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The Prophet ﷺ said: The believer is the believer's mirror, and the believer is the believer's brother who guards him against loss and protects him when he is absent. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4918)

البيهقي:١٦٦٨١ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالَا ثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ ثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ ثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلَالٍ عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ رَبَاحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ الْمُؤْمِنُ مَرْآةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ وَالْمُؤْمِنُ أَخُو الْمُؤْمِنِ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَقِيَهُ يَكُفُّ عَنْهُ ضَيْعَتَهُ وَيَحُوطُهُ مِنْ وَرَائِهِ

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abudawud:4918 – al-Rabīʿ b. Sulaymān al-Muʾadhhin > Ibn Wahb > Sulaymān / Ibn Bilāl > Kathīr b. Zayd > al-Walīd b. Rabāḥ > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said: The believer is the believer's mirror, and the believer is the believer's brother who guards him against loss and protects him when he is absent.

أبو داود:٤٩١٨ – حَدَّثَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ يَعْنِي ابْنَ بِلاَلٍ عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ رَبَاحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ الْمُؤْمِنُ مِرْآةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ وَالْمُؤْمِنُ أَخُو الْمُؤْمِنِ يَكُفُّ عَلَيْهِ ضَيْعَتَهُ وَيَحُوطُهُ مِنْ وَرَائِهِ

suyuti:11696a –
Translation not available.
السيوطي:١١٦٩٦a –

"المؤْمِنُ مِرآةُ المؤْمِنِ، والمؤمِنُ أخو المُوْمِنِ حَيثُ لَقِيَهُ يَكُفُّ عَلَيهِ ضَيعتَهُ، وَيَحُوطُه مِنْ وَرَائِهِ" .

العسكرى، [ق] البيهقى في السنن وابن جرير، عن أبي هريرة

suyuti:11723a –
Translation not available.
السيوطي:١١٧٢٣a –

"الْمؤمِنُ أخُو المؤمِنِ حَيثُ يَغيب يَحْفَظُ مِنْ وَرَائِهِ، ويُكَفُّ عَليه ضَيعَتُهُ، والمُؤمِنُ مِرآةُ المؤِمن" .

الخرائطى في مكرم الأخلاق عن المطلب بن عبد الله بن حَنطب