Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 598
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ: الإِيمَانُ بِضْعٌ وَسِتُّونَ، أَوْ بِضْعٌ وَسَبْعُونَ، شُعْبَةً، أَفْضَلُهَا لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ، وَأَدْنَاهَا إِمَاطَةُ الأَذَى عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ، وَالْحَيَاءُ شُعْبَةٌ مِنَ الإيمَانِ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn Kathir related to us: Sufyan informed us, from Suhayl ibn Abi Salih, from ‘Abd Allah ibn Dinar, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, who said: “Faith has sixty-odd or seventy-odd branches. The best of them is ‘There is no god but Allah,’ the least of them is removing something harmful from the road, and modesty is a branch of faith.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic preserves two alternative totals: sixty-something or seventy-something branches.