Sahih Muslim 2286a
He ﷺ Was The Seal Of The Prophets
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حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ النَّاقِدُ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ
مَثَلِي وَمَثَلُ الأَنْبِيَاءِ كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ بَنَى بُنْيَانًا فَأَحْسَنَهُ وَأَجْمَلَهُ فَجَعَلَ النَّاسُ يُطِيفُونَ بِهِ يَقُولُونَ مَا رَأَيْنَا بُنْيَانًا أَحْسَنَ مِنْ هَذَا إِلاَّ هَذِهِ اللَّبِنَةَ فَكُنْتُ أَنَا تِلْكَ اللَّبِنَةَ
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Chain of narrators
- ʿAmr b. Muḥammad al-Nāqid
- Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah
- Abū al-Zinād
- al-Aʿraj
- Abū Hurayrah
- al-Nabī ﷺ
The similitude of mine and that of the Apostles (before me) is that of a person who constructed a building and he built it fine and well and the people went round it saying: Never have we seen a building more imposing than this. but for one brick, and I am that brick (with which you give the finishing touch to the building).
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Same hadith, other wordings
- Misykatul Mashabih 5745وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَثَلِي وَمَثَلُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ كَمَثَلِ قَصْرٍ أُحْسِنَ بُنْيَانُهُ تُرِكَ مِنْهُ مَوضِع لبنة فَطَافَ النظَّارُ يتعجَّبونَ من حُسنِ بنيانِه إِلَّا مَو