Caution: Translations of Quran and Ḥadīth may lead to possible misapplications and misinterpretations. This site is intended for students of sacred knowledge that are proficient in comprehending classical Arabic and have a strong foundation in Islamic sciences. Also note that religious injunctions rely on several aspects beyond what one may glean through reading individual aḥādīth.
Qurʾān Ibn Rajab's Fifty Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn al-Adab al-Mufrad al-Luʾluʾ wa-al-Marjān Bukhārī Muslim Abū Dāwūd Tirmidhī Nasāʾī Ibn Mājah Dārimī Aḥmad Mālik Ḥākim Ibn Ḥibbān Ṭabarānī Nasāʾī's Kubrá Bayhaqī Aḥmad's Zuhd Suyūṭī
suyuti:19820a –
Translation not available.
السيوطي:١٩٨٢٠a –

"مَثَلُ الْقَلب كَمثَلِ رِيشَةٍ بأَرْضٍ فَلَاةٍ تُقَلِّبهَا الرِّيَاحُ".

[هب] البيهقى في شعب الإيمان وابن النجار عن أَنس

Add your own reflection below:

Sign in from the top menu to add or reply to reflections.

See similar narrations below:

Collected by Ibn Mājah, Suyūṭī
ibnmajah:88 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr > Asbāṭ b. Muḥammad > al-Aʿmash > Yazīd al-Raqāshī > Ghunaym b. Qays > Abū Mūsá al-Ashʿarī

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'The likeness of the heart is that of a feather blown about by the wind in the desert.'"

ابن ماجة:٨٨ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَسْبَاطُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنْ يَزِيدَ الرَّقَاشِيِّ عَنْ غُنَيْمِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الأَشْعَرِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَثَلُ الْقَلْبِ مَثَلُ الرِّيشَةِ تُقَلِّبُهَا الرِّيَاحُ بِفَلاَةٍ

suyuti:19819a –
Translation not available.
السيوطي:١٩٨١٩a –

"مَثَلُ هَذَا الْقلَبِ مَثلُ ريشَةٍ بفَلاةٍ مِنَ الأرْض، تُقَلَبهَا الرِّياحُ ظَهْرًا لِبَطْنٍ".

[طب] الطبرانى في الكبير [هب] البيهقى في شعب الإيمان عن أَبي موسى