Hadith on Hearts: Good and evil do not combine in the heart

Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Faith and unbelief cannot be combined together in the heart of a man, nor can dishonesty and truthfulness be combined together, nor can treachery and trustworthiness be combined together.”

Source: Musnad Aḥmad 8593

Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ قَالَ لَا يَجْتَمِعُ الْإِيمَانُ وَالْكُفْرُ فِي قَلْبِ امْرِئٍ وَلَا يَجْتَمِعُ الْكَذِبُ وَالصِّدْقُ جَمِيعًا وَلَا تَجْتَمِعُ الْخِيَانَةُ وَالْأَمَانَةُ جَمِيعًا

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Abu Amina Elias
Abu Amina Elias (Justin Parrott) is an academic librarian, researcher, and translator specializing in the Quran, Hadith, and their commentaries. He is a former instructor of Islamic Creed for Mishkah University.
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