It is reported on the authority of Anas that the Prophet (ﷺ) of Allah (ﷺ ) said:
There are three qualities for which anyone who is characterised by them will relish the sweetness of faith: he to whom Allah and His Messenger are dearer than all else; he who loves a man for Allah's sake alone; and he who has as great an abhorrence of returning to unbelief after Allah has rescued him from it as he has of being cast into Hell.
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي عُمَرَ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، جَمِيعًا عَنِ الثَّقَفِيِّ، - قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ، - عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
ثَلاَثٌ مَنْ كُنَّ فِيهِ وَجَدَ بِهِنَّ حَلاَوَةَ الإِيمَانِ مَنْ كَانَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِمَّا سِوَاهُمَا وَأَنْ يُحِبَّ الْمَرْءَ لاَ يُحِبُّهُ إِلاَّ لِلَّهِ وَأَنْ يَكْرَهَ أَنْ يَعُودَ فِي الْكُفْرِ بَعْدَ أَنْ أَنْقَذَهُ اللَّهُ مِنْهُ كَمَا يَكْرَهُ أَنْ يُقْذَفَ فِي النَّارِ
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Isnad
8 transmitters- 1Ishaq bin Ibrahim bin Muhammadal-Basra · d. 253 AH
- 2Muhammad bin Yahya bin Abi 'Umar'Aden,Makkah · d. 243 AH
- 3Muhammad bin Bashar Bindaral-Basra · d. 252 AH
- 4Muhammad bin Yahya bin Abi 'Umar'Aden,Makkah · d. 243 AH
- 5'Abdul Wahab bin 'Abdul Majeed al-Thaqafal-Basra · d. 194 AH
- 6Ayoub al-SakhtiyaniBasra/Hijaz · d. 131 AH
- 7Abu Qalaba, 'Abdullah bin Zayd al-Jarmial-Basra,Syria · d. 104 AH or later
- 8Anas bin MalikMedinah,Damascus, Basrah · d. 93 AH/712 CE
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 1, Hadith 72
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Book 1, Hadith 67 (deprecated numbering scheme)