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bukhari:3412 – Musaddad > Yaḥyá > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Abū Nuʿaym > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ said, "None of you should say that I am better than Yunus (i.e. Jonah)." Musadded added, "Jonah bin Matta."  

البخاري:٣٤١٢ – حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الأَعْمَشُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ إِنِّي خَيْرٌ مِنْ يُونُسَ زَادَ مُسَدَّدٌ يُونُسَ بْنِ مَتَّى  

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ahmad:3703 – Wakīʿ > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "It is not appropriate for anyone to say that they are better than Yunus ibn Matta."  

أحمد:٣٧٠٣ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَنْبَغِي لِأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَقُولَ أَنَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ مَتَّى  

ahmad:4196 – ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] Regarding the Prophetﷺ he said, "No one should consider themselves better than Yunus ibn Matta."  

أحمد:٤١٩٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا يَنْبَغِي لِأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَكُونَ خَيْرًا مِنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ مَتَّى  

ahmad:4197 – Abū Aḥmad al-Zubayrī Biʾisnādih

[Machine] No one of you should say, "I am better than Yunus bin Matta."  

أحمد:٤١٩٧ – وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ أَبُو أَحْمَدَ الزُّبَيْرِيُّ بِإِسْنَادِهِ قَالَ

لَا يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ إِنِّي خَيْرٌ مِنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ مَتَّى  

ahmad:4227 – Wakīʿ > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾilʿan ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "It is not appropriate for anyone to say 'I am better than Yunus bin Matta'."  

أحمد:٤٢٢٧ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ قَالَ سُفْيَانُ قَالَ الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍعَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَنْبَغِي لِأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَقُولَ أَنَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ مَتَّى  

darimi:2788 – Abū Nuʿyam > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "None of you should say that I am superior to Yunus bin Matta."  

الدارمي:٢٧٨٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو نُعْيَمٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَا يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ مَتَّى  

قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى {وَيُونُسَ وَلُوطًا، وَكُلًّا فَضَّلْنَا عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ} [الأنعام: 86]

nasai-kubra:11102 – Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Wakīʿ > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ said, "None has the right to say that I am better than Jonah bin Matta." (Using translation from Bukhārī 4603)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١١١٠٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلَانَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا يَنْبَغِي لِأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَقُولَ أَنَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ مَتَّى