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bayhaqi:21101Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ṣaffār > Aḥmad b. ʿIṣām > Rawḥ > Shuʿbah > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] He said, Messenger of Allah ﷺ , said, "The most truthful saying said by the Arabs is: Behold! Everything other than Allah is false." This hadith was reported in Sahih from the narration of Ghandar from Shu'bah.  

البيهقي:٢١١٠١أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عِصَامٍ ثنا رَوْحٌ ثنا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الْمَلِكِ بْنَ عُمَيْرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَصْدَقُ بَيْتٍ قَالَتْهُ الْعَرَبُ أَلَا كُلُّ شَيْءٍ مَا خَلَا اللهَ بَاطِلٌ أَخْرَجَاهُ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ غُنْدَرٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ  


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muslim:2256dMuḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

The truest couplet recited by a poet is: "Behold! apart from Allah everything is vain," and he made no addition to it.  

مسلم:٢٢٥٦dوَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أَصْدَقُ بَيْتٍ قَالَتْهُ الشُّعَرَاءُ أَلاَ كُلُّ شَىْءٍ مَا خَلاَ اللَّهَ بَاطِلٌ