Hadith #357
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ وَحَجَّاجٌ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ وَمَنْصُورٍ عَنْ ذَرٍّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَدَّادٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا نُحَدِّثُ أَنْفُسَنَا بِالشَّيْءِ لَ
أَنْ يَكُونَ أَحَدُنَا حُمَمَةً أَحَبُّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ أَنْ يَتَكَلَّمَ بِهِ قَالَ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لَمْ يَقْدِرْ مِنْكُمْ إِلَّا عَلَى الْوَسْوَسَةِ وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي رَدَّ أَمْرَهُ إِلَى الْوَسْوَسَةِ
Isnad Chain
محمد بن جعفر وحجاج
شعبة
سليمان ومنصور
عبد الله بن شداد
ابن عباس
English Translation
It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنهما) — via 'Abdullah ibn Shaddad — that they said: 'O Messenger of Allah, we find in our hearts [disturbing] thoughts such that one of us would prefer to be turned to coal than to speak of them.' He said — one narrator's version: 'All praise is to Allah who left of you nothing but [evil] whisper [waswasah]'; and another's version: 'All praise is to Allah who reduced his [Satan's] matter over you to mere whispering.' [This is a sign of faith — that evil thoughts are not acted upon and remain only as fleeting whispers.]
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 10, Hadith 357
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 2995
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-39385