Hadith Research Libraryمكتبة الحديث والرجال
Sahih Muslim, 147
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Chain of narration · Isnād

Each narrator name opens their biography and classical source evidence.

10 transmitters

Narrated by Abu Bakr bin Abi Shaybafrom'Abdullah bin NumayrfromHammad bin Usamahfrom'Ubaidullah bin 'Umar bin HafsfromMuhammad bin 'Abdullah bin Numayrfrom'Abdullah bin Numayrfrom'Ubaidullah bin 'Umar bin HafsfromKhbyb bin 'Abdur RahmanfromHafs bin 'Asim bin 'UmarfromAbu Hurairah

Hadith text · Matn

‏ إِنَّ الإِيمَانَ لَيَأْرِزُ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ كَمَا تَأْرِزُ الْحَيَّةُ إِلَى جُحْرِهَا ‏

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English translation

It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

Verily the faith would recede to Medina just as the serpent crawls back into its hole.

Original Arabic chain wording

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، وَأَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ، عَنْ خُبَيْبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏

References2 variants
In-Book Reference
Book 1, Hadith 281
USC-MSA web (English) reference
Book 1, Hadith 272 (deprecated numbering scheme)
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