Uswah

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A phrase in wide circulation, and how the sources treat the same idea. Each carries the grade of what it is compared against.

  1. Easy come, easy go.

    They agree on the observation and part company on the cause. The proverb shrugs at luck. The verse names a mechanism and asks for something: give, rather than wait for it to go.

    Quran
  2. Don't give me a fish. Teach me how to fish.

    Close, and not identical. The proverb is about capability. The hadith is about dignity: a different reason for the same advice.

    Sahih
  3. Actions speak louder than words.

    Weak match, kept because the tension is the point. Presenting it as agreement would be dishonest.

    Sahih
  4. You become like the people you spend time with.

    Very close, and older. The image adds something the saying lacks: the effect lands on you without your consent.

    Sahih
  5. All men are created equal.

    Very close, and older, and wider. The declaration says men; the sermon opens with O people. And where one asserts equality as self-evident, the other gives it a ground, one Lord and one father, and keeps the one measure that still ranks anyone: taqwa.

    Sahih

Hadith texts and gradings are quoted verbatim from the Hadith Encyclopedia at Dorar.net · الدرر السنية