Sahih Muslim
378
Chapter 2 · The Book of Faithتَأَلُّفِ قَلْبِ مَنْ يَخَافُ عَلَى إِيمَانِهِ لِضَعْفِهِ وَالنَّهْيِ عَنِ الْقَطْعِ بِالإِيمَانِ مِنْ غَيْرِ دَلِيلٍ قَاطِعٍ
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ: قَسَمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَسْمًا، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَعْطِ فُلَانًا فَإِنَّهُ مُؤْمِنٌ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَوْ مُسْلِمٌ» أَقُولُهَا ثَلَاثًا، وَيُرَدِّدُهَا عَلَيَّ ثَلَاثًا «أَوْ مُسْلِمٌ»، ثُمَّ قَالَ: «إِنِّي لَأُعْطِي الرَّجُلَ، وَغَيْرُهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْهُ، مَخَافَةَ أَنْ يَكُبَّهُ اللهُ فِي النَّارِ».
Translation
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The Arabic text and the translations come from our previous collection: English from hadithapi.com, German and Turkish machine-translated (Gemini) and unreviewed. A new translation from the Arabic with the chain of narration will follow.
Being kind to one for whose faith there is concern because it is weak; Prohibition of attributing Faith to someone without definitive evidence
The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) distributed shares (of booty among his Companions). I said: Messenger of Allah! Give it to so and so, for verily he is a believer. Upon this the Messenger of Allah remarked: Or a Muslim. I (the narrator) repeated it (the word believer ) thrice and he (the Holy Prophet) turned his back upon me (and substituted the word) Muslim, and then observed: I bestow it (this share) to a man out of apprehension lest Allah should throw him prostrate into the fire (of Hell) whereas in fact the other man is dearer to me than he.