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bukhari:6035ʿUmar b. Ḥafṣ from my father > al-Aʿmash > Shaqīq > Masrūq

We were sitting with ʿAbdullah bin ʿAmr who was narrating to us (Hadith): He said, "Messenger of Allah ﷺ was neither a Fahish nor a Mutafahhish, and he used to say, 'The best among you are the best in character (having good manners)."'  

البخاري:٦٠٣٥حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي شَقِيقٌ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ قَالَ كُنَّا جُلُوسًا مَعَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو يُحَدِّثُنَا إِذْ قَالَ

لَمْ يَكُنْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَاحِشًا وَلاَ مُتَفَحِّشًا وَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ خِيَارَكُمْ أَحَاسِنُكُمْ أَخْلاَقًا  


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bukhari:3559ʿAbdān > Abū Ḥamzah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > Masrūq > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr

The Prophet ﷺ never used bad language neither a "Fahish nor a Mutafahish. He used to say "The best amongst you are those who have the best manners and character." (See Hadith No. 56 (B) Vol. 8)  

البخاري:٣٥٥٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو ؓ قَالَ

لَمْ يَكُنِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَاحِشًا وَلاَ مُتَفَحِّشًا وَكَانَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ مِنْ خِيَارِكُمْ أَحْسَنَكُمْ أَخْلاَقًا  

tirmidhi:1975Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Abū Dāwud > Shuʿbah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > Masrūq > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr

"The best of you are those best in conduct.' And the Prophet was not one who was obscene, nor one who uttered obscenities."  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ.
الترمذي:١٩٧٥حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا وَائِلٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ خِيَارُكُمْ أَحَاسِنُكُمْ أَخْلاَقًا وَلَمْ يَكُنِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَاحِشًا وَلاَ مُتَفَحِّشًا  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
ahmad:6504Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Shaqīq > Masrūq > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr b. al-ʿĀṣ

"The best of you are those best in conduct.' And the Prophet was not one who was obscene, nor one who uttered obscenities." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1975)   

أحمد:٦٥٠٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَمْ يَكُ فَاحِشًا وَلَا مُتَفَحِّشًا وَكَانَ يَقُولُ مِنْ خِيَارِكُمْ أَحَاسِنُكُمْأَخْلَاقًا  

ahmad:6818Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > Shaqīq And Ibn Numayr > al-Aʿmash > Shaqīq > Masrūqʿan ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was not obscene or vulgar, and he used to say, "The best among you are those with the best manners." Ibn Numayr said, "Indeed, the best among you are those with the best manners."  

أحمد:٦٨١٨حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ وَابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍعَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ

لَمْ يَكُنْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَاحِشًا وَلَا مُتَفَحِّشًا وَكَانَ يَقُولُ مِنْ خِيَارِكُمْ أَحَاسِنُكُمْ أَخْلَاقًا قَالَ ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ إِنَّ خِيَارَكُمْ أَحَاسِنُكُمْ أَخْلَاقًا  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ مِنْ خِيَارِ النَّاسِ مَنْ كَانَ أَحْسَنَ خُلُقًا

ibnhibban:477al-Faḍl b. al-Ḥubāb > Muḥammad b. Kathīr al-ʿAbdī > Sufyān al-Thawrī > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > Masrūq

[Machine] "Abdullah ibn Amr said, 'Indeed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was not obscene nor did he utter obscenities. He used to say, 'The best among you are those with the best manners.'"  

ابن حبّان:٤٧٧أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ الْعَبْدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ قَالَ قَالَ

عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَمْ يَكُنْ فَاحِشًا وَلَا مُتَفَاحِشًا وَكَانَ يَقُولُ «خِيَارُكُمْ أَحَاسِنُكُمْ أَخْلَاقًا»  

ذِكْرُ نَفْيِ الْفُحْشِ وَالتَّفَحُّشِ عَنِ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ

ibnhibban:6442Abū Khalīfah > Muḥammad b. Kathīr al-ʿAbdī > Sufyān al-Thawrī > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > Masrūq

[Machine] "Abdullah ibn Amr said: 'Indeed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was not obscene nor excessively explicit, and he used to say, 'The best among you are those with the best manners.'"  

ابن حبّان:٦٤٤٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ الْعَبْدِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ قَالَ قَالَ

عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو «إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَمْ يَكُنْ فَاحِشًا وَلَا مُتَفَحِّشًا وَكَانَ يَقُولُ » خِيَارُكُمْ أَحَاسِنُكُمْ أَخْلَاقًا «