English translation
3336. Narrated رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا Aïshah I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, "Souls are like recruited troops: Those who are of like qualities are inclined to each other, but those who have dissimilar qualities, differ."(1)
Hadith 3336
Souls are like recruited troops.
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Darussalam · Volume 4
60 - THE BOOK OF THE STORIES OF THE PROPHETSSahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation
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الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 133
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Arabic text
٣٣٣٦ - قَالَ قَالَ اللَّيْثُ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ﵂ قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ: الْأَرْوَاحُ جُنُودٌ مُجَنَّدَةٌ فَمَا تَعَارَفَ مِنْهَا ائْتَلَفَ وَمَا تَنَاكَرَ مِنْهَا اخْتَلَفَ وَقَالَ يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ بِهَذَا.
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(1) (H. 3336) The Hadith may also mean that the souls of all the people had been created before the creation of Ādam, and then they had acquaintance with each other. The people whose souls had friendly relations will have a similar relation in this physical life, while those whose souls were not on good terms with each other will not have good relations in this physical life. [See Faḥr al-Bārī for details].