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muslim:2586c – Abū 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:٢٥٨٦c – حَدَّثَنَا 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

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ahmad:18355 – Abū 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:١٨٣٥٥ – حَدَّثَنَا 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

ahmad:18433 – Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > al-Shaʿbiyyi > 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:١٨٤٣٣ – حَدَّثَنَا 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

bazzar:2803 –
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البزّار:٢٨٠٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي الْحَارِثِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَوْنٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَامِرًا يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ النُّعْمَانَ بْنَ بَشِيرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى

اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ إِنَّمَا مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ كَرَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ إِذَا اشْتَكَى تَدَاعَى سَائِرُ الْجَسَدِ بِالسَّهَرِ وَالْحُمَّى