Hadith #48
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مُجَالِدٍ حَدَّثَنَا الشَّعْبِيُّ سَمِعَهُ مِنَ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَكُنْتُ إِذَا سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ظَنَنْتُ أَنْ لَا أَسْمَعَ أَحَدًا عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ فِي الْإِنْسَانِ مُضْغَةً إِذَا سَلِمَتْ وَصَحَّتْ سَلِمَ سَائِرُ الْجَسَدِ وَصَحَّ وَإِذَا سَقِمَتْ سَقِمَ سَائِرُ الْجَسَدِ وَفَسَدَ أَلَا وَهِيَ الْقَلْبُ
English Translation
Sufyān narrated to us, from Mujālid: al-Shaʿbī narrated to us — he heard it from al-Nuʿmān ibn Bashīr: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ — and whenever he would say 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ,' I thought I would never hear anyone on the minbar say 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ' again — say: 'Indeed, in the human being there is a piece of flesh: if it is healthy and sound, the rest of the body is healthy and sound; and if it is sick, the rest of the body is sick and corrupted. Indeed, it is the heart.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 35, Hadith 48
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 17686
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-54076