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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ قَوْلَهُ ﷺ «وَلَيْسَ بَيْنَنَا نَبِيٌّ»، أَرَادَ بِهِ: بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ عِيسَى صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَى نَبِيِّنَا وَعَلَيْهِ

ibnhibban:6195Abū ʿArūbah Biḥarrān > Aḥmad b. Sulaymān b. Abū Shaybah > Abū Dāwud al-Ḥafarī > Sufyān > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

I am most akin to Jesus Christ among the whole of mankind, and all the Prophets are of different mothers but belong to one religion and no Prophet was raised between me and Jesus. (Using translation from Muslim 2365b)   

ابن حبّان:٦١٩٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَرُوبَةَ بِحَرَّانَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ الْحَفَرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَنَا أَوْلَى النَّاسِ بِعِيسَى الْأَنْبِيَاءُ أَبْنَاءُ عَلَّاتٍ وَلَيْسَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ عِيسَى نَبِيٌّ»  


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Collected by Muslim, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān
muslim:2365bAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Abū Dāwud ʿUmar b. Saʿd > Sufyān > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

I am most akin to Jesus Christ among the whole of mankind, and all the Prophets are of different mothers but belong to one religion and no Prophet was raised between me and Jesus.  

مسلم:٢٣٦٥bوَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَا أَوْلَى النَّاسِ بِعِيسَى الأَنْبِيَاءُ أَبْنَاءُ عَلاَّتٍ وَلَيْسَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ عِيسَى نَبِيٌّ  

ahmad:9974Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

I am most akin to Jesus Christ among the whole of mankind, and all the Prophets are of different mothers but belong to one religion and no Prophet was raised between me and Jesus. (Using translation from Muslim 2365b)   

أحمد:٩٩٧٤حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَا أَوْلَى النَّاسِ بِعِيسَى الْأَنْبِيَاءُ إِخْوَةٌ أَوْلَادُ عَلَّاتٍ وَلَيْسَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ عِيسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ نَبِيٌّ  

ahmad:9975ʿUmar b. Saʿd / Abū Dāwud al-Ḥafarī > Sufyān > Abū al-Zinād > ʿAbd al-Raḥman / al-Aʿraj > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

I am most akin to Jesus Christ among the whole of mankind, and all the Prophets are of different mothers but belong to one religion and no Prophet was raised between me and Jesus. (Using translation from Muslim 2365b)  

أحمد:٩٩٧٥حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرَ بْنُ سَعْدٍ وَهُوَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ الْحَفَرِيُّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ يَعْنِي الْأَعْرَجَ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَا أَوْلَى النَّاسِ بِعِيسَى الْأَنْبِيَاءُ أَبْنَاءُ عَلَّاتٍ وَلَيْسَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ عِيسَى نَبِيٌّ  

ahmad:7529ʿAlī b. Ḥafṣ > And Rqāʾ > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

I am most akin to Jesus Christ among the whole of mankind, and all the Prophets are of different mothers but belong to one religion and no Prophet was raised between me and Jesus. (Using translation from Muslim 2365b)   

أحمد:٧٥٢٩حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَفْصٍ أَخْبَرَنَا وَرْقَاءُ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَا أَوْلَى النَّاسِ بِعِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ؛ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ كُلُّهُمْ بَنُو عَلَّاتٍ وَلَيْسَ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَ عِيسَى نَبِىٌّ  

ibnhibban:6406aIbn Qutaybah > Ḥarmalah b. Yaḥyá > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah

I heard the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) say : I am the nearest of kin among the people to (Jesus) son of Mary. The Prophet are brothers, sons of one father by co-wives. There is no Prophet between me and him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4675)  

ابن حبّان:٦٤٠٦aأَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «أَنَا أَوْلَى النَّاسِ بِابْنِ مَرْيَمَ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ أَوْلَادُ عَلَّاتٍ وَلَيْسَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ نَبِيٌّ»