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ahmad:2298 – ʿAffān > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Abū al-ʿĀliyah > Ibn ʿAm Nabiyyikum ﷺ Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] "I heard the cousin of your Prophet ﷺ , Ibn Abbas, narrating from the Prophet ﷺ that Bahz said: Shu'bah informed me, Qatadah told me, and Abu Al-'Aliyah said: The cousin of your Prophet ﷺ , Ibn Abbas, told me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: It is not appropriate for a servant to say that they are better than Yunus bin Matta and attribute it to his father."  

أحمد:٢٢٩٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْعَالِيَةِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَمِّ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَبَهْزٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ أَخْبَرَنِي قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَالِيَةِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ عَمِّ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا يَنْبَغِي لِعَبْدٍ قَالَ عَفَّانُ عَبْدٍ لِي أَنْ يَقُولَ أَنَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ مَتَّى وَنَسَبَهُ إِلَى أَبِيهِ  

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muslim:2377 – Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná And Ibn Bashhār And al-Lafẓ Ibn al-Muthanná > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Abū al-ʿĀliyah > Ibn ʿAm Nabiyyikum ﷺ / Ibn ʿAbbās

The son of the uncle of your Prophet ﷺ, i. e. Ibn Abbas, reported Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: It is not meet for a servant that he should say: I am better than Yunus b. Matta (and this Matta) is the name of his father.  

مسلم:٢٣٧٧ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَابْنُ بَشَّارٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لاِبْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْعَالِيَةِ يَقُولُ

حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ عَمِّ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَا يَنْبَغِي لِعَبْدٍ أَنْ يَقُولَ أَنَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ مَتَّى وَنَسَبَهُ إِلَى أَبِيهِ  

ahmad:2167 – ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Abū al-ʿĀliyah > Ibn ʿAm Nabiyyikum ﷺ / Ibn ʿAbbās

The son of the uncle of your Prophet ﷺ, i. e. Ibn Abbas, reported Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: It is not meet for a servant that he should say: I am better than Yunus b. Matta (and this Matta) is the name of his father. (Using translation from Muslim 2377)   

أحمد:٢١٦٧ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْعَالِيَةِ يَقُولُ

حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ عَمِّ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَنْبَغِي لِأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَقُولَ أَنَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ مَتَّى وَنَسَبَهُ إِلَى أَبِيهِ