Musnad Ahmad 11549

Translation

✧ Indeed, the Messenger of God ﷺ, in the year of Tabūk, addressed the people while leaning his back against a palm tree, and said, “Shall I inform you of the best of people and the worst of people? Indeed, among the best of people is a man who works in the cause of God on the back of his horse, or on the back of his camel, or on his two feet, until death comes to him. And indeed, among the worst of people is a wicked, bold man who recites the Book of God [mighty and glorious is He] but does not refrain from any of it.”

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Narrators

1. 1
   Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

   He and his father were Companions (ṣuḥbah).d. 63 AH, or 64 AH, or 65 AH, or 74 AH
   أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيُّله ولأبيه صحبة
   عن
2. 2
   Abū al-Khaṭṭāb

   unknown (majhūl)
   أَبِي الْخَطَّابِمجهول
   عن
3. 3
   Abū al-Khayr

   trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh)d. 90 AH
   أَبِي الْخَيْرِثقة فقيه
   عن
4. 4
   Yazīd b. Abī Ḥabīb al-Azdī

   trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh), who used to narrate mursal reports (yursil)d. 128 AH
   يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي حَبِيبٍثقة فقيه ، وكان يرسل
   حدثني
5. 5
   al-Layth b. Saʿd

   Trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt), a jurist (faqīh), a well-known imamd. 175 AH, or 176 AH, or 177 AH
   لَيْثٌثقة ثبت ، فقيه إمام مشهور
   حدثنا
6. 6
   Ḥajjāj

   Trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt), but his memory became confused (ikhtalaṭa) at the end of his life, when he came to Baghdad before his death.d. 205 AH, or 206 AH
   حَجَّاجٌثقة ثبت لكنه اختلط في آخر عمره لما قدم بغداد قبل موته
   حدثنا
7. 7
   Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an authority (ḥujjah).d. 241 AH, Abū Umayyah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṭarsūsī said: 242 AH, and no one followed him in his view
   أحمد بن حنبلثقة حافظ فقيه حجة

Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com

Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.