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ahmad:3252 – ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Qatādah > Abū al-ʿĀliyah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said, "It is not appropriate for anyone to say that they are better than Yunus ibn Matta, who was attributed to his father and then committed a sin, but his Lord chose him."

Note: The Arabic phrase "ﷺ" is a religious symbol that stands for "peace be upon him" and is often added after mentioning the name of the Prophet Muhammad.

أحمد:٣٢٥٢ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَالِيَةِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَنْبَغِي لِأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَقُولَ إِنِّي خَيْرٌ مِنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ مَتَّى نَسَبَهُ إِلَى أَبِيهِ أَصَابَ ذَنْبًا ثُمَّ اجْتَبَاهُ رَبُّهُ

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bukhari:3413 – Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Abū al-ʿĀliyah > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said, "No slave (of Allah) should say that I am better than Yunus bin Matta." So the Prophet mentioned his father's name with his name.

البخاري:٣٤١٣ – حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَالِيَةِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَا يَنْبَغِي لِعَبْدٍ أَنْ يَقُولَ إِنِّي خَيْرٌ مِنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ مَتَّى وَنَسَبَهُ إِلَى أَبِيهِ

bukhari:4603 – Musaddad > Yaḥyá > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ said, "None has the right to say that I am better than Jonah bin Matta."

البخاري:٤٦٠٣ – حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَا يَنْبَغِي لأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَقُولَ أَنَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ مَتَّى

bukhari:7539 – Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Lī Khalīfah > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Abū al-ʿĀliyah > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said that his Lord said: "It does not befit a slave that he should say that he is better than Jonah (Yunus) bin Matta.

البخاري:٧٥٣٩ – حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ وَقَالَ لِي خَلِيفَةُ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَالِيَةِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِيمَا يَرْوِيهِ عَنْ رَبِّهِ قَالَ لاَ يَنْبَغِي لِعَبْدٍ أَنْ يَقُولَ إِنَّهُ خَيْرٌ مِنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ مَتَّى وَنَسَبَهُ إِلَى أَبِيهِ

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:4227 – Wakīʿ > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "It is not appropriate for anyone to say 'I am better than Yunus bin Matta'."

أحمد:٤٢٢٧ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ قَالَ سُفْيَانُ قَالَ الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍعَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَنْبَغِي لِأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَقُولَ أَنَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ مَتَّى

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

ahmad:3703 – Wakīʿ > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "It is not appropriate for anyone to say that they are better than Yunus ibn Matta."

أحمد:٣٧٠٣ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَنْبَغِي لِأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَقُولَ أَنَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ مَتَّى

ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ أَوْهَمَ عَالِمًا مِنَ النَّاسِ أَنَّهُ مُضَادٌّ لِخَبَرِ أَنَسٍ الَّذِي ذَكَرْنَاهُ

ibnhibban:6241 – ʿImrān b. Mūsá al-Sikhtiyānī > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAffān > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Abū al-ʿĀliyah > Ibn ʿAm Nabiyyikum ﷺ

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)

ابن حبّان:٦٢٤١ – أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى السِّخْتِيَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْعَالِيَةِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَمِّ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ «مَا يَنْبَغِي لِعَبْدٍ أَنْ يَقُولَ أَنَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ مَتَّى» نَسَبَهُ إِلَى أَبِيهِ

tabarani:13850 – Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr al-Azdī > Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Malik b. Wāqid al-Ḥarrānī > Muḥammad b. Salamah > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Ḥakīm > al-Qāsim b. Muḥammad > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "It is not fitting for a prophet to say, 'I am better than Yunus ibn Matta.'"

الطبراني:١٣٨٥٠ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ الْأَزْدِيُّ قَالَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ وَاقِدٍ الْحَرَّانِيُّ قَالَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي حَكِيمٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا يَنْبَغِي لِنَبِيٍّ أَنْ يَقُولَ أَنَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ مَتَّى»

قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى {وَيُونُسَ وَلُوطًا، وَكُلًّا فَضَّلْنَا عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ} [الأنعام: 86]

nasai-kubra:11102 – Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Wakīʿ > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ said, "None has the right to say that I am better than Jonah bin Matta." (Using translation from Bukhārī 4603)

الكبرى للنسائي:١١١٠٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلَانَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا يَنْبَغِي لِأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَقُولَ أَنَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ مَتَّى

suyuti:26568a –
Translation not available.
السيوطي:٢٦٥٦٨a –

"لَا يَنْبَغِي لأحَدٍ أنْ يَقُولَ: أنَا خَيرٌ منْ يُونُسَ بْنِ مَتَّى".

[ط] الطيالسي [حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري [م] مسلم [د] أبو داود عن ابن عباس، [حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري عن أبي هريرة، [حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري عن ابن مسعود