Sahih al-Bukhari 3992
The participation of angels in (the battle) of Badr
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حَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَخْبَرَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ بْنِ رَافِعٍ الزُّرَقِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَكَانَ أَبُوهُ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ قَالَ
جَاءَ جِبْرِيلُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَا تَعُدُّونَ أَهْلَ بَدْرٍ فِيكُمْ قَالَ مِنْ أَفْضَلِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ أَوْ كَلِمَةً نَحْوَهَا قَالَ وَكَذَلِكَ مَنْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا مِنَ الْمَلاَئِكَةِ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm
- Jarīr
- Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd
- Muʿādh b. Rifāʿah b. Rāfiʿ al-Zuraqī
- Abīh and Kān Abūh Min Ahl Badr
(who was one of the Badr warriors) Gabriel came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "How do you look upon the warriors of Badr among yourselves?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "As the best of the Muslims." or said a similar statement. On that, Gabriel said, "And so are the Angels who participated in the Badr (battle).
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Same hadith, other wordings
- Riyadhus Shalihin 1829جاء جبريل إلى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: "إذا أنزل الله تعالى بقوم عذاباً. وعن رفاعة بن رافع الزُّرَقِيِّ - رضي الله عنه - قال: جاء جبريل إلى النبيّ - صلى الله عليه وسلم - قال: مَا تَعُدُّونَ أهْلَ بَدْرٍ فِيكُمْ؟ قال: «مِنْ أفْضَلِ المُسْلِ
Other narrations of this report
Sahih Ibn Hibban 7224al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 4457al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 131Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 33012Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 37881Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 37887
Narrators
- Companion (ṣaḥābī)d. 41 AH, or 42 AHرِفَاعَةُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ الزُّرَقِيُّصحابيعن
- truthful (ṣadūq)d. between 101 and 110 AHمُعَاذِ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ بْنِ رَافِعٍ الزُّرَقِيِّصدوقعن
- trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 143 AH or 144 AH, also said 146 AHيَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍثقة ثبتعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), his book is sound (ṣaḥīḥ al-kitāb); it was said that at the end of his life he would err when narrating from memoryd. 187 AH or 188 AHجَرِيرٌثقة صحيح الكتاب ، قيل : كان في آخر عمره يهم من حفظهأخبرنا
- trustworthy, a memorizer, a mujtahid (thiqah ḥāfiẓ mujtahid)d. 237 AH, or 238 AHإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَثقة حافظ مجتهدحدثني
- a mountain of memorization and the leader of the world in the comprehension of hadith (jabal al-ḥifẓ wa-imām al-dunyā fī fiqh al-ḥadīth)d. 256 AHالْبُخَارِيُّجبل الحفظ وإمام الدنيا في فقه الحديث
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Commentaries
Sharḥ Riyad al-Salihin (Ibn al-ʿUthaymin)
Mirqāt al-Mafātīḥ (al-Mullā ʿAlī Qārī)
Lamaʿāt al-Tanqīḥ (ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq al-Dihlawī)
Fatḥ al-Bārī (Ibn Ḥajar)
ʿUmdat al-Qārī (Badr al-Dīn al-ʿAynī)
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