صحیح ابن حبان
Ibn Hibban
كتاب الإيمانBook of Faith
باب فرض الإيمان - ذكر الخبر المدحض قول من زعم أن الإيمان شيء واحد ولا يزيد ولا ينقص-
Chapter: Obligation of Faith – Narration refuting the claim that faith is one thing and does not increase or decrease
Hadith 181
أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُصْعَبٍ بِخَبَرٍ غَرِيبٍ غَرِيبٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ السِّنْجِيُّ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ مَعْبَدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ ، عَنِ ابْنِ الْهَادِ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيرَةَ ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى الِلَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " الإِيمَانُ سَبْعُونَ أَوِ اثْنَانِ وَسَبْعُونَ بَابًا ، أَرْفَعُهُ لا إِلَهَ إِلا اللَّهُ ، وَأَدْنَاهُ إِمَاطَةُ الأَذَى عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ ، وَالْحَيَاءُ شُعْبَةٌ مِنَ الإِيمَانِ " قَالَ أَبُو حَاتِمٍ : الاقْتِصَارُ فِي هَذَا الْخَبَرِ عَلَى هَذَا الْعَدَدِ الْمَذْكُورِ فِي خَبَرِ ابْنِ الْهَادِ مِمَّا نَقُولُ فِي كُتُبِنَا : إِنَّ الْعَرَبَ تَذْكُرُ الْعَدَدَ لِلشَّيْءِ ، وَلا تُرِيدُ بِذِكْرِهَا ذَلِكَ الْعَدَدَ نَفْيًا عَمَّا وَرَاءَهُ ، وَلِهَذَا نَظَائِرُ نَوَّعْنَا لِهَذَا أَنْوَاعًا ، سَنَذْكُرُهَا بِفُصُولِهَا فِيمَا بَعْدَ أَنْ شَاءَ الِلَّهِ .
Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, narrates this statement of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him: "Iman (faith) has 70 (the narrator is in doubt, perhaps these are the words) or 72 doors, the highest of which is 'La ilaha illallah' (There is no god but Allah), and the lowest is removing something harmful from the path, and modesty is a branch of faith." Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says: In this narration, the reliance on the mentioned number, which is in the narration transmitted from Ibn Hād, is among those cases about which we have already stated in our books that sometimes the Arabs mention a number for something, but by this, it is not meant to negate anything other than that number. There are many examples of this, and we have mentioned many types of it, some of which we will mention later in their respective chapters.
