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Hadith 13 · 2 fragments

Wish for your brother what you wish for yourself

The Forty Hadith of an-Nawawi, hadith No.13

The fragments are a technical division for precise citation, not a canonical numbering of parts of the hadith. The wording inside each fragment is unchanged.

Arabic edition text

1

عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ خَادِمِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه و سلم قَالَ:

Narrator

On the authority of Abu Hamzah Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) — the servant of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) — that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: None of you [truly] believes until he loves for his brother that which he loves for himself.

Word by word
عَنْ
ʿan
from
أَبِي
abī
Abu
حَمْزَةَ
ḥamzata
Hamza
أَنَسِ
anasi
Anas
بْنِ
b'ni
son of
مَالِكٍ
mālikin
Malik
رَضِيَ
raḍiya
may be pleased
اللهُ
l-lahu
Allah
عَنْهُ
ʿanhu
with him
خَادِمِ
khādimi
servant of
رَسُولِ
rasūli
the Messenger of
اللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
صلى
ṣallā
may bless
الله
l-lahu
Allah
عليه
ʿalayhi
him
و
wa
and
سلم
sallama
grant peace
عَنْ
ʿan
from
النَّبِيِّ
l-nabiyyi
the Prophet
صلى
ṣallā
may bless
الله
l-lahu
Allah
عليه
ʿalayhi
him
و
wa
and
سلم
sallama
grant peace
قَالَ
qāla
he said
2

لَا يُؤْمِنُ أَحَدُكُمْ حَتَّى يُحِبَّ لِأَخِيهِ مَا يُحِبُّ لِنَفْسِهِ .

Matn

[Al-Bukhari] [Muslim]

Word by word
لَا
not
يُؤْمِنُ
yu'minu
believes
أَحَدُكُمْ
aḥadukum
any of you
حَتَّى
ḥattā
until
يُحِبَّ
yuḥibba
he loves
لِأَخِيهِ
li-akhīhi
for his brother
مَا
what
يُحِبُّ
yuḥibbu
he loves
لِنَفْسِهِ
linafsihi
for himself
3

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ [رقم:13]، وَمُسْلِمٌ [رقم:45].<br>[رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ] ، [وَمُسْلِمٌ]

Word by word
رَوَاهُ
rawāhu
narrated it
الْبُخَارِيُّ
l-bukhāriyyu
al-Bukhari
[رقم:13]
raqm 13
no. 13
وَمُسْلِمٌ
wamus'limun
and Muslim
[رقم:45]
raqm 45
no. 45
رَوَاهُ
rawāhu
narrated it
الْبُخَارِيُّ
l-bukhāriyyu
al-Bukhari
وَمُسْلِمٌ
wamus'limun
and Muslim

Lesson

True faith is incomplete without love for others: to want for one's neighbour the same good one wants for oneself.

Read in the Qur'an:59:9

Text within an-Nawawi's collection: the Arabic source edition and the Ukrainian translation by the “Nur” project (by meaning).