The Parable of the Hypocrite — Sunan an-Nasa'i

Chain of narration · Isnād

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5 transmitters

Narrated by Qutayba bin Sa'id bin JamilfromYa'qub bin Ibrahim bin Sa'dfromMusa bin 'UqbafromNafie'fromibn Umar

Hadith text · Matn

أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ مَثَلُ الْمُنَافِقِ كَمَثَلِ الشَّاةِ الْعَائِرَةِ بَيْنَ الْغَنَمَيْنِ تَعِيرُ فِي هَذِهِ مَرَّةً وَفِي هَذِهِ مَرَّةً لَا تَدْرِي أَيَّهَا تَتْبَعُ

English translation

It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar that :

The Messenger of Allah [ﷺ] said: "The parable of the hypocrite is that of a sheep that hesitates between two flocks, sometimes following one, and sometimes following another, not knowing which to follow."