al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4981
✧ Merit of the Companions and the Successors in general
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وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ؓ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ:
مَثَلُ أَصْحَابِي مَثَلُ الْمِلْحِ فِي الطَّعَامِ، لَا يَصْلُحُ الطَّعَامُ إِلَّا بِالْمِلْحِ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Abū Yaʿlá
- Sūwayd b. Saʿīd
- Abū Muʿāwiyah
- Ismāʿīl
- al-Ḥasan
- Anas b. Mālik
- Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
✧ The likeness of my Companions is that of salt in food; food is only good with salt.
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