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Qurʾān Bukhārī Muslim Nasāʾī Abū Dāwūd Tirmidhī Ibn Mājah Mālik Aḥmad Dārimī Ḥākim Ibn Ḥibbān Ṭabarānī Nasāʾī's Kubrá Bayhaqī al-Luʾluʾ wa-al-Marjān Ibn Rajab's Fifty Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn Aḥmad's Zuhd Suyūṭī
bukhari:3992 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Jarīr > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Muʿādh b. Rifāʿah b. Rāfiʿ al-Zuraqī

(who was one of the Badr warriors) Gabriel came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "How do you look upon the warriors of Badr among yourselves?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "As the best of the Muslims." or said a similar statement. On that, Gabriel said, "And so are the Angels who participated in the Badr (battle).  

البخاري:٣٩٩٢ – حَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَخْبَرَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ بْنِ رَافِعٍ الزُّرَقِيِّ

عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَكَانَ أَبُوهُ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ قَالَ جَاءَ جِبْرِيلُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَا تَعُدُّونَ أَهْلَ بَدْرٍ فِيكُمْ قَالَ مِنْ أَفْضَلِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ أَوْ كَلِمَةً نَحْوَهَا قَالَ وَكَذَلِكَ مَنْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا مِنَ الْمَلاَئِكَةِ  

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Collected by Ṭabarānī, Suyūṭī
tabarani:4412 – Mūsá b. Hārūn > Isḥāq b. Rāhawayh > Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > ʿAbāyah b. Rifāʿah > Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj

[Machine] Jibreel ﷺ or an angel came to the Prophet ﷺ and asked, "How do you consider the people of Badr among you?" He replied, "They are the best of people." Jibreel ﷺ said, "And likewise, whoever witnessed Badr among the angels."  

الطبراني:٤٤١٢ – حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ هَارُونَ أَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ رَاهَوَيْهِ ثنا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَبَايَةَ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ

جَاءَ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ أَوْ مَلَكٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ كَيْفَ تَعُدُّونَ أَهْلَ بَدْرٍ فِيكُمْ؟ قَالَ «هُمْ أَفَاضِلُ النَّاسِ» قَالَ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَكَذَلِكَ مَنْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ  

suyuti:332-2b – Jāʾ
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السيوطي:٣٣٢-٢b –

"قَالَ: جَاءَ جِبْرِيلُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ، فَقَالَ مَا تَعُدَّونَ مَنْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا؟ ، فَقَالَ: مِنْ أَفَاضِلِ الْمُسْلِميِنَ، أَوْ مِنْ خِيَارِ الْمُسْلِميِنَ؟ قَالَ: وَكَذَلِكَ مَنْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا مِنَ الْمَلاَئِكَةِ فِينَا".  

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