Musnad Abi Ya'la 159
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حَدَّثَنَا مُصْعَبُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي حُمَيْدٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ، قَالَ:
كُنْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ جَالِسًا، فَقَالَ: أَنْبِئُونِي بِأَفْضَلِ أَهْلِ الْإِيمَانِ إِيمَانًا، قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ، قَالَ: هُمْ كَذَلِكَ وَيَحِقُّ لَهُمْ ذَلِكَ، وَمَا يَمْنَعُهُمْ وَقَدْ أَنْزَلَهُمُ اللهُ الْمَنْزِلَةَ الَّتِي أَنْزَلَهُمْ بِهَا ؟ بَلْ غَيْرُهُمْ، قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ الَّذِينَ أَكْرَمَهُمُ اللهُ بِرِسَالَتِهِ وَالنُّبُوَّةِ، قَالَ: هُمْ كَذَلِكَ وَيَحِقُّ لَهُمْ، وَمَا يَمْنَعُهُمْ وَقَدْ أَنْزَلَهُمُ اللهُ الْمَنْزِلَةَ الَّتِي أَنْزَلَهُمْ بِهَا ؟ بَلْ غَيْرُهُمْ، قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ الشُّهَدَاءُ الَّذِينَ اسْتُشْهِدُوا مَعَ الْأَعْدَاءِ، قَالَ: هُمْ كَذَلِكَ وَيَحِقُّ لَهُمْ، وَمَا يَمْنَعُهُمْ وَقَدْ أَكْرَمَهُمُ اللهُ بِالشَّهَادَةِ مَعَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ ؟ بَلْ غَيْرُهُمْ، قَالُوا: فَمَنْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: أَقْوَامٌ فِي أَصْلَابِ الرِّجَالِ يَأْتُونَ مِنْ بَعْدِي، يُؤْمِنُونَ بِي وَلَمْ يَرَوْنِي، وَيُصَدِّقُونَ بِي وَلَمْ يَرَوْنِي، يَجِدُونَ الْوَرَقَ الْمُعَلَّقَ فَيَعْمَلُونَ بِمَا فِيهِ، فَهَؤُلَاءِ أَفْضَلُ أَهْلِ الْإِيمَانِ إِيمَانًا
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Chain of narrators
- Muṣʿab b. ʿAbdullāh
- ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muḥammad
- Muḥammad b. Abū Ḥumayd
- Zayd b. Aslam
- his father
- ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb
✧ I was sitting with the Messenger of God ﷺ, and he said: 'Tell me who among the people of faith is most excellent in faith.' They said: 'O Messenger of God, the angels.' He said: 'They are so, and that is rightfully theirs. What prevents them, when God has placed them in the station He placed them in? Rather, others.' They said: 'O Messenger of God, the prophets whom God honored with His message and prophethood.' He said: 'They are so, and that is rightfully theirs. What prevents them, when God has placed them in the station He placed them in? Rather, others.' They said: 'O Messenger of God, the martyrs who were martyred with the enemies.' He said: 'They are so, and that is rightfully theirs. What prevents them, when God has honored them with martyrdom along with the prophets? Rather, others.' They said: 'Then who, O Messenger of God?' He said: 'Peoples in the loins of men who will come after me, who believe in me though they have not seen me, and attest to me though they have not seen me. They find the suspended leaf and act according to what is in it. These are the most excellent of the people of faith in faith.'
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- Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr
وروي هذا من حديث عمر وهو أصح
machine translationThis was narrated from the hadith of ʿUmar, and it is more authentic (aṣaḥḥ).
in مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي, p. 159 - Bazzār
وحديث المنهال بن بحر عن هشام الدستوائي عن يحيى بن أبي كثير عن زيد بن أسلم عن أبيه عن عمر إنما يرويه الحفاظ الثقات عن هشام عن يحيى عن زيد بن أسلم عن عمر مرسلا وإنما يعرف هذا الحديث من حديث محمد بن أبي حميد ومحمد رجل من أهل المدينة ليس بقوي قد حدث عنه جماعة ثقات واحتملوا حديثه حدث بهذا الحديث عن زيد بن أسلم عن أبيه عن عمر عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم وحدث أيضا بآخر لم يتابع عليه
machine translationAs for the hadith of al-Minhāl b. Baḥr, from Hishām al-Dastuwāʾī, from Yaḥyā b. Abī Kathīr, from Zayd b. Aslam, from his father, from ʿUmar: it is only narrated by the trustworthy memorizers (ḥuffāẓ) from Hishām, from Yaḥyā, from Zayd b. Aslam, from ʿUmar, as a mursal report. This hadith is only known from the hadith of Muḥammad b. Abī Ḥumayd, and Muḥammad is a man from the people of Madinah who is not strong (laysa bi-qawī). A group of trustworthy narrators narrated from him and tolerated his hadith. He narrated this hadith from Zayd b. Aslam, from his father, from ʿUmar, from the Prophet ﷺ, and he also narrated another hadith in which he was not corroborated.
in مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي, p. 159
Other narrations of this report
Musnad al-Bazzar 323Musnad al-Bazzar 324al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 6993al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3492al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3493al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3494
Narrators
- Commander of the Faithful (amīr al-muʾminīn), well-known, of abundant virtues (jamm al-manāqib)d. 23 AH, also said: 24 AHعُمَر بْن الْخَطَّابأمير المؤمنين مشهور جم المناقبعن
- trustworthy (thiqah), mukhaḍram (lived through both the pre-Islamic and Islamic eras)d. 80 AH, also said: after 60 AHأَبِيهِثقة مخضرمعن
- trustworthy (thiqah), a scholar, and he would narrate with omission of the Companion link (yursil)d. 135 AH or 136 AHزَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَثقة عالم ، وكان يرسلعن
- weak (ḍaʿīf)d. between 151 and 160 AHمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي حُمَيْدٍضعيفعن
- Truthful (ṣadūq); he used to narrate from the books of others and would make mistakes.d. 182 AH, or 186 AH, or 187 AH, or 189 AHعَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍصدوق ، كان يحدث من كتب غيره فيخطئحدثنا
- Truthful (ṣadūq), knowledgeable in genealogyd. 236 AHمُصْعَبُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِصدوق عالم بالنسبحدثنا
- d. 307 AHأبو يعلى الموصلي
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