40 Hadith an-Nawawi #23

جوامع الخير

The Excellence of Faith

Narrated by Abu Malik al-Harith bin Asim رضي الله عنه
Sahih Muslim
Arabic
عَنْ أَبِي مَالِكٍ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم: "الطَّهُورُ شَطْرُ الْإِيمَانِ،" "وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ تَمْلَأُ الْمِيزَانَ،" "وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ تَمْلَآنِ -أَوْ: تَمْلَأُ- مَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ،" "وَالصَّلَاةُ نُورٌ، وَالصَّدَقَةُ بُرْهَانٌ، وَالصَّبْرُ ضِيَاءٌ، وَالْقُرْآنُ حُجَّةٌ لَك أَوْ عَلَيْك،" "كُلُّ النَّاسِ يَغْدُو، فَبَائِعٌ نَفْسَهُ فَمُعْتِقُهَا أَوْ مُوبِقُهَا." رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ.
Pronunciation
‘An Abī Mālikin al-Ḥārithi ibni ‘Āṣimin al-Ash‘ariyyi raḍiya Allāhu ‘anhu qāla: Qāla Rasūlu Allāhi ṣallā Allāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam: "Aṭ-ṭahūru shaṭru al-īmān," "wal-ḥamdu lillāhi tamla’u al-mīzān," "wa subḥāna Allāhi wal-ḥamdu lillāhi tamla’āni – aw tamla’u – mā bayna as-samā’i wal-arḍ," "waṣ-ṣalātu nūrun, waṣ-ṣadaqatu burhānun, waṣ-ṣabru ḍiyā’un, wal-Qur’ānu ḥujjatun laka aw ‘alayka," "kullu an-nāsi yaghdū, fabā’i‘un nafsahu famu‘tiquhā aw mūbiquhā." Rawāhu Muslim.
English
On the authority of Abu Malik al-Harith bin Asim al-Asharee (RA), who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Purity is half of faith," "and 'Al-hamdu lillah' (praise be to Allah) fills the scale," "and 'Subhan-Allah' (glory be to Allah) and 'Al-hamdu lillah' fill that which is between heaven and earth." "Prayer is light, charity is a proof, patience is illumination, and the Qur'an is a proof for you or against you." "Every person begins his day as a vendor of his soul, either freeing it or bringing about its ruin." Related by Muslim.