مسند أحمد بن حنبل
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Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal
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Chapter: Musnad of Abū Ḥamzah Anas ibn Mālik al-Anṣārī, the Servant of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ
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مُسْنَدُ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ خَادِمِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ
Three-Narrator Ahadith 209
Anas ibn Mālik (may Allah be pleased with him) reported:
The Prophet ﷺ said to a man, “Embrace Islam.” He said, “I find myself reluctant.” The Prophet ﷺ said, “Embrace Islam even if you are reluctant.”
Reference:
Musnad Aḥmad 209
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لِرَجُلٍ: «أَسْلِمْ». قَالَ: إِنِّي أَجِدُنِي كَارِهًا. قَالَ: «وَإِنْ كُنْتَ كَارِهًا».
| Grade: | Ṣaḥīḥ |
Chain: Aḥmad → Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd al-Qaṭṭān → Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl → Anas ibn Mālik (may Allah be pleased with him) → the Prophet ﷺ. Rijāl: (1) Yaḥyā al-Qaṭṭān: Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd ibn Farūkh al-Qaṭṭān al-Baṣrī (d. 198 AH); thiqa mutqin ḥāfiẓ imām. (2) Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl: Ḥumayd ibn Abī Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl al-Baṣrī (d. 142 AH); thiqa. (3) Anas ibn Mālik: Companion (Ṣaḥābī); the Prophet's ﷺ servant for ten years; d. 93 AH. Takhrīj: Aḥmad (3/181). The man’s reluctance (karāhah) is understood by scholars not as a fundamental rejection of faith but as a psychological resistance rooted in habit, cultural attachment, or misunderstanding of Islam. The Prophet ﷺ prescribed embracing Islam regardless, knowing that action precedes the full internalization of faith; tasting the sweetness of belief often dissolves the reluctance.
| Reference | : Three-Narrator Ahadith 209 |
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