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مسند الشهاب
Musnad Shihab
Hadiths 1201 to 1400
مَثَلُ الْمُنَافِقِ كَمَثَلِ الشَّاةِ الْعَائِرَةِ بَيْنَ الْغَنَمَيْنِ
The example of the hypocrite is like a stray sheep between two flocks
Musnad ash-Shihab 1374 — The example of the hypocrite is like a stray
1374 - نا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ الْفَارِسِيُّ، لَفْظًا مِنْ كِتَابِهِ، أنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصُّوفِيُّ، نا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، نا مُوسَى بْنُ خَاقَانَ، نا إِسْحَاقُ يَعْنِي الْأَزْرَقَ، نا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَثَلُ الْمُنَافِقِ مَثَلُ الشَّاةِ الْعَائِرَةِ تَعِيرُ إِلَى هَذِهِ مَرَّةً وَإِلَى هَذِهِ مَرَّةً، لَا تَدْرِي أَيُّهَمَا تَتْبَعُ»
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The example of a hypocrite is like a goat wandering between two herds, sometimes running towards one herd (in search of a male goat for mating) and sometimes towards the other herd; it does not know which of the two it should follow."
Brief Explanation
Explanation: -
There can be no more fitting example for the hypocrites than this, and in it lies their utmost humiliation: that they have been likened to the feminine, as if they are devoid of masculine qualities. Like the lowly, in their pursuit of wealth, sometimes they flatter the Muslims and at other times the disbelievers, yet even then they find no satisfaction and remain bewildered and confused. [سنن نسائي : 1317]
There can be no more fitting example for the hypocrites than this, and in it lies their utmost humiliation: that they have been likened to the feminine, as if they are devoid of masculine qualities. Like the lowly, in their pursuit of wealth, sometimes they flatter the Muslims and at other times the disbelievers, yet even then they find no satisfaction and remain bewildered and confused. [سنن نسائي : 1317]
