Sahih Muslim 2511e

Translation

I bear witness to the fact that Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: The best settlements of the Ansar are of those of Banu Najjar, then of Banu 'Abu al-Aslihal and then of Banu Harith b. Khazraj, then of Banu Sa'ida and there is in every settlement of the Ansar good. Abu Salama reported that Abu Usaid said: Can I tell a Iie about Messenger of Allah ﷺ? And if I were a liar, I would have started with my tribe Banu Sa'ida. This was conveyed to Sa'd b. 'Ubida and he found (rankling) in his mind and said: We have been left behind (in the sense) that we have been (mentioned) last of the four. He (Sa'd) sid: Saddle my pony so that I should go to Messenger of Allah ﷺ. His nephew saw him and said: Are you going to contradict (the order of) precedence set by Messenger of Allah ﷺ, whereas Messenger of Allah ﷺ has the best knowledge of it? Is it not sufficient for you that you are the fourth amongst the four (best tribes of the Ansar)? So he returned and said: Allah and His Messenger know best, and he commanded that his pony should be unsaddled.

Notes

• قَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ قَالَ أَبُو أُسَيْدٍ أُتَّهَمُ أَنَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَوْ كُنْتُ كَاذِبًا لَبَدَأْتُ بِقَوْمِي بَنِي سَاعِدَةَ. وَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ سَعْدَ بْنَ عُبَادَةَ فَوَجَدَ فِي نَفْسِهِ وَقَالَ خُلِّفْنَا فَكُنَّا آخِرَ الأَرْبَعِ أَسْرِجُوا لِي حِمَارِي آتِي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم. وَكَلَّمَهُ ابْنُ أَخِيهِ سَهْلٌ فَقَالَ أَتَذْهَبُ لِتَرُدَّ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَعْلَمُ أَوَلَيْسَ حَسْبُكَ أَنْ تَكُونَ رَابِعَ أَرْبَعٍ . فَرَجَعَ وَقَالَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ وَأَمَرَ بِحِمَارِهِ فَحُلَّ عَنْهُ

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Narrators

1. 1
   Mālik b. Rabīʿah Abū Usayd al-Sāʿidī

   fought at Badrd. Ibn Abī Khaythamah and al-Kalbī said: killed on the Day of al-Yamāmah, in al-Ṣayrafīnī's book: also said he died in the Year of Ashes (ʿĀm al-Ramādah), al-Wāqidī and Khalīfah said: 30 AH, al-Madāʾinī said: 60 AH, in al-ʿAskarī's book: died in the year 65 AH, also said: 40 AH
   مَالِك بْن رَبِيعَة أَبُو أُسَيْد السَّاعِدِيشهد بدرا
   سمع
2. 2
   Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān

   trustworthy (thiqah), a prolific narrator (mukthir)d. 94 AH, or 104 AH
   أَبُو سَلَمَةَثقة ، مكثر
   شهد
3. 3
   Abū al-Zinād

   trustworthy (thiqah), jurist (faqīh)d. 129 AH, or 130 AH, or 131 AH, also said: 132 AH
   أَبِي الزِّنَادِثقة ، فقيه
   عن
4. 4
   Al-Mughīrah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿAbdullāh b. Khālid b. Ḥizām b. Khuwaylid b. Asad b. ʿAbd al-ʿUzzá b. Quṣayy

   Trustworthy (thiqah), has unusual narrations (gharāʾib)d. between 171 AH, and: 180 AH
   الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِثقة له غرائب
   أخبرنا
5. 5
   Yaḥyā b. Yaḥyā

   trustworthy (thiqah), firmly reliable (thabt), an imam (imām).d. 226 AH, or 224 AH, or 225 AH; both of the latter two are mistaken.
   يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى التَّمِيمِيُّثقة ثبت إمام .
   حدثنا
6. 6
   Muslim

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), an imam, an author of compilations, knowledgeable in jurisprudence (fiqh)d. Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb said: 261 AH, Makkī b. ʿAbdān said: 259 AH
   مُسْلِمٌثقة حافظ ، إمام ، مصنف ، عالم بالفقه

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