Mishkat al-Masabih #41

Faith
Abu Umama reported that a man asked God’s messenger what faith was, to which he replied, “When your good deed pleases you and your evil deed grieves you, you are a believer.” He then asked what sin was and received the reply, “When you have a besetting sin, give it up.” Ahmad transmitted it.

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This hadith is #41 from Mishkat al-Masabih, in the Book of Faith. Mishkat al-Masabih contains 4,428 hadiths across 25 books.

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