journey of this hadith
From Medina to Samarqand – over 245 years and 7 stations this text was passed on, mouth to ear, teacher to student.
256AH
al-Bukhari · Samarqand
- Prophet ﷺ
- Companions (Sahaba)
- Successors (Tabiʿun)
- Successors of the Successors
- Later scholars
- Compiler
Chain as a list
- The Prophet Muhammad ﷺرسول الله ﷺ
- Abu Hurairahأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ
d. 59 AH / 681 CE · Medinah · Comp. RA 1st Generation
- 'Abdur Rahman bin Harmaz al-A'arajالأَعْرَجِ
d. 117 AH · Follower Tabi' 3rd Generation
- Abu al-Zanadأَبُو الزِّنَادِ
d. 130 AH · Follower Tabi' 5th generation
- Shu'aib bin Abi Hamzaشُعَيْبٌ
d. 162 AH · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 7th generation
- al-Hakm bin Nafi', Abu al-Yamanأَبُو الْيَمَانِ
d. 211 AH · 3rd Century AH 10th generation
- al-Bukhariالبخاري
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