Hadith #47
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مُجَالِدٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ سَمِعَهُ مِنْ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ مَثَلُ الْمُدَّهِنِ وَالْوَاقِعِ فِي حُدُودِ اللَّهِ قَالَ سُفْيَانُ مَرَّةً الْقَائِمِ فِي حُدُودِ اللَّهِ مَثَلُ ثَلَاثَةٍ رَكِبُوا فِي سَفِينَةٍ فَصَارَ لِأَحَدِهِمْ
أَسْفَلُهَا وَأَوْعَرُهَا وَشَرُّهَا فَكَانَ يَخْتَلِفُ وَثَقُلَ عَلَيْهِ كُلَّمَا مَرَّ فَقَالَ أَخْرِقُ خَرْقًا يَكُونُ أَهْوَنَ عَلَيَّ وَلَا يَكُونُ مُخْتَلَفِي عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ إِنَّمَا يَخْرِقُ فِي نَصِيبِهِ وَقَالَ آخَرُونَ لَا فَإِنْ أَخَذُوا عَلَى يَدَيْهِ نَجَا وَنَجَوْا وَإِنْ تَرَكُوهُ هَلَكَ وَهَلَكُوا
Isnad Chain
سفيان
مجالد
النعمان بن بشير
النبي
English Translation
Sufyān narrated to us, from Mujālid, from al-Shaʿbī — he heard it from al-Nuʿmān ibn Bashīr: I heard the Prophet ﷺ say: 'The likeness of the one who compromises regarding the limits of Allah and the one who falls into them is like three people who boarded a ship. One of them got the lower, rougher, and worst part. He would go back and forth, and it became burdensome for him each time he passed. So he said: Let me bore a hole so it will be easier for me and I will not have to go past them. Some of them said: He is only boring a hole in his own share. But others said: No! If they take hold of his hands, he will be saved and they will be saved. But if they leave him, he will perish and they will perish.'
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Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 35, Hadith 47
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 17685
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-54075