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ahmad:8344Hāshim > Muḥammad > ʿAbdullāh b. Shubrumah > Abū Zurʿah b. ʿAmr > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] "A man said, 'O Messenger of Allah, who among the people is most deserving of my good companionship?' He replied, 'Your mother.' The man asked, 'Then who?' The Prophet said, 'Your mother.' The man asked again, 'Then who?' The Prophet once again replied, 'Your mother.' The man asked again, 'Then who?' This time, the Prophet said, 'Then your father.'"  

أحمد:٨٣٤٤حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمٌ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ شُبْرُمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ

رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَيُّ النَّاسِ أَحَقُّ مِنِّي بِحُسْنِ الصُّحْبَةِ؟ قَالَ أُمُّكَ قَالَ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ ثُمَّ أُمُّكَ قَالَ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ ثُمَّ أُمُّكَ قَالَ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ ثُمَّ أَبُوكَ  


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bukhari:5971Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Jarīr > ʿUmārah b. al-Qaʿqāʿ b. Shubrumah > Abū Zurʿah > Abū Hurayrah

A man came to Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! Who is more entitled to be treated with the best companionship by me?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "Your mother." The man said. "Who is next?" The Prophet said, "Your mother." The man further said, "Who is next?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "Your mother." The man asked for the fourth time, "Who is next?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "Your father. "  

البخاري:٥٩٧١حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ الْقَعْقَاعِ بْنِ شُبْرُمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَنْ أَحَقُّ بِحُسْنِ صَحَابَتِي قَالَ أُمُّكَ قَالَ ثُمَّ مَنْ قَالَ أُمُّكَ قَالَ ثُمَّ مَنْ قَالَ أُمُّكَ قَالَ ثُمَّ مَنْ قَالَ ثُمَّ أَبُوكَ وَقَالَ ابْنُ شُبْرُمَةَ وَيَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو زُرْعَةَ مِثْلَهُ  

ibnmajah:3658Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Maymūn al-Makkī > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > ʿUmārah b. al-Qaʿqāʿ > Abū Zurʿah > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah said: "They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, whom should I treat kindly?' He said: 'Your mother.' He said: 'Then who?' He said :'Your mother." He said: 'Then who?' He said: 'Your father'. He said : 'Then who?' He said: 'The next closest and the next closest.'"  

ابن ماجة:٣٦٥٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ الْمَكِّيُّ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ الْقَعْقَاعِ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَنْ أَبَرُّ قَالَ أُمَّكَ قَالَ ثُمَّ مَنْ قَالَ أُمَّكَ قَالَ ثُمَّ مَنْ قَالَ أَبَاكَ قَالَ ثُمَّ مَنْ قَالَ الأَدْنَى فَالأَدْنَى  

ahmad:9081Aswad b. ʿĀmir > Sharīk > ʿUmārah b. al-Qaʿqāʿ > Abū Zurʿah > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] A man came to the Messenger ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, inform me about the most deserving of people to accompany me." He said, "Yes, definitely, I will inform you. He said, "Who is it?" He said, "Your mother." He said, "Then who?" He said, "Your mother." He said, "Then who?" He said, "Then your father."  

أحمد:٩٠٨١حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ الْقَعْقَاعِ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى الرَّسُولِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ نَبِّئْنِي بِأَحَقِّ النَّاسِ مِنِّي صُحْبَةً فَقَالَ نَعَمْ وَاللهِلَتُنَبَّأَنَّ قَالَ مَنْ؟ قَالَ أُمُّكَ قَالَ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ أُمُّكَ قَالَ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ ثُمَّ أَبُوكَ  

ahmad:20028Yazīd > Bahz b. Ḥakīm b. Muʿāwiyah from his father from his grandfather

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! Who most deserves(my) reverence?' He said: 'Your mother.'" He said: "I said: 'Then who?' He said: 'Your mother.'" He said: "I said: 'Then who?' He said: 'Your mother.'" He said: "I said: 'Then who?' He said: 'Then your father, then the nearest relatives, then the nearest relatives.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1897)   

أحمد:٢٠٠٢٨حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزُ بْنُ حَكِيمِ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَنْ أَبَرُّ؟ قَالَ أُمَّكَ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ ثُمَّ أُمَّكَ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ أُمَّكَ قَالَ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ ثُمَّ أَبَاكَ ثُمَّ الْأَقْرَبَ فَالْأَقْرَبَ  

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَنْ إِيثَارِ الْمَرْءِ أُمَّهُ بِالْبِرِّ عَلَى أَبِيهِ

ibnhibban:433Abū Khalīfah > Ibrāhīm b. Bashhār al-Ramādī > Sufyān > ʿUmārah b. al-Qaʿqāʿ > Abū Zurʿah > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and asked, "O Messenger of Allah, who deserves good companionship the most?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "Your mother." The man asked again, "Then who?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "Your mother." The man asked a third time, "Then who?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "Your father." It is then said that the mother deserves two-thirds of the kindness.  

ابن حبّان:٤٣٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ الرَّمَادِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ الْقَعْقَاعِ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَنْ أَحَقُّ النَّاسِ بِحُسْنِ الصُّحْبَةِ؟ قَالَ «أُمُّكَ» قَالَ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ «أُمُّكَ» قَالَ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ «أَبُوكَ» قَالَ فَيَرَوْنَ أَنَّ لِلْأُمِّ ثُلُثَيِ الْبِرِّ  

ذِكْرُ إيثَارِ الْمَرْءِ الْمُبَالَغَةَ فِي بِرِّ وَالِدَتِهِ عَلَى بِرِّ وَالِدِهِ مَا لَمْ تُطَالِبُهُ بِإِثْمٍ

ibnhibban:434ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Azdī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Jarīr > ʿUmārah b. al-Qaʿqāʿ > Abū Zurʿah > Abū Hurayrah

Who among the people is most deserving of a fine treatment from my hand? He said: Your mother. He again said: Then who (is the next one)? He said: Again it is your mother (who deserves the best treatment from you). He said: Then who (is the next one)? He (the Holy Prophet) said: Again, it is your mother. He (again) said: Then who? Thereupon he said: Then it is your father. In the hadith transmitted on the authority of Qutalba, there is no mention of the word" the people". (Using translation from Muslim 2548a)   

ابن حبّان:٤٣٤أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ الْقَعْقَاعِ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فقَالَ مَنْ أَحَقُّ النَّاسِ بِحُسْنِ صُحْبَتِي؟ قَالَ «أُمُّكَ» فقَالَ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ «أُمُّكَ» قَالَ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ «أُمُّكَ» قَالَ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ «أَبُوكَ»  

tabarani:17071Yaʿqūb b. Khalīfah al-ʿAbbādānī > Bishr b. Ādam > Azhar b. Saʿd > Ibn ʿAwn > Bahz b. Ḥakīm from his father from his grandfather

[Machine] I said, "O Messenger of Allah, who is the most deserving of my good treatment?" He said, "Your mother." I said, "Then who?" He said, "Then your mother." I said, "Then who?" He said, "Then your mother." I said, "Then who?" He said, "Then your father, then the closest relative, then the next closest."  

الطبراني:١٧٠٧١حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ خَلِيفَةَ الْعَبَّادَانِيُّ ثنا بِشْرُ بْنُ آدَمَ حَدَّثَنِي أَزْهَرُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ عَنْ بَهْزِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَنْ أَبَرُّ؟ قَالَ «أُمَّكَ» قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ «ثُمَّ أُمَّكَ» قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ «ثُمَّ أُمَّكَ» قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ «ثُمَّ أَبَاكَ ثُمَّ الْأَقْرَبَ فَالْأَقْرَبَ»  

tabarani:17072al-Miqdām b. Dāwud > Asad b. Mūsá > ʿAdī b. al-Faḍl > Bahz b. Ḥakīm from his father from his grandfather

[Machine] I said, "O Messenger of Allah, who is most deserving of my good treatment?" He said, "Your mother." I said, "Then who?" He said, "Then your mother." I said, "Then who?" He said, "Then your mother." I said, "Then who?" He said, "Then your father." I said, "Then who?" He said, "Then the closest relative, and the closest."  

الطبراني:١٧٠٧٢حَدَّثَنَا الْمِقْدَامُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ ثنا أَسَدُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا عَدِيُّ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ عَنْ بَهْزِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَنْ أَبَرُّ؟ قَالَ «أُمَّكَ» قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ «ثُمَّ أُمَّكَ» قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ «ثُمَّ أُمَّكَ» قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ «ثُمَّ أَبَاكَ» قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ «ثُمَّ الْأَقْرَبَ فَالْأَقْرَبَ»  

tabarani:17074Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣāʾigh al-Makkī > Yaʿqūb b. Ḥumaydah > Ḥātim b. Ismāʿīl > Hishām b. Ḥassān > Bahz b. Ḥakīm from his father from his grandfather

[Machine] I asked, "O Messenger of Allah, who is the most deserving of my kindness?" He said, "Your mother." I asked, "Then who?" He said, "Then your mother." I asked, "Then who?" He said, "Then your mother." I asked, "Then who?" He said, "Your father, then the closest relative, and then the closest relative."  

الطبراني:١٧٠٧٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الصَّائِغُ الْمَكِّيُّ ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ حُمَيْدَةَ ثنا حَاتِمُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ حَسَّانٍ عَنْ بَهْزِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَنْ أَبَرُّ؟ قَالَ «أُمَّكَ» قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ «ثُمَّ أُمَّكَ» قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ «ثُمَّ أُمَّكَ» قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ «أَبَاكَ ثُمَّ الْأَقْرَبَ فَالْأَقْرَبَ»  

bayhaqi:7763Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. ʿAbdān > Aḥmad b. ʿUbayd al-Ṣaffār > Abū Muslim Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbdullāh > al-Anṣārī > Bahz b. Ḥakīm from his father from his grandfather

[Machine] I said, "O Messenger of Allah, who is most deserving of my good treatment?" He said, "Your mother." I said, "Then who?" He said, "Your mother." I said, "Then who?" He said, "Your mother." I said, "Then who?" He said, "Then your father, and then the closest relatives."  

البيهقي:٧٧٦٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ ثنا الْأَنْصَارِيُّ ثنا بَهْزُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَنْ أَبَرُّ؟ قَالَ أُمُّكَ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ ثُمَّ أُمُّكَ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ ثُمَّ أُمُّكَ؟ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ ثُمَّ أَبَاكَ ثُمَّ الْأَقْرَبُ فَالْأَقْرَبُ  

bayhaqi:15755Abū Muḥammad Janāḥ b. Nadhīr b. Janāḥ Bi-al-Kūfah > Abū Jaʿfar b. Duḥaym > Muḥammad b. Ḥusayn b. Abū al-Ḥunayn > Abū Ghassān > Muḥammad b. Ṭalḥah > ʿAbdullāh b. Shubrumah > Abū Zurʿah b. ʿAmr b. Jarīr > Abū Hurayrah
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البيهقي:١٥٧٥٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ جَنَاحُ بْنُ نَذِيرِ بْنِ جَنَاحٍ بِالْكُوفَةِ ثنا أَبُو جَعْفَرِ بْنُ دُحَيْمٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَبِي الْحُنَيْنِ ثنا أَبُو غَسَّانَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ شُبْرُمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أِيُّ النَّاسِ أَحَقُّ مِنِّي بِحُسْنِ الصُّحْبَةِ؟ قَالَ أُمُّكَ قَالَ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ ثُمَّ أُمُّكَ قَالَ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ ثُمَّ أُمُّكَ قَالَ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ ثُمَّ أَبُوكَ أَخْرَجَاهُ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ شُبْرُمَةَ  

bayhaqi:15756Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. ʿAbdān > Aḥmad b. ʿUbayd al-Ṣaffār > Abū Muslim Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbdullāh al-Kajjī > al-Anṣārī > Bahz b. Ḥakīm from his father from his grandfather

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! Who most deserves(my) reverence?' He said: 'Your mother.'" He said: "I said: 'Then who?' He said: 'Your mother.'" He said: "I said: 'Then who?' He said: 'Your mother.'" He said: "I said: 'Then who?' He said: 'Then your father, then the nearest relatives, then the nearest relatives.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1897)   

البيهقي:١٥٧٥٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْكَجِّيُّ ثنا الْأَنْصَارِيُّ ثنا بَهْزُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَنْ أَبِرُّ؟ قَالَ أُمَّكَ قَالَ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ ثُمَّ أُمَّكَ قَالَ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ ثُمَّ أُمَّكَ قَالَ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ ثُمَّ أَبَاكَ ثُمَّ الْأَقْرَبَ فَالْأَقْرَبَ