Hadith #538

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English Translation

Al-Ḥasan ibn Sawwār Abū al-ʿAlāʾ narrated to us, Layth — meaning Ibn Saʿd — narrated to us, from Muʿāwiyah ibn Ṣāliḥ: that ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Jubayr narrated to him from his father, from al-Nawwās ibn Samʿān al-Anṣārī, from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ who said: 'Allah struck a parable: a straight path, and on both sides of the path are two walls with open doors, and over the doors are hanging curtains. At the gate of the path is a caller saying, "O people, enter the path all together and do not deviate." And a caller calls from within the path: when someone wants to open one of those doors, he says, "Woe to you, do not open it, for if you open it you will enter it." The path is Islam, the two walls are the limits of Allah تعالى, the open doors are the prohibitions of Allah تعالى, the caller at the head of the path is the Book of Allah عز وجل, and the caller above the path is the admonisher of Allah in the heart of every Muslim.'