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hakim:2171 – Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq al-Faqīh > Mūsá b. al-Ḥasan b. ʿAbbād > ʿAbdullāh b. Bakr al-Sahmī > Hishām al-Dastuwāʾī > Aḥmad b. Jaʿfar al-Qaṭīʿī > ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal from my father > Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > Hishām al-Dastuwāʾī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Zayd b. Sallām from his grandfather Mamṭūr > Abū Umāmah

that a man asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, "What is Īmān (faith)?" He said, "If you are happy with your good deeds and are saddened by your bad deeds, then you are a believer." The man said, “O Messenger of Allah, then what is sin?” He said, "If something ˹you do˺ troubles you within, then you should abandon it." (Using translation from Aḥmad 22166)   

الحاكم:٢١٧١ – أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْفَقِيهُ أَنْبَأَ مُوسَى بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَبَّادٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بَكْرٍ السَّهْمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ الدَّسْتُوَائِيُّ وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْقَطِيعِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ هِشَامٍ الدَّسْتُوَائِيُّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ سَلَّامٍ عَنْ جَدِّهِ مَمْطُورٍ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ مَا الْإِيمَانُ؟ قَالَ «إِذَا سَرَّتْكَ حَسَنَتُكَ وَسَاءَتْكَ سَيِّئَتُكَ فَأَنْتَ مُؤْمِنٌ» قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا الْإِثْمُ؟ قَالَ «إِذَا حَاكَ فِي صَدْرِكَ شَيْءٌ فَدَعْهُ» سكت عنه الذهبي في هذا الموضع  

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ahmad:22159 – Ibrāhīm b. Khālid > Rabāḥ > Maʿmar > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Zayd b. Sallām from his father > Abū Umāmah

that a man asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, "What is Īmān (faith)?" He said, "If you are happy with your good deeds and are saddened by your bad deeds, then you are a believer." The man said, “O Messenger of Allah, then what is sin?” He said, "If something ˹you do˺ troubles you within, then you should abandon it." (Using translation from Aḥmad 22166)   

أحمد:٢٢١٥٩ – حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ حَدَّثَنَا رَبَاحٌ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ سَلَّامٍ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا أُمَامَةَ يَقُولُ سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَا الْإِثْمُ؟ فَقَالَ إِذَا حَكَّ فِي نَفْسِكَ شَيْءٌ فَدَعْهُ قَالَ فَمَا الْإِيمَانُ؟ قَالَ إِذَا سَاءَتْكَ سَيِّئَتُكَ وَسَرَّتْكَ حَسَنَتُكَ فَأَنْتَ مُؤْمِنٌ  

ahmad:22166 – Rawḥ > Hishām b. Abū ʿAbdullāh > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Zayd b. Sallām from his grandfather Mamṭūr > Abū Umāmah

that a man asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, "What is Īmān (faith)?" He said, "If you are happy with your good deeds and are saddened by your bad deeds, then you are a believer." The man said, “O Messenger of Allah, then what is sin?” He said, "If something ˹you do˺ troubles you within, then you should abandon it."  

أحمد:٢٢١٦٦ – حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ سَلَّامٍ عَنْ جَدِّهِ مَمْطُورٍ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ: مَا الْإِيمَانُ؟ قَالَ: «إِذَا سَرَّتْكَ حَسَنَتُكَ وَسَاءَتْكَ سَيِّئَتُكَ فَأَنْتَ مُؤْمِنٌ۔» قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَمَا الْإِثْمُ؟ قَالَ: «إِذَا حَاكَ فِي نَفْسِكَ شَيْءٌ فَدَعْهُ۔»  

ahmad:22199 – Ismāʿīl > Hishām al-Dastuwāʾī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Zayd b. Sallām from his grandfather Mamṭūr > Abū Umāmah

that a man asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, "What is Īmān (faith)?" He said, "If you are happy with your good deeds and are saddened by your bad deeds, then you are a believer." The man said, “O Messenger of Allah, then what is sin?” He said, "If something ˹you do˺ troubles you within, then you should abandon it." (Using translation from Aḥmad 22166)   

أحمد:٢٢١٩٩ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامٌ الدَّسْتُوَائِيُّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ سَلَّامٍ عَنْ جَدِّهِ مَمْطُورٍ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ قَالَ قَالَ

رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا الْإِيمَانُ؟ قَالَ إِذَا سَرَّتْكَ حَسَنَتُكَ وَسَاءَتْكَ سَيِّئَتُكَ فَأَنْتَ مُؤْمِنٌ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَمَا الْإِثْمُ؟ قَالَ إِذَا حَاكَ فِي صَدْرِكَ شَيْءٌ فَدَعْهُ  

ذِكْرُ إِطْلَاقِ اسْمِ الْإِيمَانِ عَلَى مَنْ أَتَى بِبَعْضِ أَجْزَائِهِ

ibnhibban:176 – ʿImrān b. Mūsá b. Mujāshiʿ > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Ismāʿīl Ibn ʿUlayyah > Hishām al-Dastuwāʾī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Zayd b. Sallām from his father > Abū Umāmah

that a man asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, "What is Īmān (faith)?" He said, "If you are happy with your good deeds and are saddened by your bad deeds, then you are a believer." The man said, “O Messenger of Allah, then what is sin?” He said, "If something ˹you do˺ troubles you within, then you should abandon it." (Using translation from Aḥmad 22166)   

ابن حبّان:١٧٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ مُجَاشِعٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ عَنْ هِشَامٍ الدَّسْتُوَائِيِّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ سَلَّامٍ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ قَالَ قَالَ

رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا الْإِيمَانُ؟ قَالَ «إِذَا سَرَّتْكَ حَسَنَاتُكَ وَسَاءَتْكَ سَيِّئَاتُكَ فَأَنْتَ مُؤْمِنٌ» قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَمَا الْإِثْمُ؟ قَالَ «إِذَا حَاكَ فِي قَلْبِكَ شَيْءٌ فَدَعْهُ»  

tabarani:7540 – al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > Muḥammad b. Muṣaffá > Baqiyyah b. al-Walīd > Abū Thawbān > Abū Saʿīd al-Shāmī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Sallām b. Abū Sallām al-Ḥabashī > Abū Umāmah > a man

[Machine] "O Messenger of Allah, what is faith?" He said, "When your good deeds please you and your bad deeds distress you, then you are a believer."  

الطبراني:٧٥٤٠ – حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُصَفَّى ثنا بَقِيَّةُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ ثنا أَبُو ثَوْبَانَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الشَّامِيِّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ سَلَّامِ بْنِ أَبِي سَلَّامٍ الْحَبَشِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ

يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا الْإِيمَانُ؟ قَالَ «إِذَا سَرَّتْكَ حَسَنَتُكَ وَسَاءَتْكَ سَيِّئَتُكَ فَأَنْتَ مُؤْمِنٌ»