Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 3336
قَالَ قَالَ اللَّيْثُ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ عَمْرَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، رضى الله عنها قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " الأَرْوَاحُ جُنُودٌ مُجَنَّدَةٌ، فَمَا تَعَارَفَ مِنْهَا ائْتَلَفَ، وَمَا تَنَاكَرَ مِنْهَا اخْتَلَفَ " . وَقَالَ يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ بِهَذَا.
He said: al-Layth reported from Yahya ibn Saʿid, from ʿAmra, from ʿAʾisha (may Allah be pleased with her), who said: I heard the Prophet ﷺ say: ‘Souls are assembled hosts: those that recognize one another become close, and those that do not recognize one another differ.’ Yahya ibn Ayyub also said: Yahya ibn Saʿid narrated this to me.
Translation notes
Rendered تعارف and تناكر with the paired ideas of recognition and unfamiliarity, retaining the image of assembled hosts.