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Sahih al-Bukhari

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Chapter 2 · Belief
Sahih

مِنَ الدِّينِ الْفِرَارُ مِنَ الْفِتَنِ

Fleeing from trials is part of the religion

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " يُوشِكُ أَنْ يَكُونَ خَيْرَ مَالِ الْمُسْلِمِ غَنَمٌ يَتْبَعُ بِهَا شَعَفَ الْجِبَالِ وَمَوَاقِعَ الْقَطْرِ، يَفِرُّ بِدِينِهِ مِنَ الْفِتَنِ ".

Show the chain of narration (Arabic)

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي صَعْصَعَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ

Translation

Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Soon the best property of a Muslim will be sheep that he follows to the mountain tops and the places where rain falls, fleeing with his religion from trials.”

Other translations

Deutsch

Abu Sa'id al-Chudri berichtete: Der Gesandte Allahs ﷺ sagte: „Bald wird das beste Vermögen des Muslims Schafe sein, mit denen er den Berggipfeln und den Stellen, an denen der Regen fällt, folgt, um mit seiner Religion vor den Versuchungen zu fliehen.“

Türkçe

Ebû Saîd el-Hudrî (r.a.) şöyle rivayet etti: Resûlullah ﷺ şöyle buyurdu: “Müslümanın en hayırlı malının, peşinden dağ başlarına ve yağmur düşen yerlere gittiği koyunlar olması yakındır; dinini korumak için fitnelerden kaçar.”

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

050100150200250The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ† 11 AH · MedinaAbu Sa'id al-Khudri† 74 AH · Medina'Abdullah bin 'Abdur Rahman …~ 109 AH · Medina'Abdur Rahman bin 'Abddllah …~ 144 AH · MedinaImam Maalik† 179 AH · Medina'Abdullah bin Muslima al-Qa'…† 221 AH · Meccaal-Bukhari† 256 AH · Samarqand
  • Prophet ﷺ
  • Companions (Sahaba)
  • Successors (Tabiʿun)
  • Successors of the Successors
  • Compiler
Chain as a list
  1. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺرسول الله ﷺ
  2. Abu Sa'id al-Khudriأَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ

    d. 74 AH · Madinah · Comp. RA 1st Generation

  3. Follower Tabi' 3rd Generation

  4. 'Abdur Rahman bin 'Abddllah bin 'ARعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي صَعْصَعَةَ

    Follower Tabi' 6th generation

  5. Imam Maalikمَالِكٍ

    d. 179 AH / 795 CE · Medina · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 7th generation Maliki

  6. 'Abdullah bin Muslima al-Qa'nabiعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ

    d. 221 AH · Makkah · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 9th generation

  7. al-Bukhariالبخاري

    Compiler