Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 103
Arabic hadith text
وَعَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَثَلُ الْقَلْبِ كَرِيشَةٍ بِأَرْضِ فَلَاةٍ يُقَلِّبُهَا الرِّيَاحُ ظَهْرًا لِبَطْنٍ» . رَوَاهُ أَحْمد
Translation
Abu Musa reported that the Messenger of God said, ‘The heart is like a feather in open desert land, turned over and over by the winds.’ Aḥmad transmitted it.