An-Nawawi's Forty Hadiths
Hadith 41, 40 Hadith an-Nawawi
عَنْ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم "لَا يُؤْمِنُ أَحَدُكُمْ حَتَّى يَكُونَ هَوَاهُ تَبَعًا لِمَا جِئْتُ بِهِ". حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ، رَوَيْنَاهُ فِي كِتَابِ "الْحُجَّةِ" بِإِسْنَادٍ صَحِيحٍ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
On the authority of Abu Muhammad ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Amr ibn al-‘As (may Allah be pleased with them both), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘None of you believes until his desire follows what I have brought.’ A hasan sahih hadith. We narrated it in the book al-Hujjah with a sahih chain.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم "لَا يُؤْمِنُ أَحَدُكُمْ حَتَّى يَكُونَ هَوَاهُ تَبَعًا لِمَا جِئْتُ بِهِ".
The Arabic negates belief until a condition is met; the passage alone does not specify the intended theological scope of that negation. The English witness inserts “[truly]” to qualify it.
What qualified interpretation is supported by the relevant sources? No doctrinal reading is imposed by this translation.
قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم "لَا يُؤْمِنُ أَحَدُكُمْ حَتَّى يَكُونَ هَوَاهُ تَبَعًا لِمَا جِئْتُ بِهِ".
The English witness inserts “[truly]”, absent from Arabic.
Is that bracket an editorial qualification? It is not added here.