Bayan Al-Hadith › Sahih Muslim › The Book of Virtue, Enjoining Good Manners, and Joining of the Ties of Kinship
Sahih Muslim 2638aصحيح مسلم 2638a
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ - عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " الأَرْوَاحُ جُنُودٌ مُجَنَّدَةٌ فَمَا تَعَارَفَ مِنْهَا ائْتَلَفَ وَمَا تَنَاكَرَ مِنْهَا اخْتَلَفَ " .
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) Saying: Souls are troops collected together and those who familiarised with each other (in the heaven from where these come) would have affinity, with one another (in the world) and those amongst them who opposed each other (in the Heaven) would also be divergent (in the world).
Grading
Sahih (authentic by the consensus of hadith scholars)
Chain of narrators
قتيبة بن سعيد بن جميل ← عبد العزيز بن محمد ← سهيل بن أبي صالح ← ذكوان ← عبد الرحمن بن صخر
Qutayba ibn Sa'id ibn Jamil → Abd al-Aziz ibn Muhammad → Suhayl ibn Abi Salih → Dhakwan → Abu Huraira