حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ وَکَثِيرُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ حَدَّثَنِي بِشْرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ قَالَ عَمْرٌو و حَدَّثَنِي عُبَادَةُ بْنُ نُسَيٍّ عَنْ جُنَادَةَ بْنِ أَبِي أُمَيَّةَ عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ نَحْوَ هَذَا الْخَبَرِ وَالْأَوَّلُ أَتَمُّ فَقُلْتُ مَا تَرَی فِيهَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ جَمْرَةٌ بَيْنَ کَتِفَيْکَ تَقَلَّدْتَهَا أَوْ تَعَلَّقْتَهَا
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 3417
A similar tradition has also been transmitted by Ubadah bin al-Samit through a different chain of narrators, but the former tradition is more perfect. This version has: I said: What do you think about it, Messenger of Allah? He said: A live coal between your shoulders which you have put around your neck or hanged it.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020