Patience in relation to Din

What is the reference of this Hadith:

Verily, patience is to faith as the head is to the body. If the head is cut, the body will perish.

Answer:

This is recorded in the following sources as the statement of Sayyiduna ‘Ali (radiyallahu’anhu):

Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah, Hadith: 31079, 35645 and Shu’abul Iman of Bayhaqi, Hadith: 40.

And Allah Ta’ala Knows best,

Answered by: Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar

Checked by: Moulana Haroon Abasoomar

This answer was collected from HadithAnswers.com. The answers were either answered or checked by Moulana Haroon Abasoomar (rahimahullah) who was a Shaykhul Hadith in South Africa, or by his son, Moulana Muhammad Abasoomer (hafizahullah), who is a Hadith specialist. 

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