Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ يَعْنِي شَيْبَانَ عَنْ لَيْثٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْبَخْتَرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْقُلُوبُ أَرْبَعَةٌ قَلْبٌ أَجْرَدُ فِيهِ مِثْلُ السِّرَاجِ يُزْهِرُ وَقَلْبٌ أَغْلَفُ مَرْبُوطٌ عَلَى غِلَافِهِ وَقَلْبٌ مَنْكُوسٌ وَقَلْبٌ مُصْفَحٌ فَأَمَّا الْقَلْبُ الْأَجْرَدُ فَقَلْبُ الْمُؤْمِنِ سِرَاجُهُ فِيهِ نُورُهُ وَأَمَّا الْقَلْبُ الْأَغْلَفُ فَقَلْبُ الْكَافِرِ وَأَمَّا الْقَلْبُ الْمَنْكُوسُ فَقَلْبُ الْمُنَافِقِ عَرَفَ ثُمَّ أَنْكَرَ وَأَمَّا الْقَلْبُ الْمُصْفَحُ فَقَلْبٌ فِيهِ إِيمَانٌ وَنِفَاقٌ فَمَثَلُ الْإِيمَانِ فِيهِ كَمَثَلِ الْبَقْلَةِ يَمُدُّهَا الْمَاءُ الطَّيِّبُ وَمَثَلُ النِّفَاقِ فِيهِ كَمَثَلِ الْقُرْحَةِ يَمُدُّهَا الْقَيْحُ وَالدَّمُ فَأَيُّ الْمَدَّتَيْنِ غَلَبَتْ عَلَى الْأُخْرَى غَلَبَتْ عَلَيْهِ.
English Translation
Abu al-Nadr told us, Abu Mu'awiyah — meaning Shayban — told us, from Layth, from Amr ibn Murrah, from Abu al-Bakhtari, from Abu Sa'id, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Hearts are of four kinds: a bare heart in which is a light that shines; a covered heart bound within its covering; an inverted heart; and a heart with two layers. As for the bare heart, it is the heart of the believer, its lamp giving it light; as for the covered heart, it is the heart of the disbeliever; as for the inverted heart, it is the heart of the hypocrite — he knew and then denied; and as for the heart with two layers, it is a heart in which there is both faith and hypocrisy. The likeness of faith in it is like a plant nourished by wholesome water, and the likeness of hypocrisy in it is like a sore nourished by pus and blood — whichever of the two nourishments prevails, it dominates that heart."