Question:
786
Salam,
I’ve found a hadith as follows:
“A true believer is one with whom others feel secure. One who returns love for hatred”
However, I cannot find the isnad of the hadith and its authenticity. Is this a valid hadith? If it is so, who is the narrator of the hadith and from which book of hadith I can find it?
Thank you very much in advance for the answer.
wassalam
Answer:
wa `alaykum salam,
The first clause is part of an authentic hadith narrated in various wordings by Imam Ahmad in his Musnad, Abu Ya`la in his Musnad, al-Tabarani and others.
The second clause is in the Qur’an:
وَلَا تَسۡتَوِى ٱلۡحَسَنَةُ وَلَا ٱلسَّيِّئَةُۚ ٱدۡفَعۡ بِٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحۡسَنُ فَإِذَا ٱلَّذِى بَيۡنَكَ وَبَيۡنَهُ ۥ عَدَٲوَةٌ۬ كَأَنَّهُ ۥ وَلِىٌّ حَمِيمٌ۬
{Nor can Goodness and Evil be equal. Repel (Evil) with what is better: then will he between whom and thee was hatred become as it were thy friend and intimate!} Surat al-Fussilat 41:34
Hajj Gibril Haddad
