Sahih Muslim

Sahih Muslim 25b

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمِ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ كَيْسَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ الأَشْجَعِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لِعَمِّهِ ‏"‏ قُلْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ أَشْهَدُ لَكَ بِهَا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ لَوْلاَ أَنْ تُعَيِّرَنِي قُرَيْشٌ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّمَا حَمَلَهُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ الْجَزَعُ لأَقْرَرْتُ بِهَا عَيْنَكَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ ‏‏{‏ إِنَّكَ لاَ تَهْدِي مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ وَلَكِنَّ اللَّهَ يَهْدِي مَنْ يَشَاءُ‏}‏

Translation

Muhammad ibn Hatim ibn Maymun narrated to us; Yahya ibn Sa'id narrated to us; Yazid ibn Kaysan narrated to us, from Abu Hazim al-Ashja'i, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to his uncle, ‘Say, “There is no deity except Allah,” and I will bear witness for you by it on the Day of Resurrection.’ He said, ‘Were it not that Quraysh would reproach me, saying, “Only the fear of death made him do it,” I would surely gladden your eyes with it.’ Then Allah revealed: ‘Indeed, you do not guide whom you love, but Allah guides whom He wills.’

Translation notes
  • إِنَّكَ لاَ تَهْدِي مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ وَلَكِنَّ اللَّهَ يَهْدِي مَنْ يَشَاءُ

    The witness includes a further clause, ‘and He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided,’ that is not present in this Arabic quotation.

    Should the witness's longer quotation be documented as a textual scope difference? This translation follows the Arabic excerpt.