Hadith on Souls: The spirits are soldiers, the righteous incline to good people and the evil incline to bad people

Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said, “The people are like mines of silver and gold; the best of them in ignorance is the best of them in Islam if they have understanding. The
spirits are like conscripted soldiers; thus, whatever they recognize they will agree with, and whatever they do not know they will disagree with.”

[Sahih Muslim, Book 32, Number 6377]

Al-Khattabi said, “The meaning may refer to the similarity of souls in regard to good and evil, righteousness and corruption; that those who do good among the people will incline to those like them, and those who do evil with others will incline to those like them.”

[Ibn Hajar, Fath ul-Bari]

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ بِحَدِيثٍ يَرْفَعُهُ قَالَ النَّاسُ مَعَادِنُ كَمَعَادِنِ الْفِضَّةِ وَالذَّهَبِ خِيَارُهُمْ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ خِيَارُهُمْ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ إِذَا فَقُهُوا وَالْأَرْوَاحُ جُنُودٌ مُجَنَّدَةٌ فَمَا تَعَارَفَ مِنْهَا ائْتَلَفَ وَمَا تَنَاكَرَ مِنْهَا اخْتَلَفَ

2638 صحيح مسلم كِتَاب الْبِرِّ وَالصِّلَةِ وَالْآدَابِ بَاب الْأَرْوَاحُ جُنُودٌ مُجَنَّدَةٌ

قَالَ الْخَطَّابِيُّ يُحْتَمَلُ أَنْ يَكُونَ إِشَارَةً إِلَى مَعْنَى التَّشَاكُلِ فِي الْخَيْرِ وَالشَّرِّ وَالصَّلَاحِ وَالْفَسَادِ وَأَنَّ الْخَيِّرَ مِنَ النَّاسِ يَحِنُّ إِلَى شَكْلِهِ وَالشِّرِّيرَ نَظِيرُ ذَلِكَ يَمِيلُ إِلَى نَظِيرِهِ

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