صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب الفضائل
The Book of Virtues
باب شَفَقَتِهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى أُمَّتِهِ وَمُبَالَغَتِهِ فِي تَحْذِيرِهِمْ مِمَّا يَضُرُّهُمْ:
Chapter: His Compassion Towards His Ummah, And His Intense Concern To Warn Them Against That Which May Harm Them
Hadith 2284
This hadith is listed as number 5955 in Maktaba Shamila
وحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْقُرَشِيُّ ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ ، عَنْ الْأَعْرَجِ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " إِنَّمَا مَثَلِي وَمَثَلُ أُمَّتِي ، كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ اسْتَوْقَدَ نَارًا ، فَجَعَلَتِ الدَّوَابُّ وَالْفَرَاشُ يَقَعْنَ فِيهِ ، فَأَنَا آخِذٌ بِحُجَزِكُمْ ، وَأَنْتُمْ تَقَحَّمُونَ فِيهِ " .
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: The similitude of mine and that of my Umma is that of a person who lit fire and there began to fall into it insects and moths. And I am there to hold you back, but you plunge into it.
