Kindly verify the following Hadith:
“A person’s Iman (faith) is not upright until his heart is upright, and his heart is not upright until his tongue is upright”
Answer:
Imam Ahmad (rahimahullah) and others have recorded this narration on the authority of Sayyiduna Anas ibn Malik (radiyallahu ‘anhu).
(Musnad Ahmad, vol. 3 pg. 198)
The Hadith has been declared sound (hasan) by some Muhaddithun and is suitable to quote.
( Refer: Majma’uz Zawaid, vol. 1 pg. 53. Also see Targhib, vol. 3 pg. 353 and Fathul Wahhab of Ahmad Siddiq Al Ghumari, vol. 2 pg. 102)
And Allah Ta’ala Knows best
Answered by: Moulana Suhail Motala
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