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Narrated Ibn 'Umar:Zaid bin 'Amr bin Nufail went to Sham, inquiring about a true religion to follow. He met a Jewish religious scholar and asked him about their religion. He said, "I intend to embrace your religion, so tell me something about it." The Jew said, "You will not embrace our religion unless you receive your share of Allah's Anger." Zaid said, "'I do not run except from Allah's Anger, and I will never bear a bit of it if I have the power to avoid it. Can you tell me of some other religion?" He said, "I do not know any other religion except the Hanif." Zaid enquired, "What is Hanif?" He said, "Hanif is the religion of (the prophet) Abraham who was neither a Jew nor a Christian, and he used to worship None but Allah (Alone)" Then Zaid went out and met a Christian religious scholar and told him the same as before. The Christian said, "You will not embrace our religion unless you get a share of Allah's Curse." Zaid replied, "I do not run except from Allah's Curse, and I will never bear any of Allah's Curse and His Anger if I have the power to avoid them. Will you tell me of some other religion?" He replied, "I do not know any other religion except Hanif." Zaid enquired, "What is Hanif?" He replied, Hanif is the religion of (the prophet) Abraham who was neither a Jew nor a Christian and he used to worship None but Allah (Alone)" When Zaid heard their Statement about (the religion of) Abraham, he left that place, and when he came out, he raised both his hands and said, "O Allah! I make You my Witness that I am on the religion of Abraham

قال موسى حدثني سالم بن عبد الله، ولا اعلمه الا تحدث به عن ابن عمر ان زيد بن عمرو بن نفيل خرج الى الشام، يسال عن الدين ويتبعه فلقي عالما من اليهود، فساله عن دينهم، فقال اني لعلي ان ادين دينكم، فاخبرني. فقال لا تكون على ديننا حتى تاخذ بنصيبك من غضب الله. قال زيد ما افر الا من غضب الله، ولا احمل من غضب الله شييا ابدا، وانى استطيعه فهل تدلني على غيره قال ما اعلمه الا ان يكون حنيفا. قال زيد وما الحنيف قال دين ابراهيم لم يكن يهوديا ولا نصرانيا ولا يعبد الا الله. فخرج زيد فلقي عالما من النصارى، فذكر مثله، فقال لن تكون على ديننا حتى تاخذ بنصيبك من لعنة الله. قال ما افر الا من لعنة الله، ولا احمل من لعنة الله ولا من غضبه شييا ابدا، وانى استطيع فهل تدلني على غيره قال ما اعلمه الا ان يكون حنيفا. قال وما الحنيف قال دين ابراهيم لم يكن يهوديا ولا نصرانيا ولا يعبد الا الله. فلما راى زيد قولهم في ابراهيم عليه السلام خرج، فلما برز رفع يديه فقال اللهم اني اشهد اني على دين ابراهيم