Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 3525

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Mishkat al-Masabih 3525
Arabic hadith text

وَعَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِذَا قَاتَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَجْتَنِبِ الْوَجْهَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ خَلَقَ آدَمَ عَلَى صُورَتِهِ»

Translation

He reported that the Messenger of God said: ‘When one of you fights, let him avoid the face, for God created Adam in His image.’

Translation notes

  • The English witness adds Bukhari and Muslim as attribution; the Arabic passage supplied contains no source attribution.