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ahmad:8952Saʿīd b. Manṣūr > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muḥammad > Muḥammad b. ʿAjlān > al-Qaʿqāʿ b. Ḥakīm > Abū Ṣāliḥʿan Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I have been sent to perfect good character."  

أحمد:٨٩٥٢حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ الْقَعْقَاعِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّمَا بُعِثْتُ لِأُتَمِّمَ صَالِحَ الْأَخْلَاقِ  


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malik:47-8Mālik > Qad Balaghah

Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I was sent to perfect good character."  

مالك:٤٧-٨وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ أَنَّهُ قَدْ بَلَغَهُ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ بُعِثْتُ لأُتَمِّمَ حُسْنَ الأَخْلاَقِ  

hakim:4221Ismāʿīl b. Muḥammad b. al-Faḍl b. Muḥammad al-Shaʿrānī from my father > Ibrāhīm b. al-Mundhir al-Ḥizāmī > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muḥammad > Ibn ʿAjlān > al-Qaʿqāʿ b. Ḥakīm > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said, 'I was sent to complete righteous character.'"  

الحاكم:٤٢٢١أَخْبَرَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الشَّعْرَانِيُّ ثنا جَدِّي ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ الْحِزَامِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنِ الْقَعْقَاعِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «بُعِثْتُ لِأُتَمِّمَ صَالِحَ الْأَخْلَاقِ»  

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