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But the first wording is better known.

In Abū Saʿīd’s narration:

“I command you to do four things and forbid you four things: worship Allah and associate nothing with Him.”

In the hadith about the branches of faith, he explained faith in terms of this and other things, saying:

“Faith has sixty-odd or seventy-odd branches. The highest is saying, ‘None has the right to be worshipped but Allah,’ and the lowest is removing something harmful from the road. Modesty is a branch of faith.”

It is also authentically reported from him through several chains of transmission, in narrations from Ibn ʿUmar, Ibn Masʿūd, and ʿImrān ibn Husayn, that he said:

“Modesty is a branch of faith.”

He also said:

“None of you believes until I am dearer to him than his child, his father, and all people.”

And he said:

“None of you believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself.”

He said:

“By Allah, he does not believe! By Allah, he does not believe! By Allah, he does not believe!”

He was asked, “Who, O Messenger of Allah?”

He replied, “The one whose neighbour is not safe from his harm.”

He said:

“Whoever among you sees an evil, let him change it with his hand. If he cannot, then with his tongue. If he cannot, then with his heart—and that is the weakest level of faith.”

He said:

“Whenever Allah sent a prophet, there were among his people those who followed his guidance and adhered to his sunnah. Then successors arise after them who say what they do not do and do what they have not been commanded to do. Whoever strives against them with his hand is a believer; whoever strives against them with his tongue is a believer; and whoever strives against them with his heart is a believer. Beyond that there is not even a mustard seed’s weight of faith.”

This is reported by Muslim alone. Likewise, Muslim alone reports his words:

“By Him in whose hand is my soul, you will not enter Paradise until you believe, and you will not believe until you love one another. Shall I not direct you to something which, if you do it, will make you love one another?

لَكِنَّ الْأَوَّلَ أَشْهَرُ. وَفِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ: {آمُرُكُمْ بِأَرْبَعِ وَأَنْهَاكُمْ عَنْ أَرْبَعٍ: اُعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَلَا تُشْرِكُوا بِهِ شَيْئًا} . وَقَدْ فَسَّرَ - فِي حَدِيثِ شُعَبِ الْإِيمَانِ - الْإِيمَانَ بِهَذَا وَبِغَيْرِهِ فَقَالَ: {الْإِيمَانُ بِضْعٌ وَسِتُّونَ أَوْ بِضْعٌ وَسَبْعُونَ شُعْبَةً أَفْضَلُهَا قَوْلُ لَا إلَهَ إلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَدْنَاهَا إمَاطَةُ الْأَذَى عَنْ الطَّرِيقِ وَالْحَيَاءُ شُعْبَةٌ مِنْ الْإِيمَانِ} . وَثَبَتَ عَنْهُ مِنْ وُجُوهٍ مُتَعَدِّدَةٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: {الْحَيَاءُ شُعْبَةٌ مِنْ الْإِيمَانِ} مِنْ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ وَابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَعِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ. وَقَالَ أَيْضًا: {لَا يُؤْمِنُ أَحَدُكُمْ حَتَّى أَكُونَ أَحَبَّ إلَيْهِ مِنْ وَلَدِهِ وَوَالِدِهِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ} . {وَقَالَ: لَا يُؤْمِنُ أَحَدُكُمْ حَتَّى يُحِبَّ لِأَخِيهِ مَا يُحِبُّ لِنَفْسِهِ} . وَقَالَ: {وَاَللَّهِ لَا يُؤْمِنُ وَاَللَّهِ لَا يُؤْمِنُ وَاَللَّهِ لَا يُؤْمِنُ. قِيلَ: مَنْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ: الَّذِي لَا يَأْمَنُ جَارُهُ بَوَائِقَهُ} . وَقَالَ: {مَنْ رَأَى مِنْكُمْ مُنْكَرًا فَلْيُغَيِّرْهُ بِيَدِهِ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ فَبِلِسَانِهِ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ فَبِقَلْبِهِ وَذَلِكَ أَضْعَفُ الْإِيمَانِ} . وَقَالَ: {مَا بَعَثَ اللَّهُ مِنْ نَبِيٍّ إلَّا كَانَ فِي أُمَّتِهِ قَوْمٌ يَهْتَدُونَ بِهَدْيِهِ وَيَسْتَنُّونَ بِسُنَّتِهِ. ثُمَّ إنَّهُ يَخْلُفُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ خُلُوفٌ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفْعَلُونَ وَيَفْعَلُونَ مَا لَا يُؤْمَرُونَ؛ فَمَنْ جَاهَدَهُمْ بِيَدِهِ فَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ وَمَنْ جَاهَدَهُمْ بِلِسَانِهِ فَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ وَمَنْ جَاهَدَهُمْ بِقَلْبِهِ فَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ وَلَيْسَ وَرَاءَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ الْإِيمَانِ حَبَّةُ خَرْدَلٍ} وَهَذَا مِنْ إفْرَادِ مُسْلِمٍ. وَكَذَلِكَ فِي إفْرَادِ مُسْلِمٍ قَوْلُهُ: {وَاَلَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَا تَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ حَتَّى تُؤْمِنُوا وَلَا تُؤْمِنُوا حَتَّى تَحَابُّوا أَوَلَا أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَى شَيْءٍ إذَا فَعَلْتُمُوهُ تَحَابَبْتُمْ؟ :