مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب المناقب
The Book of Merits
(إِدَانَةُ العَدَاوَةِ مَعَ العَرَبِ)
(Condemnation of enmity with the Arabs)
Hadith 5998
وَعَن سلمَان قَالَ: قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا تُبْغِضُنِي فَتُفَارِقَ دِينَكَ» قَلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ أُبْغِضُكَ وَبِكَ هَدَانَا اللَّهُ؟ قَالَ: «تُبْغِضُ الْعَرَبَ فَتُبْغِضُنِي» . رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ وَقَالَ: هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ
Salman reported God's messenger as saying, "Do not hate me and so abandon your religion." He asked how he could hate him when he was the means by which God had guided them, and he replied, "By hating the Arabs and so hating me." Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a hasan gharib tradition.
