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ahmad-zuhd:54 – ʿAbdullāh > Bayān b. al-Ḥakam > Muḥammad b. Ḥātim > Bishr b. al-Ḥārith > ʿAbbād b. al-ʿAwwām > Hishām > al-Ḥasan

A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and asked, "Which form of faith is best?" He said, "Patience and graciousness."

الزهد لأحمد:٥٤ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي بَيَانُ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ حَدَّثَنِي بِشْرُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَيُّ الْإِيمَانِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «الصَّبْرُ وَالسَّمَاحَةُ»

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suyuti:3723a – ʿUbayd b. ʿUmayr from his father; and Maʿqil b. Yasār

The best of faith is patience and forgiveness.

Bukhari's Tarikh, from the hadith of ʿUbayd ibn ʿUmayr, from his father, Daymilī from Maʿqil b. Yasār.
السيوطي:٣٧٢٣a – من حديث عبيد بن عمير عن أبيه؛ وعن معقل بن يسار

"أفضلُ الإِيمانِ: الصبرُ والسَّماحُة" .

[خ] البخاري في التاريخ من حديث عبيد بن عمير، عن أبيه، الديملى عن معقل بن يسار