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ahmad:4249 – Wakīʿ > Sufyān > ʿAmmār b. Muʿāwiyah al-Duhnī > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd al-Ashjaʿī > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

'The Messenger of Allah said: ''Ammar- no two things were shown to him but he chose the better of the two.'' (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 148)   

أحمد:٤٢٤٩ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ الدُّهْنِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ الْأَشْجَعِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ابْنُ سُمَيَّةَ مَا عُرِضَ عَلَيْهِ أَمْرَانِ قَطُّ إِلَّا اخْتَارَ الْأَرْشَدَ مِنْهُمَا  

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Collected by Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Suyūṭī
ibnmajah:148 – [Chain 1] Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿUbaydullāh b. Mūsá [Chain 2] ʿAlī b. Muḥammad And ʿAmrū b. ʿAbdullāh > Wakīʿ > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Siyāh > Ḥabīb b. Abū Thābit > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > ʿĀʾishah

'The Messenger of Allah said: ''Ammar- no two things were shown to him but he chose the better of the two.''  

ابن ماجة:١٤٨ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَمْرُو بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالاَ جَمِيعًا حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ سِيَاهٍ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَمَّارٌ مَا عُرِضَ عَلَيْهِ أَمْرَانِ إِلاَّ اخْتَارَ الأَرْشَدَ مِنْهُمَا  

ahmad:3693 – Wakīʿ > Sufyān > ʿAmmār b. Muʿāwiyah al-Duhnī > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd al-Ashjaʿī > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

'The Messenger of Allah said: ''Ammar- no two things were shown to him but he chose the better of the two.'' (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 148)   

أحمد:٣٦٩٣ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ الدُّهْنِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ الْأَشْجَعِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ابْنُ سُمَيَّةَ مَا عُرِضَ عَلَيْهِ أَمْرَانِ قَطُّ إِلَّا اخْتَارَ الْأَرْشَدَ مِنْهُمَا  

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السيوطي:١٧٣a –

"ابْنُ سُمَيَّةَ ما عُرضَ عليه أَمْرانِ قَطُّ إِلَّا أخذ بالأَرْشَدِ".  

[حم] أحمد [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك (برجال الصحيح) عن ابن مسعود - (وفى رواية إلا اختار الأرشد منهما)