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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  


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tirmidhi:1897Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Bahz b. Ḥakīm from my father from my father

"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.'"  

الترمذي:١٨٩٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ أَخْبَرَنَا بَهْزُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ جَدِّي قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَنْ أَبَرُّ قَالَ أُمَّكَ قَالَ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَنْ قَالَ أُمَّكَ قَالَ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَنْ قَالَ أُمَّكَ قَالَ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَنْ قَالَ ثُمَّ أَبَاكَ ثُمَّ الأَقْرَبَ فَالأَقْرَبَ قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ وَعَائِشَةَ وَأَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَبَهْزُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ هُوَ ابْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ حَيْدَةَ الْقُشَيْرِيُّ وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ وَقَدْ تَكَلَّمَ شُعْبَةُ فِي بَهْزِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ وَهُوَ ثِقَةٌ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْحَدِيثِ وَرَوَى عَنْهُ مَعْمَرٌ وَالثَّوْرِيُّ وَحَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ وَغَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ مِنَ الأَئِمَّةِ
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: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  

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  

ahmad:20048Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Bahz from my father from my father

[Machine] I said, "O Messenger of Allah, who is most deserving of kindness?" 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, "Your father. Then the closest relatives, one after another."  

أحمد:٢٠٠٤٨حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ جَدِّي قَالَ

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

hakim:7242Aḥmad b. Salmān al-Faqīh > al-Ḥasan b. Mukram > Yazīd b. Hārūn And Than Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. Hishām b. Mallās al-Numayrī > Marwān b. Muʿāwiyah al-Fazārī Wathan Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Shaybānī > ʿAlī b. al-Ḥasan > Abū ʿĀṣim Wamakkī b. Ibrāhīm > Bahz b. Ḥakīm from his father from his grandfather > Qult

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.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3658)   

الحاكم:٧٢٤٢حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلْمَانَ الْفَقِيهُ ثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُكْرَمٍ ثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ وَثَنًا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ هِشَامِ بْنِ مَلَّاسٍ النُّمَيْرِيُّ ثَنَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ الْفَزَارِيُّ وَثَنًا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ ثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ ثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ وَمَكِّيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالُوا ثَنَا بَهْزُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

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

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ عَلَى شَرْطِهِمَا فِي حَكِيمِ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَنْ أَبَرُّ؟ قَالَ «أُمَّكَ» قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ «أُمَّكَ» قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ «أُمَّكَ» قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ «ثُمَّ أَبَاكَ ثُمَّ الْأَقْرَبَ فَالْأَقْرَبَ» قَالَ الْحَاكِمُ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى «ثُمَّ وَجَدْنَا لِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ شواهدَ فَمِنْهَا» صحيح
tabarani:17068Abū Muslim al-Kashhī > Muḥammad 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 kindness?" He said, "Your mother." I said, "Then who?" He said, "Then your mother." I said, "Then who?" He said, "Then your father, and then the closest relatives, the closest."  

الطبراني:١٧٠٦٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْكَشِّيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي بَهْزُ بْنُ 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 أَبَاكَ ثُمَّ الْأَقْرَبَ فَالْأَقْرَبَ»  

tabarani:17069Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Bahz b. Ḥakīm from his father from his grandfather

[Machine] I said, "O Messenger of Allah, who is the most righteous?" He said, "Your mother." I said it three times. I said, "O Messenger of Allah, then who?" He said, "Your father." I said, "O Messenger of Allah, then who?" He said, "Then the closest relative, then the closest relative."  

الطبراني:١٧٠٦٩حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ بَهْزِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

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

tabarani:17070[Chain 1] ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Saʿīd b. Abū Maryam > Muḥammad b. Yūsuf al-Firyābī [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. Muḥammad al-Tammār al-Baṣrī > Muḥammad b. Kathīr > Sufyān > 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, then your mother, then your mother, then your father, then the closest relatives, and the closest."  

الطبراني:١٧٠٧٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْفِرْيَابِيُّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ التَّمَّارُ الْبَصْرِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ قَالَا ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ بَهْزِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

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

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: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