Salaf on Nifaq: Companions fear they will become hypocrites

Al-Bukhari reported: Ibn Abi Mulaykah, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “I met thirty companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and each one of them feared hypocrisy for himself. None of them said they had faith like the Angel Gabriel or the Angel Michael.”

Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1/18

عَنْ ٱلْبُخَارِي قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ أَدْرَكْتُ ثَلَاثِينَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كُلُّهُمْ يَخَافُ النِّفَاقَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ مَا مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ يَقُولُ إِنَّهُ عَلَى إِيمَانِ جِبْرِيلَ وَمِيكَائِيلَ

1/18 صحيح البخاري كتاب الإيمان باب خوف المؤمن من أن يحبط عمله وهو لا يشعر

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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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