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ahmad:14995ʿAbdullāh b. al-Walīd / al-ʿAdanī > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Jābir > a man Lilnnabī ﷺ Ay al-Islām Afḍal > Yaslam al-Muslimūn from Lisānik And Yadik Wḥaddathanāh Wakīʿ

[Machine] A man asked the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ , "Which aspect of Islam is the best?" He replied, "That Muslims are safe from your tongue and your hand." And Waki' narrated this to us from Al-A'mash.  

أحمد:١٤٩٩٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ يَعْنِي الْعَدَنِيَّ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ قَالَ

رَجُلٌ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَيُّ الْإِسْلَامِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ أَنْ يَسْلَمَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ مِنْ لِسَانِكَ وَيَدِكَ وحَدَّثَنَاهُ وَكِيعٌ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Dārimī
bukhari:11Saʿīd b. Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd al-Qurashī from my father > Abū Burdah b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Burdah > Abū Burdah > Abū Mūsá

Some people asked Messenger of Allah ﷺ, "Whose Islam is the best? i.e. (Who is a very good Muslim)?" He replied, "One who avoids harming the Muslims with his tongue and hands."  

البخاري:١١حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْقُرَشِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بُرْدَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى ؓ قَالَ

قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَىُّ الإِسْلاَمِ أَفْضَلُ قَالَ مَنْ سَلِمَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ مِنْ لِسَانِهِ وَيَدِهِ  

muslim:42aSaʿīd b. Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd al-Umawī from my father > Abū Burdah b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Burdah b. Abū Mūsá > Abū Burdah > Abū Mūsá

I asked the Messenger of Allah which (attribute) of Islam is more excellent. Upon this he remarked: One in which the Muslims are safe, protected from the tongue and hand of (other Muslims).  

مسلم:٤٢aوَحَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الأُمَوِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بُرْدَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ بْنِ أَبِي مُوسَى عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَىُّ الإِسْلاَمِ أَفْضَلُ قَالَ مَنْ سَلِمَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ مِنْ لِسَانِهِ وَيَدِهِ  

nasai:4999Saʿīd b. Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd al-Umawī from his father > Abū Burdah / Burayd b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Burdah > Abū Burdah > Abū Mūsá

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, whose Islam is most virtuous?' He said: 'The one from whose tongue and hand the Muslims are safe.'"  

النسائي:٤٩٩٩أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الأُمَوِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بُرْدَةَ وَهُوَ بُرَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ

قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَىُّ الإِسْلاَمِ أَفْضَلُ قَالَ مَنْ سَلِمَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ مِنْ لِسَانِهِ وَيَدِهِ  

darimi:2754Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > Mālik b. Mighwal > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Jābir

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, whose Islam is most virtuous?' He said: 'The one from whose tongue and hand the Muslims are safe.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4999)  

الدارمي:٢٧٥٤أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ مِغْوَلٍ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّ الْإِسْلَامِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «مَنْ سَلِمَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ مِنْ لِسَانِهِ وَيَدِهِ»