كتاب البر والصلة والآداب
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The Book of Virtue, Enjoining Good Manners, and Joining of the Ties of Kinship
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Chapter: The Virtue Of The Weak And Downtrodden
(40)
باب فَضْلِ الضُّعَفَاءِ وَالْخَامِلِينَ ‏ ‏
Sahih Muslim 2622

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace he upon him) as saying:

Many a person with disheveled hair and covered with dust is turned away from the doors (whereas he is held in such a high esteem by Allah) that if he were to adjure in the name of Allah (about anything) Allah would fulfil that.
حَدَّثَنِي سُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنِي حَفْصُ بْنُ مَيْسَرَةَ، عَنِ الْعَلاَءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ رُبَّ أَشْعَثَ مَدْفُوعٍ بِالأَبْوَابِ لَوْ أَقْسَمَ عَلَى اللَّهِ لأَبَرَّهُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏
Reference : Sahih Muslim 2622
In-book reference : Book 45, Hadith 179
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 32, Hadith 6351
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