al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 6996
✧ The excellence of all Arabs
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أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمِهْرِجَانِيُّ ثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ ثَنَا أَبُو سُفْيَانَ زِيَادُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ الْحَارِثِيُّ ثَنَا عُمَارَةُ بْنُ مِهْرَانَ الْمِعْوَلِيُّ ثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ دِينَارٍ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ
«لَمَّا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ الْخَلْقَ اخْتَارَ الْعَرَبَ ثُمَّ اخْتَارَ مِنَ الْعَرَبِ قُرَيْشًا ثُمَّ اخْتَارَ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ ثُمَّ اخْتَارَنِي مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ فَأَنَا خَيْرَةٌ مِنْ خَيْرَةٍ»
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Chain of narrators
- Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad al-Mihrijānī
- ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muʿāwiyah
- Abū Sufyān Ziyād b. Sahl al-Ḥārithī
- ʿUmārah b. Mihrān al-Miʿwalī
- ʿAmr b. Dīnār
- Sālim b. ʿAbdullāh
- Ibn ʿUmar
- Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
✧ "When Allah created the creation, He chose the Arabs; then He chose from the Arabs Quraysh; then He chose from Quraysh the Banu Hashim; then He chose me from the Banu Hashim. So I am the choicest of the choicest."
Notes
سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص
machine translationAl-Dhahabī remained silent about it in al-Talkhīṣ.
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Other narrations of this report
Narrators
- One of the Companions who narrated most often, and one of the ʿAbādilah; he was among the people most strict in following the narrations (athar).d. 72 AH, or 73 AH, or 74 AH, also said: 75 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِأحد المكثرين من الصحابة والعبادلة ، وكان من أشد الناس اتباعا للأثرعن
- He was reliable (thabt), devout (ʿābid) and virtuous (fāḍil); he resembled his father in conduct (hady) and demeanor (samt)d. 105 AH or 106 AH or 107 AH or 108 AH, and the correct one is the firstسَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِكان ثبتا عابدا فاضلا ، كان يشبه بأبيه في الهدي والسمتعن
- trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 125 AH, or 126 AH, or 129 AH, also said: 116 AHعَمْرُو بْنُ دِينَارٍثقة ثبتحدثنا
- no harm in him (lā baʾsa bih), devout worshipperd. in the caliphate of Marwān b. Muḥammadعُمَارَةُ بْنُ مِهْرَانَ الْمِعْوَلِيُّلا بأس به ، عابدحدثنا
- أبو سفيان زياد بن سهل الحارثيحدثنا
- truthful (ṣadūq), has errors (aghlāṭ)d. 284 AHعَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَصدوق ، له أغلاطحدثنا
- d. 346 AHأَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمِهْرَجَانِيُّأخبرنا
- d. 403 AH, or 405 AHالحاكم
Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com
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