Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 2101
حَدَّثَنِي مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بُرْدَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا بُرْدَةَ بْنَ أَبِي مُوسَى، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَثَلُ الْجَلِيسِ الصَّالِحِ وَالْجَلِيسِ السَّوْءِ كَمَثَلِ صَاحِبِ الْمِسْكِ، وَكِيرِ الْحَدَّادِ، لاَ يَعْدَمُكَ مِنْ صَاحِبِ الْمِسْكِ إِمَّا تَشْتَرِيهِ، أَوْ تَجِدُ رِيحَهُ، وَكِيرُ الْحَدَّادِ يُحْرِقُ بَدَنَكَ أَوْ ثَوْبَكَ أَوْ تَجِدُ مِنْهُ رِيحًا خَبِيثَةً ".
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Musa ibn Ismail told me: Abd al-Wahid narrated to us: Abu Burda ibn Abd Allah narrated to us, saying: I heard Abu Burda ibn Abi Musa narrate from his father, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “The example of a good companion and a bad companion is like that of the musk seller and the blacksmith bellows. You will not come away empty-handed from the musk seller: either you buy some or you enjoy its fragrance. The blacksmith bellows will burn your body or your clothes, or you will find an unpleasant smell from it.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source contrasts companionship through the images of a musk seller and a blacksmith bellows.