Sunan an-Nasa'i 5037
The Parable of the Hypocrite
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أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ
مَثَلُ الْمُنَافِقِ كَمَثَلِ الشَّاةِ الْعَائِرَةِ بَيْنَ الْغَنَمَيْنِ تَعِيرُ فِي هَذِهِ مَرَّةً وَفِي هَذِهِ مَرَّةً لَا تَدْرِي أَيَّهَا تَتْبَعُ
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Chain of narrators
- Qutaybah
- Yaʿqūb
- Mūsá b. ʿUqbah
- Nāfiʿ
- Ibn ʿUmar
- Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
The Messenger of Allah [SAW] 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."
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| Zubair Ali Zai | Sound | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
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| Abu Ghuddah | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
| al-Albani | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |