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Salaam. Can you please find me the source of this

hadith, if there is one.
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Whosoever knows himself knows his Lord.

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 autumnflower 4 points · 4 years ago

 According to this, it's reported in a couple of books, Asha'rani in
Tabaqat, Ibn 'Arabi in Masa'el, and a couple other books. It says
that according to Ibn Taymiyah it is mawdoo', and according to
Imam Nawawi it is not thabit or verified, and that Al-Albani
considers it baseless, along with a few other sources that also
repeat the same thing about its weakness.

 wardetbestanee 0 points · 4 years ago

 According to Google (not me, I'm not a scholar!):
seems as if it is actually NOT a hadith, but rather a sufi saying.
no wonder you can't find the source.

Info from: http://www.livingislam.org/k/khkr_e.html

'As for Prophetic attribution, it remains unestablished as

the totality of the Ulema of hadith do not accept
authentication nor disauthentication of hadith on the
sole basis of kashf. "Otherwise," Mulla `Ali al-Qari said in his
dictionary of forgeries, "its meaning is firmly established."
I.e. it is simply • not a hadith, but an aphorism which
conforms with the Qur'an and Sunna.
Isnad-wise, it is more likely:
 an Israelite report in the wording, "O Man! Know
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yourself and you will know your Lord" cf. al-
Fayruzabadi in Sifr al-Sa`ada.
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saying of Sahl al-Tustari as narrated by Abu Nu`aym
in the Hilya (10:208).
a saying of Yahya ibn Mu adh al-Razi as reported
from Ibn al- Sam ani's Qawa id fi Usul al-Fiqh by
al-Zarkashi in al-Tadhkira (p. 129), al-Suyuti
in the Durar (p. 258 §420) and in the fatwa
entitled al-Qawl al-Ashbah fi Hadithi Man Arafa
Nafsahu fa-qad `Arafa Rabbah in his Hawi lil-Fatawi
(2:412) as well as al-Sakhawi in the Maqasid and al-
Haytami in his Fatawa Hadithiyya (p. 289).
a saying of Ibrahim ibn Ad-ham. Sharik said, "I asked
Ibrahim ibn Ad-ham about what had happened
between Ali and Mu awiya and he wept. I felt remorse
that I asked. Then he raised his head and said, 'Truly,
whoever knows himself remains busy with himself and
whoever knows his Lord remains busy with his Lord
away from anything and anyone else.'" Narrated by
Abu Nu`aym (8:15).
Al-Mawardi mentions in his Amal al-Yawm wal-Layla, as
cited in Kashf al-Khafa (2:343), from A'isha in Adab
al-Dunya wal-Din: "The Prophet, upon him blessings and
peace, was asked: 'Who among people knows his Lord best?'
He replied: 'Whoever knows himself best.'" However, al-
Mawardi is not among the hadith masters but an erudite
and trustworthy Shafi i Mu tazili qadi – and no-one else
reports it.

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