Hadith #331
Arabic Text
وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَثَلِي كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ اسْتَوْقَدَ نَارًا فَلَمَّا أَضَاءَتْ مَا حَوْلَهَا جَعَلَ الْفَرَاشُ وَهَذِهِ الدَّوَابُّ الَّتِي يَقَعْنَ فِي النَّارِ يَقَعْنَ فِيهَا وَجَعَلَ يَحْجِزُهُنَّ وَيَغْلِبْنَهُ فَتَتَقَحَّمُ فِيهَا قَالَ فَذَلِكُمْ مَثَلِي وَمَثَلُكُمْ أَنَا آخِذٌ بِحُجَزِكُمْ عَنْ النَّارِ هَلُمَّ عَنْ النَّارِ هَلُمَّ عَنْ النَّارِ هَلُمَّ فَتَغْلِبُونِي تَقْتَحِمُونَ فِيهَا
English Translation
And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'My likeness is like a man who kindled a fire. When it illuminated what was around it, moths and these creatures that fly into fire began falling into it. He was trying to prevent them but they overwhelmed him and kept plunging into it. That is my likeness and yours: I am holding you by your waistbands to keep you from the Fire, but you are plunging into it.'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 18, Hadith 331
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 7769
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-44159