YOUR CHARACTER H 372 "People are like the minerals of gold and silver. Those of them who were best during the Age of Ignorance (before Islam) are best in Islam, if they fully comprehend (the religion). The spirits are like a gathered army so those who know each other are close, and those who are rejected are different.'" R 372 Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to Abu Hurairah who related that the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said this.
371- وعن أَبي هريرة رضي الله عنه ، عن النَّبيِّ صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم ، قَالَ : "النَّاسُ مَعَادِنٌ كَمَعَادِنِ الذَّهَبِ وَالفِضَّةِ ، خِيَارُهُمْ في الجَاهِلِيَّةِ خِيَارُهُمْ في الإسْلاَمِ إِذَا فَقهُوا ، وَالأرْوَاحُ جُنُودٌ مُجَنَّدَةٌ ، فَمَا تَعَارَفَ مِنْهَا ائْتَلَفَ ، ومَا تَنَاكَرَ مِنْهَا اخْتَلَفَ" رواه مسلم . وروى البخاري قوله: "الأَرْوَاحُ …" إلخ مِنْ رواية عائشة رضي الله عنها .