Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 219
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ: قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى لِلنَّفَسِ: اخْرُجِي، قَالَتْ: لاَ أَخْرُجُ إِلاَّ كَارِهَةً.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Musa ibn Isma‘il narrated to us. He said: al-Rabi‘ ibn Muslim narrated to us. He said: Muhammad ibn Ziyad narrated to us, from Abu Hurayra, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: ‘Allah, Exalted is He, said to the soul, “Come out!” It said, “I will not come out except reluctantly.”’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic uses al-nafs, ‘the soul/self’; the passage gives no further description of the scene or circumstances.
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ: قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى لِلنَّفَسِ: اخْرُجِي،
The source provides this brief exchange without specifying the circumstances or identifying the soul further.
Should a separately sourced contextual note accompany the translation, while leaving the exchange as stated?