Sunan an-Nasa'i 5037

Translation

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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Narrators

1. 1
   ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

   One of the Companions who narrated most often, and one of the ʿAbādilah; he was among the people most strict in following the narrations (athar).d. 72 AH, or 73 AH, or 74 AH, also said: 75 AH
   عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِأحد المكثرين من الصحابة والعبادلة ، وكان من أشد الناس اتباعا للأثر
   عن
2. 2
   Nāfiʿ mawlá Ibn ʿUmar

   trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt), a well-known jurist (faqīh)d. 116 AH, or 117 AH, or 118 AH, or 119 AH, or 120 AH
   نَافِعٍثقة ثبت فقيه مشهور
   عن
3. 3
   Mūsá b. ʿUqbah

   trustworthy (thiqah), jurist (faqīh), an imām in the military expeditions (maghāzī)d. 141 AH, or 142 AH, also said: 135 AH, also said: before 145 AH
   مُوسَى بْنِ عُقْبَةَثقة فقيه ، إمام في المغازي
   عن
4. 4
   Yaʿqūb b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 181 AH
   يَعْقُوبُثقة
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Qutaybah b. Saʿīd

   trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 240 AH, or: 241 AH
   قُتَيْبَةُثقة ثبت
   أخبرنا
6. 6
   al-Nasāʾī

   the preserver (al-Ḥāfiẓ)d. 302 AH, or 303 AH
   النَّسَائِيُّالحافظ

Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com

Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.