Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 1876
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ، عَنْ خُبَيْبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " إِنَّ الإِيمَانَ لَيَأْرِزُ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ كَمَا تَأْرِزُ الْحَيَّةُ إِلَى جُحْرِهَا ".
Translation
Ibrahim ibn al-Mundhir narrated to us; Anas ibn Iyad narrated to us, saying: Ubaydullah told me, from Khubayb ibn Abd al-Rahman, from Hafs ibn Asim, from Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Messenger of Allah said: Faith will retreat to Medina just as a snake retreats to its hole.