al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3069
✧ Good Character
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حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُطِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، حَدَّثَنَا الْكَوْثَرُ هُوَ ابْنُ حَكِيمٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ:
« يَا أُمَّ عَبْدٍ، هَلْ تَدْرِي مَنْ أَفْضَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِيمَانًا ؟ » قَالَتْ: اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ، قَالَ ﷺ: « أَحَاسِنُهُمْ أَخْلَاقًا، الْمُوَطَّئُونَ أَكْنَافًا، لَا يَبْلُغُ عَبْدٌ حَقِيقَةَ الْإِيمَانِ حَتَّى يُحِبَّ لِلنَّاسِ مَا يُحِبُّ لِنَفْسِهِ، وَحَتَّى يَأْمَنَ جَارُهُ بَوَائِقَهُ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿAbdullāh b. Muṭīʿ
- Hushaym
- al-Kawthar
- Ibn Ḥakīm
- Nāfiʿ
- Ibn ʿUmar
- Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
✧ "O Umm 'Abd, do you know who is the best of the believers in faith?" She said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He ﷺ said: "Those with the best character, who are easygoing and gentle. A servant does not attain the reality of faith until he loves for people what he loves for himself, and until his neighbor is safe from his harm."
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- ابن عدي
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machine translationNot preserved (ghayr maḥfūẓ).
in المطالب العالية, p. 3069
Other narrations of this report
Musnad Ahmad 16372Musnad Ahmad 8432al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 10582Musnad al-Bazzar 2036Musnad al-Bazzar 8518al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7299
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
- trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt), a well-known jurist (faqīh)d. 116 AH, or 117 AH, or 118 AH, or 119 AH, or 120 AHنَافِعٍثقة ثبت فقيه مشهورعن
- d. between 161 and 170 AHالْكَوْثَرُ هُوَ ابْنُ حَكِيمٍحدثنا
- Trustworthy (thiqah), firmly reliable (thabt), who often practiced tadlīs and hidden irsāl.d. 181 AH, or 183 AHهُشَيْمٌثقة ثبت كثير التدليس والإرسال الخفيحدثنا
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 237 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُطِيعٍثقةحدثنا
- d. 291 AH or 292 AH or 294 AHالبزار
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