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Sunan Ibn Majah 152

The Virtues of Bilal

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حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ حَمْزَةَ عَنْ سَالِمٍ

أَنَّ شَاعِرًا مَدَحَ بِلاَلَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ بِلاَلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ خَيْرُ بِلاَلٍ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ كَذَبْتَ لاَ بَلْ بِلاَلُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ خَيْرُ بِلاَلٍ

Translation

Chain of narrators
  1. ʿAlī b. Muḥammad
  2. Abū Usāmah
  3. ʿUmar b. Ḥamzah
  4. Sālim

A poet praised Bilal bin 'Abdullah and said: "Bilal bin 'Abdullah is better than any other Bilal." Ibn 'Umar said: 'You are lying. The Bilal of the Messenger of Allah is better than any other Bilal.'"

Grades by grader

Zubair Ali ZaiWeakAnother source records this grader as “Isnaad Hasan” (fawazahmed0).hadithunlocked, sunnah.com
Muhammad Fuad Abd al-BaqiDaiffawazahmed0
Shuayb al-ArnautDaiffawazahmed0
al-AlbaniDaiffawazahmed0

Other narrations of this report

Narrators

  1. 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 AH
    عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِأحد المكثرين من الصحابة والعبادلة ، وكان من أشد الناس اتباعا للأثر
    فقال
  2. 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 first
    سَالِمٍكان ثبتا عابدا فاضلا ، كان يشبه بأبيه في الهدي والسمت
    عن
  3. weak (ḍaʿīf)d. between 141 and 150 AH
    عُمَرَ بْنِ حَمْزَةَضعيف
    عن
  4. Trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt); he sometimes practiced concealment (tadlīs), and toward the end of his life he used to narrate from the books of others.d. 200 AH, or 201 AH
    أَبُو أُسَامَةَثقة ثبت ، ربما دلس ، وكان بآخره يحدث من كتب غيره.
    حدثنا
  5. trustworthy (thiqah), devout (ʿābid)d. 233 AH, or shortly before or shortly after it, also said: 235 AH
    عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍثقة عابد
    حدثنا
  6. one of the imams, a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ)d. 273 AH, or: 275 AH
    ابْنُ مَاجَهْأحد الأئمة ، حافظ

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Commentaries

Hāshiyat al-Sindī on Abū Daʿūd

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