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ahmad:4044Ibn Numayr > al-Aʿmash > Shaqīq > ʿAbdullāh

None is more self-respectidg than Allah and it is because of this that He has prohibited abominable acts-both visible and invisible-and none loves His praise more than Allah Himself. (Using translation from Muslim 2760b)   

أحمد:٤٠٤٤حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ قَالَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا أَحَدٌ أَغْيَرَ مِنَ اللهِ ﷻ وَلِذَلِكَ حَرَّمَ الْفَوَاحِشَ وَمَا أَحَدٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ الْمَدْحُ مِنَ اللهِ ﷻ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
bukhari:4637Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Shuʿbah > ʿAmr b. Murrah > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh > Qult Ant > Hadhā from ʿAbdullāh > Naʿam And Rafaʿah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "None has more sense of ghaira than Allah, and for this He has forbidden shameful sins whether committed openly or secretly, and none loves to be praised more than Allah does, and this is why He Praises Himself."  

البخاري:٤٦٣٧حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ؓ قَالَ قُلْتُ أَنْتَ سَمِعْتَ هَذَا مِنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ نَعَمْ وَرَفَعَهُ قَالَ

لاَ أَحَدَ أَغْيَرُ مِنَ اللَّهِ فَلِذَلِكَ حَرَّمَ الْفَوَاحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ وَلاَ أَحَدَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْهِ الْمِدْحَةُ مِنَ اللَّهِ فَلِذَلِكَ مَدَحَ نَفْسَهُ  

bukhari:5220ʿUmar b. Ḥafṣ from my father > al-Aʿmash > Shaqīq > ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet, said, "There is none having a greater sense of Ghira than Allah. And for that He has forbidden the doing of evil actions (illegal sexual intercourse etc.) There is none who likes to be praised more than Allah does."  

البخاري:٥٢٢٠حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ أَغْيَرُ مِنَ اللَّهِ مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ حَرَّمَ الْفَوَاحِشَ وَمَا أَحَدٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ الْمَدْحُ مِنَ اللَّهِ  

bukhari:7403ʿUmar b. Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth from my father > al-Aʿmash > Shaqīq > ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ said, "There is none having a greater sense of Ghira than Allah, and for that reason He has forbidden shameful deeds and sins (illegal sexual intercourse etc.) And there is none who likes to be praised more than Allah does." (See Hadith No. 147, Vol. 7)  

البخاري:٧٤٠٣حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصِ بْنِ غِيَاثٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ أَغْيَرُ مِنَ اللَّهِ مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ حَرَّمَ الْفَوَاحِشَ وَمَا أَحَدٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ الْمَدْحُ مِنَ اللَّهِ  

muslim:2760aʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah And ʾIsḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Isḥāq > ʿUthmān > Jarīr > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

Nothing is more loveable to Allah than His praise as He has praised Himself and no one is more self-respecting than Allah Himself and it As because of this that He has prohibited abominable acts.  

مسلم:٢٧٦٠aحَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ أَخْبَرَنَا وَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ الْمَدْحُ مِنَ اللَّهِ مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ مَدَحَ نَفْسَهُ وَلَيْسَ أَحَدٌ أَغْيَرَ مِنَ اللَّهِ مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ حَرَّمَ الْفَوَاحِشَ  

muslim:2760b[Chain 1] Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr And ʾAbū Kurayb > Abū Muʿāwiyah [Chain 2] Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr Waʾabū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Shaqīq > ʿAbdullāh

None is more self-respectidg than Allah and it is because of this that He has prohibited abominable acts-both visible and invisible-and none loves His praise more than Allah Himself.  

مسلم:٢٧٦٠bحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ وَأَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ أَحَدٌ أَغْيَرَ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَلِذَلِكَ حَرَّمَ الْفَوَاحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ وَلاَ أَحَدٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ الْمَدْحُ مِنَ اللَّهِ  

muslim:2760cMuḥammad b. al-Muthanná And Ibn Bashhār > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿAmr b. Murrah > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd > Lah Ānt Samiʿtah from ʿAbdullāh > Naʿam And Rafaʿah

None is more self-respecting than Allah and it is because of this that He has prohibited abominable acts-both visible and invisible and nothing is loved by Allah more than the praise of His Ownself and it is because of this that He has praised Himself.  

مسلم:٢٧٦٠cحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَابْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا وَائِلٍ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ يَقُولُ قُلْتُ لَهُ آنْتَ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ نَعَمْ وَرَفَعَهُ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ لاَ أَحَدٌ أَغْيَرَ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَلِذَلِكَ حَرَّمَ الْفَوَاحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ وَلاَ أَحَدٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ الْمَدْحُ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَلِذَلِكَ مَدَحَ نَفْسَهُ  

ahmad:3616Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Shaqīq > ʿAbdullāh

None is more self-respectidg than Allah and it is because of this that He has prohibited abominable acts-both visible and invisible-and none loves His praise more than Allah Himself. (Using translation from Muslim 2760b)  

أحمد:٣٦١٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا أَحَدَ أَغْيَرُ مِنَ اللهِ ﷻ فَلِذَلِكَ حَرَّمَ الْفَوَاحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ وَلَا أَحَدَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْهِ الْمَدْحُ مِنَ اللهِ ﷻ  

darimi:2271Yaʿlá > al-Aʿmash > Shaqīq > ʿAbdullāh

Nothing is more loveable to Allah than His praise as He has praised Himself and no one is more self-respecting than Allah Himself and it As because of this that He has prohibited abominable acts. (Using translation from Muslim 2760a)   

الدارمي:٢٢٧١حَدَّثَنَا يَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ أَغْيَرَ مِنَ اللَّهِ لِذَلِكَ حَرَّمَ الْفَوَاحِشَ وَلَيْسَ أَحَدٌ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْهِ الْمَدْحُ مِنَ اللَّهِ»  

ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ ثَانٍ يُصَرِّحُ بِصِحَّةِ مَا ذَكَرْنَاهُ

ibnhibban:294ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Azdī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Jarīr And ʿAbdah b. Sulaymān > al-Aʿmash > Shaqīq > ʿAbdullāh

Nothing is more loveable to Allah than His praise as He has praised Himself and no one is more self-respecting than Allah Himself and it As because of this that He has prohibited abominable acts. (Using translation from Muslim 2760a)   

ابن حبّان:٢٩٤أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا جَرِيرٌ وَعَبْدَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ الْمَدْحُ مِنَ اللَّهِ فَلِذَلِكَ مَدَحَ نَفْسَهُ وَلَيْسَ أَحَدٌ أَغْيَرَ مِنَ اللَّهِ فَلِذَلِكَ حَرَّمَ الْفَوَاحِشَ»  

tabarani:10441Muḥammad b. ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > al-Ḥusayn b. Yazīd al-Ṭaḥḥān > Saʿīd b. Khuthaym al-Hilālī > Muḥammad b. Khālid al-Ḍabbī > al-Ḥakam > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh Rafaʿah

ʿAbdullah (bin Masʿud) said, "None has more sense of ghaira than Allah therefore - He prohibits shameful sins (illegal sexual intercourse, etc.) whether committed openly or secretly. And none loves to be praised more than Allah does, and for this reason He praises Himself." I asked Abu Wali, "Did you hear it from ʿAbdullah?" He said, "Yes," I said, "Did ʿAbdullah ascribe it to Messenger of Allah ﷺ?" He said, "Yes." (Using translation from Bukhārī 4634)  

الطبراني:١٠٤٤١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الطَّحَّانُ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ خُثَيْمٍ الْهِلَالِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الضَّبِّيُّ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ

«مَا أَحَدٌ أَغْيَرَ مِنَ اللهِ؛ وَلِذَلِكَ حَرَّمَ الْفَوَاحِشَ مَا ظَهْرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ»  

tabarani:836Aḥmad b. ʿAmr al-Bazzār > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUbayd b. ʿAqīl > Abū ʿĀṣim > Mubārak b. Faḍālah > al-Ḥasan > al-Aswad b. Sarīʿ

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "No one loves praise more than Allah, and no one makes more excuses than Allah."  

الطبراني:٨٣٦حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الْبَزَّارُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ ثنا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ عَنْ مُبَارَكِ بْنِ فَضَالَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ سَرِيعٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ الْمَدْحُ مِنَ اللهِ ﷻ وَلَا أَحَدٌ أَكْثَرَ مَعَاذِيرَ مِنَ اللهِ ﷻ»  

قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: {وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا الْفَوَاحِشَ} [الأنعام: 151]

nasai-kubra:11108Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná And Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿAmr b. Murrah > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh > Warafaʿah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "None has more sense of ghaira than Allah, and for this He has forbidden shameful sins whether committed openly or secretly, and none loves to be praised more than Allah does, and this is why He Praises Himself." (Using translation from Bukhārī 4637)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١١١٠٨أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا وَائِلٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ يَقُولُ وَرَفَعَهُ قَالَ

«لَا أَحَدَ يَعْنِي أَغْيَرَ مِنَ اللهِ وَلِذَلِكَ حَرَّمَ الْفَوَاحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ وَمَا أَحَدٌ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْهِ الْمَدْحُ مِنَ اللهِ ﷻ وَلِذَلِكَ مَدَحَ نَفْسَهُ»  

قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: {قُلْ إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ رَبِّيَ الْفَوَاحِشَ} [الأعراف: 33]

nasai-kubra:11119Muḥammad b. Ādam b. Sulaymān And Muḥammad b. al-ʿAlāʾ > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Shaqīq > ʿAbdullāh

None is more self-respectidg than Allah and it is because of this that He has prohibited abominable acts-both visible and invisible-and none loves His praise more than Allah Himself. (Using translation from Muslim 2760b)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١١١١٩أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ آدَمَ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ عَنْ أَبِي مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا أَحَدَ أَغْيَرُ مِنَ اللهِ وَلِذَلِكَ حَرَّمَ الْفَوَاحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ وَلَا أَحَدَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْهِ الْمَدْحُ مِنَ اللهِ» وَاللَّفْظُ لِابْنِ الْعَلَاءِ