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Sahih Muslim
كتاب الألفاظ من الأدب وغيرها
The Book Concerning the Use of Correct Words
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، كِلاَهُمَا عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لاَ يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ خَبُثَتْ نَفْسِي . وَلَكِنْ لِيَقُلْ لَقِسَتْ نَفْسِي " . هَذَا حَدِيثُ أَبِي كُرَيْبٍ وَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم . وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ " لَكِنْ " .
None of you should say: "My soul has become evil," but he should say: "My soul has become remorseless." This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abu Bakr with a slight variation of wording.
More from The Book Concerning the Use of Correct Words
Other hadiths from the same chapter
- Hadith 2248a
Do not say al-karm (for the word vine) but say al-habala (that is grape).
- Hadith 2254
This is how Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) fumigated.
- Hadith 2247d
None of you should use the word al-harin (for grape) for the heart of a believer is karm (worthy of respect).
- Hadith 2250b
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abia Mu'iwiya with the same chain of transmitters.
- Hadith 2249d
None of you should say: Supply drink to your lord, feed your lord, help your lord in performing ablution, and none of you should say: My Lord. He should say:…
- Hadith 2247a
None of you should abuse Time for it is Allah Who is the Time, and none of you should call 'Inab (grape) as al-karm, for karm is a Muslim person.