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My example and your example is that of a person who lit a fire, and grasshoppers and moths began to fall in it, while he is attempting to push them away. I am holding you back from the fire, but you are slipping from my hand

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عن جابر بن عبد الله وأبو هريرة رضي الله عنهم مرفوعاً: «مثلي ومثلُكم كمثل رجلٍ أَوْقَدَ نارًا فجعل الجنادِبُ والفَرَاشُ يَقَعْنَ فيها، وهو يَذُبُّهُنَّ عنها، وأنا آخذٌ بحُجَزِكُم عن النار، وأنتم تَفَلَّتُون من يَدَيَّ».

“Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh and Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with both of them) reported that the Messenger (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: “My example and your example is that of a person who lit a fire, and grasshoppers and moths began to fall in it, while he is attempting to push them away. I am holding you back from the fire, but you are slipping from my hand."”

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