An-Nawawi's Forty HadithHadith 41

Following what the Prophet ﷺ brought

اتباع ما جاء به النبي ﷺ

True faith means letting your desires follow what the Prophet ﷺ brought.

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

On the authority of Abu Muhammad Abdullah bin ’Amr bin al-’Aas (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “None of you [truly] believes until his desires are subservient to that which I have brought.” [Imam an-Nawawi says:] We have related it in Kitab al-Hujjah with a saheeh chain of narrators

Reported by: Kitab al-Hujjah

Lessons

Complete faith means bringing one's desires under what the Prophet ﷺ brought, accepting his judgement without resentment (4:65). Love of Allah and His Messenger is proven by obedience (9:24), as when the Companions poured out wine the moment it was forbidden, and striving against one's own desires is among the greatest efforts.

On its authenticity: an-Nawawi graded the hadith sahih, and Ibn Hajar vouched for its narrators, but Ibn Rajab judged it weak because of one weak narrator; islamweb's article notes that its meaning is supported by the Quran and the Sunnah.

Evidence

Hasan

The Forty Hadith of an-Nawawi 41

Grades
Grader	Verdict
an-Nawawi	حديث حسن صحيح (Hasan)

Full narration

Scholarly opinionExplaining an-Nawawi's Forty: hadith 41 (islamweb)islamweb.net

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