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«سئل رسول الله: أي المسلمين خير؟ قال: «من سلم المسلمون من لسانه ويده»»
A verbatim excerpt of the text, forty words at most; the full text is in the edition cited under sources
Summary
A report of Abdullah ibn Amr and Jabir in the Book of Faith of Sahih Muslim, defining the Muslim as one from whose tongue and hand people are safe. It is among the best-known practical definitions of Islam. 1
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Source: Sahih Muslim. Mentions Muhammad, Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As, Jabir ibn Abdullah and Islam (religion).
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Muslim 42 — The Muslim is he from whose tongue and hand Muslims are safe· The Pledges of Aqaba· Six men of Yathrib embrace Islam at Mina· The pursuit of Quraysh to Hamra al-Asad· Muslim 8 — The Jibril hadith: Islam, iman, ihsan· Muslim 16 — Islam is built on five· Muslim 58 — Four traits make a pure hypocrite· Muslim 82 — Between a man and idolatry stands abandonment of prayer
Sources
- Sahih Muslim
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islam.museum contributors. “Muslim 40 — The Muslim is one from whose tongue and hand Muslims are safe”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/muslim-0040/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.