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What is inside one's heart is what matters

muslim:2564bAbū al-Ṭāhir Aḥmad b. ʿAmr b. Sarḥ > Ibn Wahb > Usāmah Wahū Ibn Zayd > Abū Saʿīd a freed slave of ʿAbdullāh b. ʿĀmir b. Kurayz > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, and he mentioned something similar to the hadith of Dawud, adding and omitting. Among what he added in it was: “Indeed, Allah does not look at your bodies nor at your forms, but rather He looks at your hearts,” and he gestured with his fingers toward his chest.

مسلم:٢٥٦٤bحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَرْحٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ عَنْ أُسَامَةَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ زَيْدٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ مَوْلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَامِرِ بْنِ كُرَيْزٍ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَ حَدِيثِ دَاوُدَ وَزَادَ وَنَقَصَ وَمِمَّا زَادَ فِيهِ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى أَجْسَادِكُمْ وَلاَ إِلَى صُوَرِكُمْ وَلَكِنْ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى قُلُوبِكُمْ»، وَأَشَارَ بِأَصَابِعِهِ إِلَى صَدْرِهِ۔

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