Sunan Ibn Majah 2523

Translation

“I said: 'O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, which slave is best?' He said: ‘The one who is most precious to his master and most valuable in price.' ”

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Other narrations of this report

Sunan an-Nasa'i 3129Musnad Ahmad 27094Sahih Ibn Hibban 4597al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4325al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4880

Narrators

1. 1
   Abū Dharr al-Ghifārī

   Companion (ṣaḥābī)d. 31 AH, or: 32 AH
   أَبُو ذَرٍّ الْغِفَارِيُّالصحابي
   عن
2. 2
   Abū Murāwiḥ

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. between 71 AH and 80 AH
   أَبِي مُرَاوِحٍثقة
   عن
3. 3
   ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr

   trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh), well-known (mashhūr)d. 91 AH, or 92, or 93 AH, or 94 AH, or 95 AH, or 99 AH, or 100 AH, or 101 AH
   أَبِيهِثقة فقيه مشهور
   عن
4. 4
   Hishām b. ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr

   trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh), sometimes practiced concealment (tadlīs)d. 145, or: 146 AH, or: 147 AH, also said: 144 AH
   هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَثقة فقيه ربما دلس
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Abū Muʿāwiyah

   Trustworthy (thiqah), the best memorizer of people for the hadith of al-Aʿmash, though he may err in the hadith of othersd. 194 AH, or 195 AH
   أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَثقة ، أحفظ الناس لحديث الأعمش ، وقد يهم في حديث غيره
   حدثنا
6. 6
   Aḥmad b. Sinān

   trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. al-Nasāʾī said: it is said: 256 AH, also said: 258 AH, also said: 259 AH. In al-Silafī's questions to Khamīs al-Ḥawzī: 254 AH, Ibn Ḥajar said: the correct one is 259 AH, Ibn Ḥibbān said: 250 AH, or shortly before or after it
   أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍثقة حافظ
   حدثنا
7. 7
   Ibn Mājah

   one of the imams, a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ)d. 273 AH, or: 275 AH
   ابْنُ مَاجَهْأحد الأئمة ، حافظ

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