حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّی وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِکٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثَلَاثٌ مَنْ کُنَّ فِيهِ وَجَدَ طَعْمَ الْإِيمَانِ وَقَالَ بُنْدَارٌ حَلَاوَةَ الْإِيمَانِ مَنْ کَانَ يُحِبُّ الْمَرْئَ لَا يُحِبُّهُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ وَمَنْ کَانَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِمَّا سِوَاهُمَا وَمَنْ کَانَ أَنْ يُلْقَی فِي النَّارِ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ فِي الْکُفْرِ بَعْدَ إِذْ أَنْقَذَهُ اللَّهُ مِنْهُ
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 4033
It was narrated from Arias bin Mâlik that the Messenger of Allah P.B.U.H said: “There are three things, whoever has them has found the taste of faith (One of the narrators) Bundâr said: ‘The sweetness of faith; When he loves a man and only loves him for the sake of Allah. When Allah and His Messenger are more beloved to him than anything else; and when being thrown into the fire is dearer to him than going back to disbelief after Allah has saved him from it.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020