Musnad Ahmad 9081

Translation

✧ A man came to the Messenger of God ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of God, tell me who is most deserving of my good companionship.' He said: 'Yes, by God, you shall be told.' He said: 'Who?' He said: 'Your mother.' He said: 'Then who?' He said: 'Then your mother.' He said: 'Then who?' He said: 'Then your father.'

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Sahih Muslim 2548bSunan Abi Dawud 5139

Narrators

1. 1
   Abū Hurayrah al-Dawsī

   The illustrious Companion, the memorizer among the Companions (ḥāfiẓ al-ṣaḥābah)d. 57 AH, or: 58 AH, or: 59 AH
   أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ الدَّوْسِيُّالصحابي الجليل ، حافظ الصحابة
   عن
2. 2
   Abū Zurʿah b. ʿAmrū b. Jarīr al-Ghalābī

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. between 91 and 100 AH
   أَبِي زُرْعَةَثقة
   عن
3. 3
   ʿUmārah b. al-Qaʿqāʿ

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 140 AH
   عُمَارَةَ بْنِ الْقَعْقَاعِثقة
   عن
4. 4
   Sharīk b. ʿAbdullāh al-Nakhaʿī

   Truthful (ṣadūq) who made many mistakes (yukhṭiʾ kathīran); his memory changed after he was appointed judge of Kufa; he was just, virtuous, devout, and severe against the people of innovation (ahl al-bidaʿ)d. 177 AH, or 178 AH
   شَرِيكٌصدوق يخطئ كثيرا , تغير حفظه منذ ولي القضاء بالكوفة ، وكان عادلا فاضلا عابدا شديدا على أهل البدع
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Aswad b. ʿĀmir

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 207 AH, or 208 AH
   أَسْوَدُ بْنُ ج٢ / ص١٩٠٦عَامِرٍثقة
   حدثنا
6. 6
   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

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