110curated hadith rotate here, mostly from Imam Nawawi's Forty Hadith, each from Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, or the Sunan collections with its reference cited.

Hadith for · dhikr

The living and the dead

Wednesday, October 4, 2023

مَثَلُ الَّذِي يَذْكُرُ رَبَّهُ وَالَّذِي لَا يَذْكُرُ رَبَّهُ، مَثَلُ الْحَيِّ وَالْمَيِّتِ

Transliteration

Mathalu-lladhi yadhkuru Rabbahu wa-lladhi la yadhkuru Rabbahu, mathalu-l-hayyi wa-l-mayyit.

Translation

The example of one who remembers his Lord and one who does not is like the living and the dead.

Narrated by Abu Musa al-Ash'ari·Sahih al-Bukhari 6407

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