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Sunan an-Nasa'i, 4203

It was narrated that Abu Ayyub said; "I heard the Messenger of Allah say:

'No prophet has eve been sent, nor has there been any Khalifah after him, but he has two groups of advisers, a group that tells him to do good and a group that tells him to do evil. Whoever is protected from the evil group, then he is indeed protected.

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَكَمِ، عَنْ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنِ اللَّيْثِ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ صَفْوَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏

‏ مَا بُعِثَ مِنْ نَبِيٍّ وَلاَ كَانَ بَعْدَهُ مِنْ خَلِيفَةٍ إِلاَّ وَلَهُ بِطَانَتَانِ بِطَانَةٌ تَأْمُرُهُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنْهَاهُ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَبِطَانَةٌ لاَ تَأْلُوهُ خَبَالاً فَمَنْ وُقِيَ بِطَانَةَ السُّوءِ فَقَدْ وُقِيَ ‏

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Isnad

7 transmitters
  1. 1Muhammad bin 'Abdullah bin 'Abdul HakamEgypt · d. 268 AH
  2. 2Shu'aib bin Abi Hamzaal-Hims · d. 162 AH or after
  3. 3al-Laith bin Sa'dAsbahan,Egypt · d. 175 AH
  4. 4'Ubaidullah bin Abi Ja'farEgypt · d. 136 AH
  5. 5Safwan bin 'Amr bin Harm al-Saksakial-Hims · d. 155 AH or after
  6. 6Abu Salama bin 'Abdur RahmanMedina · d. 94 AH or 104 AH
  7. 7Abu Ayyub al-AnsariMedinah/Iraq/Egypt · d. 49 AH or 52 AH/670 CE
References2 variants
In-Book Reference
Book 39, Hadith 55
English Reference
Vol. 5, Book 39, Hadith 4208
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