Hadith 179

Sahih Muslim

Book 45: The Book of Virtue, Enjoining Good Manners, and Joining of the Ties of Kinship

Chapter 40

The Virtue Of The Weak And Downtrodden

باب فَضْلِ الضُّعَفَاءِ وَالْخَامِلِينَ ‏ ‏

Sahih Muslim 2622
حَدَّثَنِي سُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنِي حَفْصُ بْنُ مَيْسَرَةَ، عَنِ الْعَلاَءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ ‏ ‏.‏
"‏ رُبَّ أَشْعَثَ مَدْفُوعٍ بِالأَبْوَابِ لَوْ أَقْسَمَ عَلَى اللَّهِ لأَبَرَّهُ ‏"
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace he upon him) as saying:

Many a person with disheveled hair and covered with dust is turned away from the doors (whereas he is held in such a high esteem by Allah) that if he were to adjure in the name of Allah (about anything) Allah would fulfil that.

Chain of Narrators

companion
1

Abu Hurairah -

أبو هريرة عبد الرحمن بن صخر الدوسي

4,186 narrations

invalid
2

'Abdur Rahman bin Y'aqub

عبد الرحمن بن يعقوب الجهني

125 narrations

follower
3

al-Ala' bin 'Abdur Rahman bin Ya'qub

العلاء بن عبد الرحمن

142 narrations

successor
4

Hafs bin Mysrh al-Qyly

حفص بن ميسرة العقيلي

27 narrations

3rd Generation
5

Swyd bin Sa'id

سويد بن سعيد

125 narrations