The orange, the date, the basil and the colocynth.

Sunday, October 23, 2011



Narrated by Abu Moosa al Anshari (Radia Allahu anhu) that the Messenger of Allah (Salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam) said:
" The example of a believer who recites the Quran and acts on it , is like an orange which tastes nice and smells nice.
  And the example of the believer who does not recite the Quran but acts on it, it is like a date that tastes sweet but has no smell.
 And the example of the hypocrite who recites the Quran is like a sweet basil which smells god but tastes bitter.
 And the example of a hypocrite who does not recite the Quran is like a colocynth (bitter apple) which tastes bitter and has a bad smell."
(Saheeh Bukhari and Saheeh Muslim)

SOURCE: Riyadh ul Saleeheen – Nawavi [Framed HTML Version] [ pdf version]

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