Riyad as-Salihin 1839

Translation

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said in the interpretation of the Ayah reported: "You are the best of peoples ever raised up for (the benefit of) mankind..." (3:110): The best for mankind are those who bring them with chains round their necks till they embrace Islam (and thereby save them from the eternal punishment in the Hell-fire, and make them enter Jannah in the Hereafter)." [Al-Bukhari].

Notes

• أخرجه: البخاري.

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Same hadith, other wordings

• Shahih al-Bukhari 4557كُنْتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ﴾، قَالَ: خَيْرَ النَّاسِ لِلنَّاسِ، تَأْتُونَ بِهِمْ فِي السَّلاَسِلِ فِي أَعْنَاقِهِمْ حَتَّى يَدْخُلُوا فِي الإِسْلاَمِ.
• Al-Mustadrak al-Hakim 6989عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ فِي قَوْلِهِ ﷻ {كُنْتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةِ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ} [آل عمران 110] «تَجُرُّونَهُمْ بِالسَّلَاسِلِ فَتُدْخِلُونَهُمُ الْإِسْلَامَ»

Narrators

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   Abū Hurayrah al-Dawsī

   The illustrious Companion, the memorizer among the Companions (ḥāfiẓ al-ṣaḥābah)d. 57 AH, or: 58 AH, or: 59 AH
   وعنه رضي الله عنهالصحابي الجليل ، حافظ الصحابة

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