Sahih al-Bukhari 3689 (Book 63, Hadith 77)
suffering greatly from the pagans in those days. i said (to him). “Will you invoke Allah (to help us)?”
He sat down with a red face and said, “(A believer among) those who were before you used to be
combed with iron combs so that nothing of his flesh or nerves would remain on his bones; yet that
would never make him desert his religion. A saw might be put over the parting of his head which
would be split into two parts, yet all that would never make him abandon his religion. Allah will
surely complete this religion (i.e. Islam) so that a traveler from Sana to Hadra-maut will not be afraid
of anybody except Allah.” (The sub-narrator, Baiyan added, “Or the wolf, lest it should harm his
sheep.”)
“ لَقَدْ كَانَ مَنْ قَبْلَكُمْ لَيُمْشَطُ بِمِشَاطِ الْحَدِيدِ مَا دُونَ عِظَامِهِ مِنْ لَحْمٍ أَوْ عَصَبٍ مَا يَصْرِفُهُ ذَلِكَ عَنْ دِينِهِ، وَيُوضَعُ الْمِنْشَارُ عَلَى مَفْرِقِ رَأْسِهِ، فَيُشَقُّ بِاثْنَيْنِ، مَا يَصْرِفُهُ ذَلِكَ عَنْ دِينِهِ، وَلَيُتِمَّنَّ اللَّهُ هَذَا الأَمْرَ حَتَّى يَسِيرَ الرَّاكِبُ مِنْ صَنْعَاءَ إِلَى حَضْرَمَوْتَ مَا يَخَافُ إِلاَّ اللَّهَ ”. زَادَ بَيَانٌ وَالذِّئْبَ عَلَى غَنَمِهِ.
Sahih al-Bukhari 3689 (Book 63, Hadith 77)
The above hadith is from the Sahih al-Buhari collection of hadiths. The monumental hadith collection Sahih al-Bukhari was authored by the renowned scholar al-Bukhārī approximately in the year 847. It is universally regarded as one of the most valued and authentic texts in Sunni Islamic scholarship, second only to the Quran in authority. This work is a primary member of the Kutub al-Sittah, a group of six trusted hadith collections that also includes the works of Muslim, Abu Dawood, Tirmidhi, Nasa’i, and ibn Majah. Al-Bukhārī’s compilation is vast, featuring 7,563 hadiths systematically arranged across 97 different books.
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For more Hadith in Book 63: Merits of the Helpers in Madinah (Ansaar)