Hadith Research Libraryمكتبة الحديث والرجال

Chapter 40.0

The Virtue Of The Weak And Downtrodden

باب فَضْلِ الضُّعَفَاءِ وَالْخَامِلِينَ ‏ ‏

1 hadiths

Sahih Muslim, 2622sahih

Chain of narration · Isnād

Each narrator name opens their biography and classical source evidence.

5 transmitters

Narrated by Swyd bin Sa'idfromHafs bin Mysrh al-Qylyfromal-Ala' bin 'Abdur Rahman bin Ya'qubfrom'Abdur Rahman bin Y'aqubfromAbu Hurairah

Hadith text · Matn

‏ رُبَّ أَشْعَثَ مَدْفُوعٍ بِالأَبْوَابِ لَوْ أَقْسَمَ عَلَى اللَّهِ لأَبَرَّهُ ‏

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English translation

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

Many a person with disheveled hair and covered with dust is turned away from the doors (whereas he is held in such a high esteem by Allah) that if he were to adjure in the name of Allah (about anything) Allah would fulfil that.

Original Arabic chain wording

حَدَّثَنِي سُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنِي حَفْصُ بْنُ مَيْسَرَةَ، عَنِ الْعَلاَءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏