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ahmad:17047 – Ṣafwān b. ʿĪsá > Muḥammad b. ʿUmārah > Abū Bakr b. Muḥammad > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr > Zayd b. Khālid al-Juhanī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Shall I not inform you of the best testimony? Those who give their testimony without being asked."  

أحمد:١٧٠٤٧ – حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عِيسَى قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِخَيْرِ الشَّهَادَةِ؟ الَّذِينَ يَبْدَءُونَ بِشَهَادَتِهِمْ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يُسْأَلُوا عَنْهَا  

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muslim:1719 – Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Mālik > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Bakr from his father > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān > Ibn Abū ʿAmrah al-Anṣārī > Zayd b. Khālid al-Juhanī

Should I not tell you of the best witnesses? He is the one who produces his evidence before he is asked for it.  

مسلم:١٧١٩ – وَحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عَمْرَةَ الأَنْصَارِيِّ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ أَلاَ أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِخَيْرِ الشُّهَدَاءِ الَّذِي يَأْتِي بِشَهَادَتِهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُسْأَلَهَا  

tirmidhi:2295 – al-Anṣārī > Maʿn > Mālik > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Bakr b. Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. Ḥazm from his father > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān > Abū ʿAmrah al-Anṣārī > Zayd b. Khālid al-Juhanī

"Shall l not inform you of the best of witnesses? The one who comes with his testimony before being asked for it."  

الترمذي:٢٢٩٥ – حَدَّثَنَا الأَنْصَارِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْنٌ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرَةَ الأَنْصَارِيِّ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَلاَ أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِخَيْرِ الشُّهَدَاءِ الَّذِي يَأْتِي بِالشَّهَادَةِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُسْأَلَهَا  

malik:36-3 – Yaḥyá > Mālik > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Bakr b. Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. Ḥazm from his father > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān > Abū ʿAmrah al-Anṣārī > Zayd b. Khālid al-Juhanī

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Amr ibn Hazm from his father from Abdullah ibn Amr ibn Uthman from Abu Amra al-Ansari from Zayd ibn Khalid al-Juhani that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Shall I not tell you who is the best of witnesses? The one who brings his testimony before he is asked for it, or tells his testimony before he is asked for it."  

مالك:٣٦-٣ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرَةَ الأَنْصَارِيِّ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَلاَ أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِخَيْرِ الشُّهَدَاءِ الَّذِي يَأْتِي بِشَهَادَتِهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُسْأَلَهَا أَوْ يُخْبِرُ بِشَهَادَتِهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُسْأَلَهَا  

ahmad:21683 – Abū Nūḥ Qurād > Mālik b. Anas > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Bakr > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān b. ʿAffān > Ibn Abū ʿAmrahaʿan Zayd b. Khālid al-Juhanī

"Shall l not inform you of the best of witnesses? The one who comes with his testimony before being asked for it." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2295)   

أحمد:٢١٦٨٣ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُوحٍ قُرَادٌ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عَمْرَةَعَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِخَيْرِ الشُّهَدَاءِ؟ الَّذِي يَأْتِي بِشَهَادَتِهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُسْأَلَهَا أَوْ يُخْبِرُ بِشَهَادَتِهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُسْأَلَهَا  

ذِكْرُ اسْتِحْبَابِ إِعْلَامِ الشَّاهِدِ الْمَشْهُودَ لَهُ مَا عِنْدَهُ مِنَ الشَّهَادَةِ إِذَا جَهِلَ عَلَيْهَا

ibnhibban:5079 – ʿUmar b. Saʿīd b. Sinān > Aḥmad b. Abū Bakr > Mālik > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Bakr b. Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. Ḥazm from his father > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān > Abū ʿAmrah al-Anṣārī > Zayd b. Khālid al-Juhanī

Should I not tell you of the best witnesses? He is the one who produces his evidence before he is asked for it. (Using translation from Muslim 1719)  

ابن حبّان:٥٠٧٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِخَيْرِ الشُّهَدَاءِ الَّذِي يَأْتِي بِشَهَادَتِهِ أَوْ يُحَدِّثُهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يُسْأَلَهَا»  

tabarani:5185 – [Chain 1] ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah [Chain 2] al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAbdullāh b. Idrīs > Muḥammad b. ʿUmārah > Abū Bakr b. Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. Ḥazm > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr > Zayd b. Khālid al-Juhanī

[Machine] "That the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said: 'Shall I not inform you of the best of martyrs? Those who bear witness to their faith before they are asked to do so.'"  

الطبراني:٥١٨٥ – حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَا ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُمَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «أَلَا أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِخَيْرِ الشُّهَدَاءِ؟ الَّذِينَ يَبْدَءُونَ بِشَهَادَتِهِمْ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُسْأَلُوهَا»  

suyuti:8951a –
Translation not available.

  

السيوطي:٨٩٥١a –

"أَلا أُخبركم بخير الشهداءِ؟ الذى يأتى بشهادته قبل أَن يُسأَلها ".  

مالك، [عب] عبد الرازق [حم] أحمد [م] مسلم [د] أبو داود [ت] الترمذي [حب] ابن حبّان عن زيد بن خالد الجهنى ؓ