أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِکٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ ثَلَاثٌ مَنْ کُنَّ فِيهِ وَجَدَ حَلَاوَةَ الْإِيمَانِ مَنْ أَحَبَّ الْمَرْئَ لَا يُحِبُّهُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَمَنْ کَانَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَرَسُولُهُ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِمَّا سِوَاهُمَا وَمَنْ کَانَ أَنْ يُقْذَفَ فِي النَّارِ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ إِلَی الْکُفْرِ بَعْدَ أَنْ أَنْقَذَهُ اللَّهُ مِنْهُ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 5003
It was narrated that Qatadah said: “I heard Anas bin Malik narrating that the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: ‘There are three things, whoever attains them will find therein the sweetness of faith: When he loves a person, and only loves him for the sake of Allah; when Allah and His Messenger are dearer to him than all else; and when he would prefer to be thrown into the fire rather to go back to the disbelief from which Allah has saved him.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020