Hadith
Sahih Muslim #5807
The Book of Virtues· كتاب الفضائل
sahih_muslim:5807حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا سَلِيمٌ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ مِينَاءَ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَثَلِي وَمَثَلُكُمْ كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ أَوْقَدَ نَارًا فَجَعَلَ الْجَنَادِبُ وَالْفَرَاشُ يَقَعْنَ فِيهَا وَهُوَ يَذُبُّهُنَّ عَنْهَا وَأَنَا آخِذٌ بِحُجَزِكُمْ عَنِ النَّارِ وَأَنْتُمْ تَفَلَّتُونَ مِنْ يَدِي " .
Jabir b. Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying. My example and your example is that of a person who lit the fire and insects and moths began to fall in it and he would be making efforts to take them out, and I am going to hold you back from fire, but you are slipping from my hand.
Chain 1·6 narrators
5
Muhammad ibn Abdullah← Oldest
محمد بن عبد الله
Narratorprophet
Transmitted via “قال”
narrated to
4
Sahabisahabi
Transmitted via “عن”
narrated to
3
Sa‘īd ibn Mīnā’
سعيد بن ميناء
Taba Tabi'inthiqa
Transmitted via “عن”
narrated to
2
Sulaym ibn Qays al-Hilali
سليم
Tabi'ithiqa
Transmitted via “حدثنا”
narrated to
1
Gen 4thiqa
Transmitted via “حدثنا”
narrated to
0
Muḥammad ibn Ḥātim← Compiler
محمد بن حاتم
Taba Tabi'inthiqa
Transmitted via “حدثني”
Legend: Sahabi Tabi'i Taba Tabi'in Later
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