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ahmad:18355Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > al-Shaʿbī > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The example of a believer is like the example of a body. When one part of the body complains, the rest of the body responds with sleeplessness and fever."  

أحمد:١٨٣٥٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ كَمَثَلِالْجَسَدِ إِذَا اشْتَكَى الرَّجُلُ رَأْسَهُ تَدَاعَى لَهُ سَائِرُ جَسَدِهِ  


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Collected by Muslim, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Suyūṭī

Believers in their mutual care for each other are like one body

muslim:2586aMuḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr from my father > Zakariyyāʾ > al-Shaʿbī > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The similitude of believers in their mutual love, mercy, and affection is that of one body: when any limb of it aches, the whole body aches because of sleeplessness and fever."  

مسلم:٢٥٨٦aحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّاءُ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي تَوَادِّهِمْ وَتَرَاحُمِهِمْ وَتَعَاطُفِهِمْ مَثَلُ الْجَسَدِ إِذَا اشْتَكَى مِنْهُ عُضْوٌ تَدَاعَى لَهُ سَائِرُ الْجَسَدِ بِالسَّهَرِ وَالْحُمَّى۔»  

muslim:2586cAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And ʾAbū Saʿīd al-Ashaj > Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > al-Shaʿbī > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

The believers are like one person; if his head aches, the whole body aches with fever and sleeplessness.  

مسلم:٢٥٨٦cحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَأَبُو سَعِيدٍ الأَشَجُّ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ كَرَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ إِنِ اشْتَكَى رَأْسُهُ تَدَاعَى لَهُ سَائِرُ الْجَسَدِ بِالْحُمَّى وَالسَّهَرِ  

ahmad:18433Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > al-Shaʿbiyyiʿan al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

The believers are like one person; if his head aches, the whole body aches with fever and sleeplessness. (Using translation from Muslim 2586c)  

أحمد:١٨٤٣٣حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّعَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ كَرَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ إِذَا اشْتَكَى رَأْسُهُ تَدَاعَى لَهُ سَائِرُ الْجَسَدِ بِالْحُمَّى وَالسَّهَرِ  

ahmad:18448ʿAbdullāh > Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAbdullāh b. Muʿāwiyah b. ʿĀṣim b. al-Mundhir b. al-Zubayr > Sallām Abū al-Mundhir al-Qāriʾ > ʿĀṣim b. Bahdalah > al-Shaʿbī or Khaythamah > al-Nuʿmān

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said: "Verily, the example of the Muslims is like that of a single body. If one part of it hurts, the rest of the body will feel its pain."  

أحمد:١٨٤٤٨قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَاصِمِ بْنِ الْمُنْذِرِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ حَدَّثَنَا سَلَّامٌ أَبُو الْمُنْذِرِ الْقَارِئُ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ بَهْدَلَةَ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ أَوْ خَيْثَمَةَ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّمَا مَثَلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ كَالرَّجُلِ الْوَاحِدِ إِذَا وَجِعَ مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ تَدَاعَى لَهُ سَائِرُ جَسَدِهِ  

ahmad:19349ʿAbdullāh > Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAbdullāh b. Muʿāwiyah b. ʿĀṣim b. al-Mundhir b. al-Zubayr > Sallām Abū al-Mundhir al-Qāriʾ > ʿĀṣim b. Bahdalah > al-Shaʿbī or Khaythamah > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Verily, the example of the Muslims is like that of a single man. If one part of his body suffers, the rest of his body will feel the pain as well."  

أحمد:١٩٣٤٩قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَاصِمِ بْنِ الْمُنْذِرِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ حَدَّثَنَا سَلَّامٌ أَبُو الْمُنْذِرِ الْقَارِئُ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ بَهْدَلَةَ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ أَوْ خَيْثَمَةَ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّمَا مَثَلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ كَالرَّجُلِ الْوَاحِدِ إِذَا وَجِعَ مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ تَدَاعَى لَهُ سَائِرُ جَسَدِهِ  

ذِكْرُ تَمْثِيلِ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ بِمَا يَجِبُ أَنْ يَكُونُوا عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الشَّفَقَةِ وَالرَّأْفَةِ

ibnhibban:233Ibn Qaḥṭabah > Muḥammad b. al-Ṣabbāḥ > ʿAbīdah b. Ḥumayd > al-Ḥasan b. ʿUbaydullāh al-Nakhaʿī > al-Shaʿbī > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) saying: "The example of a believer is like that of a body; when one part of it is in pain, the rest of the body feels it too."  

ابن حبّان:٢٣٣أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ قَحْطَبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبِيدَةُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ النَّخَعِيِّ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ النُّعْمَانَ بْنَ بَشِيرٍ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ مَثَلُ الْجَسَدِ إِذَا اشْتَكَى مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ تَدَاعَى لَهُ سَائِرُ الْجَسَدِ»