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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ حُسْنَ الْخُلُقِ مِنْ أَفْضَلِ مَا أُعْطِيَ الْمَرْءُ فِي الدُّنْيَا

ibnhibban:478 – Muḥammad b. Ṣāliḥ b. Dharīḥ Biʿukbarā > Hannād b. al-Sarī > Wakīʿ > Misʿar Wa-al-Thhawrī > Ziyād b. ʿIlāqah > Usāmah b. Sharīk

[Machine] They said, "O Messenger of Allah, what is the best thing that a Muslim is given?" He replied, "Good character."

ابن حبّان:٤٧٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ صَالِحِ بْنِ ذَرِيحٍ بِعُكْبَرَا قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ وَالثَّوْرِيُّ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ عِلَاقَةَ عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ شَرِيكٍ قَالَ

قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا أَفْضَلُ مَا أُعْطِيَ الْمَرْءُ الْمُسْلِمُ؟ قَالَ «حُسْنُ الْخُلُقِ»

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darimi:2754 – Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > Mālik b. Mighwal > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Jābir

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, whose Islam is most virtuous?' He said: 'The one from whose tongue and hand the Muslims are safe.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4999)

الدارمي:٢٧٥٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ مِغْوَلٍ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّ الْإِسْلَامِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «مَنْ سَلِمَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ مِنْ لِسَانِهِ وَيَدِهِ»

tabarani:470 – ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Ziyād b. ʿIlāqah > Usāmah b. Sharīk

[Machine] They said, "O Messenger of Allah, what is the best thing that a Muslim can be given?" He said, "Good manners."

الطبراني:٤٧٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ عِلَاقَةَ عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ شَرِيكٍ قَالَ

قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ مَا أَفْضَلُ مَا أُعْطِيَ الْمُسْلِمُ؟ قَالَ «خُلُقٌ حَسَنٌ»

tabarani:481 – ʿAbdān b. Aḥmad > Sahl b. ʿUthmān > Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth > Ashʿath > Ziyād b. ʿIlāqah al-Thaʿlabī > Usāmah b. Sharīk

[Machine] An Arab man said, "O Messenger of Allah, tell me what is for a Muslim person?" He said, "Good character."

الطبراني:٤٨١ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ ثنا سَهْلُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ ثنا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ عَنْ أَشْعَثَ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ عِلَاقَةَ الثَّعْلَبِيِّ عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ شَرِيكٍ قَالَ قَالَ

أَعْرَابِيٌّ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَخْبِرْنِي مَا لِلْمَرْءِ الْمُسْلِمِ؟ قَالَ «الْخُلُقُ الْحَسَنُ»