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darimi:2916 – Muḥammad > Sufyān from his father > al-Musayyab b. Rāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] He used to say, "Allah would not have shown me to prefer a mother over a father."  

الدارمي:٢٩١٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ الْمُسَيَّبِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

كَانَ يَقُولُ مَا كَانَ اللَّهُ لِيَرَانِي أَنْ أُفَضِّلَ أُمًّا عَلَى أَبٍ  

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hakim:7964 – Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Bālawayh > Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. al-Naḍr > Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Zāʾidah > Sufyān > Abīh Saʿīd b. Masrūq > al-Musayyab b. Rāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

[Machine] "Allah, the exalted, would never choose me as a better one over my grandfather."  

الحاكم:٧٩٦٤ – حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ بَالَوَيْهِ ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ النَّضْرِ ثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثَنَا زَائِدَةُ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

«مَا كَانَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى لِيَرَانِي أُفَضِّلُ أُمًّا عَلَى جَدٍّ»  

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