Islam > Hadiths > The creed > Shall I not inform you about these three persons? One of them sought refuge with Allah, so…
Authentic hadithUpdated on 24 September 2026 at 12:34 AM
📖 1 min readعن أبي واقد الحارث بن عوف رضي الله عنه أنَّ رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم بينما هو جالس في المسجد، والناس معه، إذ أقبل ثلاثَةُ نَفَرٍ، فأقبل اثنان إلى رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم وذهب واحد، فوقفا على رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ، فأما أحدهما فرأى فُرْجَةً في الْحَلْقَةِ فجلس فيها، وأما الآخر فجلس خلفهم، وأما الثالث فأدْبَر ذاهبٍا، فلما فرغ رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: «ألا أُخْبِرُكُم عن النَّفَرِ الثلاثة: أما أحدهم فأَوَى إلى الله فآوَاهُ الله إليه، وأما الآخر فاسْتَحْيا فاسْتَحْيَا الله منه، وأما الآخر، فأعْرَضَ، فأعرضَ اللهُ عنه».
The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) was sitting in the mosque with his Companions when three men arrived. Two of them came in and the third left. One saw an empty space in the circle and sat in it. The other one sat behind the circle. When the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) had finished his talk, he told his Companions about the three men. One of them sought refuge with Allah, and Allah gave him refuge, which means that he sat in the empty space that he found to listen to the mention of Allah. So, Allah blessed him with the virtue of sitting in that gathering. The second one felt shy, and Allah was shy towards him, which means that he did not jostle for the place and sat behind the circle. So, he was not denied the blessings of that gathering. The last one turned away, and so Allah turned away from him. This man left without any excuse. That is why he was denied the blessing of that gathering.
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