Sahih Muslim 42b

Translation

Ibrahim b. Sa'id al-Jauhari has narrated this hadith with the same words in addition to these. The Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings be upon him) was asked as to who amongst the Muslims is better, and the rest of the hadith was narrated like this.

Notes

• وَحَدَّثَنِيهِ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْجَوْهَرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي بُرَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ قَالَ سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَىُّ الْمُسْلِمِينَ أَفْضَلُ فَذَكَرَ مِثْلَهُ

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Other narrations of this report

Musnad Ahmad 17027Musnad Ahmad 8931Sahih Ibn Hibban 180al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 14769al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3430

Narrators

1. 1
   Abū Mūsá al-Ashʿarī

   a well-known Companiond. 42 AH, or 44 AH, or 50 AH, or 52 AH, or 53 AH, also said 49 AH, also said 51 AH
   أَبُو مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيُّصحابي مشهور
   عن
2. 2
   Abū Burdah b. Abī Mūsá al-Ashʿarī

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 103 AH, or: 104 AH, or: 107 AH
   أبو بردة بن أبي موسى الأشعريثقة
   عن
3. 3
   Burayd

   trustworthy (thiqah), makes a few mistakesd. between 141 and 150 AH
   بُرَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِثقة ، يخطئ قليلا
   حدثني
4. 4
   Abū Usāmah

   Trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt); he sometimes practiced concealment (tadlīs), and toward the end of his life he used to narrate from the books of others.d. 200 AH, or 201 AH
   أَبُو أُسَامَةَثقة ثبت ، ربما دلس ، وكان بآخره يحدث من كتب غيره.
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Ibrāhīm b. Saʿīd al-Jawharī

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ); he was criticized without valid proof.d. 247 AH, or 249 AH, or around 250 AH, or 253 AH, or 255 AH, or 256 AH, also said: 244 AH
   إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْجَوْهَرِيُّثقة حافظ ، تُكُلِّم فيه بلا حجة
   حدثني
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

Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com

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