أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَکَمِ عَنْ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ اللَّيْثِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ مَا بُعِثَ مِنْ نَبِيٍّ وَلَا کَانَ بَعْدَهُ مِنْ خَلِيفَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهُ بِطَانَتَانِ بِطَانَةٌ تَأْمُرُهُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنْهَاهُ عَنْ الْمُنْکَرِ وَبِطَانَةٌ لَا تَأْلُوهُ خَبَالًا فَمَنْ وُقِيَ بِطَانَةَ السُّوئِ فَقَدْ وُقِيَ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 4218
It was narrated that Abu Ayyub said: “I heard the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم say: ‘No Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم has ever been sent, nor has there been any KhalIfah after him, but he has two groups of advisers, a group that tells him to do good and a group that tells him to do evil. Whoever is protected from the evil groUP then he is indeed protected.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020