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bayhaqi:13764Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū ʿAbdullāh Isḥāq b. Muḥammad b. Yūsuf al-Sūsī > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-Rabīʿ b. Sulaymān Wasaʿīd b. ʿUthmān > Bishr b. Bakr > al-Awzāʿī > Abū ʿAmmār Shaddād > Wāthilah b. al-Asqaʿ > Rasūl Allāh Ṣllá

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, Allah chose the descendants of Kinanah from the descendants of Ismail. And He chose from the descendants of Kinanah the Quraysh. And He chose from the Quraysh the Banu Hashim. And He chose me from the Banu Hashim." And Ar-Rabi' said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Indeed, Allah chose from the Quraysh the Banu Hashim. And He chose me from the Banu Hashim.'"  

البيهقي:١٣٧٦٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ السُّوسِيُّ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ وَسَعِيدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ قَالَا ثنا بِشْرُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَمَّارٍ شَدَّادٌ عَنْ وَاثِلَةَ بْنِ الْأَسْقَعِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللهَ اصْطَفَى بَنِي كِنَانَةَ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَاصْطَفَى مِنْ بَنِي كِنَانَةَ قُرَيْشًا وَاصْطَفَى مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ وَاصْطَفَانِي مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ وَقَالَ الرَّبِيعُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللهَ اصْطَفَى مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ وَاصْطَفَانِي مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ  

أَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ

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Collected by Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Suyūṭī
tirmidhi:3605Khalāad b. Aslam al-Baghdādī > Muḥammad b. Muṣʿab > al-Awzāʿī > Abū ʿAmmār > Wāthilah b. al-Asqaʿ

that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Indeed Allah has chosen Isma'il from the children of Ibrahim, and He chose Banu Kinanah from the children of Isma'il, and He chose the Quraish from Banu Kinanah, and He chose Banu Hashim from Quraish, and He chose me from Banu Hashim."  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ.
الترمذي:٣٦٠٥حَدَّثَنَا خَلاَّدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُصْعَبٍ حَدَّثَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي عَمَّارٍ عَنْ وَاثِلَةَ بْنِ الأَسْقَعِ ؓ قَالَ قَالَ

رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللَّهَ اصْطَفَى مِنْ وَلَدِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَاصْطَفَى مِنْ وَلَدِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بَنِي كِنَانَةَ وَاصْطَفَى مِنْ بَنِي كِنَانَةَ قُرَيْشًا وَاصْطَفَى مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ وَاصْطَفَانِي مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
ahmad:16986Abū al-Mughīrah > al-Awzāʿī > Abū ʿAmmār Shaddād > Wāthilah b. al-Asqaʿ

I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Verily Allah granted eminence to Kinana from amongst the descendants of Isma'il, and he granted eminence to the Quraish amongst Kinana, and he granted eminence to Banu Hashim amonsgst the Quraish, and he granted me eminence from the tribe of Banu Hashim. (Using translation from Muslim 2276)   

أحمد:١٦٩٨٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَمَّارٍ شَدَّادٌ عَنْ وَاثِلَةَ بْنِ الْأَسْقَعِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللهَ اصْطَفَى كِنَانَةَ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَاصْطَفَى مِنْ بَنِي كِنَانَةَ قُرَيْشًا وَاصْطَفَى مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ وَاصْطَفَانِي مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ  

ahmad:16987Muḥammad b. Muṣʿab > al-Awzāʿī > Shaddād Abū ʿAmmār > Wāthilah b. al-Asqaʿ

that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Indeed Allah has chosen Isma'il from the children of Ibrahim, and He chose Banu Kinanah from the children of Isma'il, and He chose the Quraish from Banu Kinanah, and He chose Banu Hashim from Quraish, and He chose me from Banu Hashim." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3605)   

أحمد:١٦٩٨٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُصْعَبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنْ شَدَّادٍ أَبِي عَمَّارٍ عَنْ وَاثِلَةَ بْنِ الْأَسْقَعِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ اصْطَفَى مِنْ وَلَدِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَاصْطَفَى مِنْ بَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ كِنَانَةَ وَاصْطَفَى مِنْ بَنِي كِنَانَةَ قُرَيْشًا وَاصْطَفَى مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ وَاصْطَفَانِي مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ  

tabarani:18455[Chain 1] Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. Najdah al-Ḥawṭī > Abū al-Mughīrah [Chain 2] Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥīm Abū Zayd al-Ḥawṭī > Muḥammad b. Muṣʿab al-Qarqasānī [Chain 3] Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣāʾigh al-Makkī > Muḥammad b. Bishr al-Tinnīsī > al-Awzāʿī > Shaddād Abū ʿAmmār > Wāthilah b. al-Asqaʿ

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, Allah chose the Banu Kinnanah from the offspring of Ismail, and He chose from the Banu Kinnanah the Quraysh, and He chose from the Quraysh the Banu Hashim, and He chose me from the Banu Hashim."  

الطبراني:١٨٤٥٥حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ بْنِ نَجْدَةَ الْحَوْطِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ أَبُو زَيْدٍ الْحَوْطِيُّ قَالَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُصْعَبٍ الْقَرْقَسَانِيُّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الصَّائِغُ الْمَكِّيُّ قَالَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ التِّنِّيسِيُّ قَالُوا ثنا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ ثنا شَدَّادُ أَبُو عَمَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي وَاثِلَةُ بْنُ الْأَسْقَعِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ اللهَ اصْطَفَى بَنِي كِنَانَةَ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَاصْطَفَى مِنْ كِنَانَةَ قُرَيْشًا وَاصْطَفَى مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ وَاصْطَفَانِي مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ»  

suyuti:4686a

I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Verily Allah granted eminence to Kinana from amongst the descendants of Isma'il, and he granted eminence to the Quraish amongst Kinana, and he granted eminence to Banu Hashim amonsgst the Quraish, and he granted me eminence from the tribe of Banu Hashim. (Using translation from Muslim 2276)   

السيوطي:٤٦٨٦a

"إِنَّ الله ﷻ اصطفى من وَلَدِ إِبراهيمَ إِسماعيلَ، واصطفى من ولدِ إسماعيل بَنِي كِنانة واصطفى من بنى كنانة قُريَشًا، واصطفى من قريش بني هاشم، واصطفانى من بين هاشم".  

[حم] أحمد [ت] الترمذي حسن صحيح، وابن سعد عن واثلة