Tarikh (al-Tabari) 193
The story of Jonah (peace and blessings be upon him)
ذِكْرُ فَضْلِ يُونُسَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: وَإِنَّ يُونُسَ لَمِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ [ الصَّافَّاتِ: 139 ]. وَذَكَرَهُ تَعَالَى فِي جُمْلَةِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ الْكِرَامِ، فِي سُورَتَيِ " النِّسَاءِ " و " الْأَنْعَامِ "، عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ اللَّهِ أَفْضَلُ الصَّلَاةِ وَالسَّلَامِ. وَعَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: لَا يَنْبَغِي لِأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَقُولَ: أَنَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ مَتَّى وَعَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ هُرْمُزَ الْأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، فِي قِصَّةِ الْمُسْلِمِ الَّذِي لَطَمَ وَجْهَ الْيَهُودِيِّ حِينَ قَالَ: لَا وَالَّذِي اصْطَفَى مُوسَى عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ. قَالَ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي آخِرِهِ: وَلَا أَقُولُ: إِنَّ أَحَدًا خَيْرٌ مِنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ مَتَّى أَيْ ; لَيْسَ لِأَحَدٍ أَنْ يُفَضِّلَ نَفْسَهُ عَلَى يُونُسَ. وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ: لَا يَنْبَغِي لِأَحَدٍ أَنْ يُفَضِّلَنِي عَلَى يُونُسَ بْنِ مَتَّى كَمَا قَدْ وَرَدَ فِي بَعْضِ الْأَحَادِيثِ: لَا تُفَضِّلُونِي عَلَى الْأَنْبِيَاءِ، وَلَا عَلَى يُونُسَ بْنِ مَتَّى وَهَذَا مِنْ بَابِ الْهَضْمِ وَالتَّوَاضُعِ مِنْهُ، صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ وَسَلَامُهُ عَلَيْهِ، وَعَلَى سَائِرِ أَنْبِيَاءِ اللَّهِ وَالْمُرْسَلِينَ.
Translation
✧ Mention of the virtue of Jonah ﷺ God, exalted is He, said: And indeed Jonah was among the messengers [al-Ṣāffāt: 139]. And He, exalted, mentioned him among the noble prophets, in the two sūrahs “al-Nisāʾ” and “al-Anʿām” – upon them from God be the best prayer and peace. And from ʿAbd Allāh, he said: The Messenger of God ﷺ said: It is not fitting for anyone to say: I am better than Jonah b. Mattā. And from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Hurmuz al-Aʿraj, from Abū Hurayrah, regarding the story of the Muslim who slapped the face of the Jew when he said: No, by the One who chose Moses above the worlds. Al-Bukhārī said at its end: And I do not say that anyone is better than Jonah b. Mattā – meaning, it is not for anyone to prefer himself over Jonah. And in another narration: It is not fitting for anyone to prefer me over Jonah b. Mattā, as has come in some ḥadīths: Do not prefer me over the prophets, nor over Jonah b. Mattā. And this is from the kind of self-deprecation and humility on his part – the prayers and peace of God be upon him, and upon the rest of God’s prophets and messengers.
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