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muslim:40Abū al-Ṭāhir Aḥmad b. ʿAmr b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr b. Sarḥ al-Miṣrī > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > Yazīd b. Abū Ḥabīb > Abū al-Khayr > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr b. al-ʿĀṣ

Verily a person asked the Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings be upon him) who amongst the Muslims was better. Upon this (the Holy Prophet) remarked: From whose hand and tongue the Muslims are safe.  

مسلم:٤٠وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَرْحٍ الْمِصْرِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْخَيْرِ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ يَقُولُ إِنَّ رَجُلاً سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَىُّ الْمُسْلِمِينَ خَيْرٌ قَالَ مَنْ سَلِمَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ مِنْ لِسَانِهِ وَيَدِهِ  


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Collected by Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ مَنْ فَعَلَ مَا وَصَفْنَا كَانَ مِنْ خَيْرِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ

ibnhibban:400Ibn Salm > Ḥarmalah b. Yaḥyá > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > Yazīd b. Abū Ḥabīb > Abū al-Khayr > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr > In a man

Verily a person asked the Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings be upon him) who amongst the Muslims was better. Upon this (the Holy Prophet) remarked: From whose hand and tongue the Muslims are safe. (Using translation from Muslim 40)  

ابن حبّان:٤٠٠أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ سَلْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْخَيْرِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو يَقُولُ إِنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ

يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّ الْمُسْلِمِينَ خَيْرٌ؟ قَالَ «مَنْ سَلِمَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ مِنْ لِسَانِهِ وَيَدِهِ»  

tabarani:13800Bakr b. Sahl > Shuʿayb b. Yaḥyá > Ibn Lahīʿah > Yazīd b. Abū Ḥabīb > Abū al-Khayr > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr > a man

Verily a person asked the Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings be upon him) who amongst the Muslims was better. Upon this (the Holy Prophet) remarked: From whose hand and tongue the Muslims are safe. (Using translation from Muslim 40)  

الطبراني:١٣٨٠٠حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ قَالَ ثنا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنِ ابْنِ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْخَيْرِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ

يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَيُّ الْمُسْلِمِينَ خَيْرٌ؟ قَالَ «مَنْ سَلِمَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ مِنْ لِسَانِهِ وَيَدِهِ»  

tabarani:13801Aḥmad b. Rishdīn > Aḥmad b. Ṣāliḥ > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > Yazīd b. Abū Ḥabīb > Abū al-Khayr > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr > a man

Verily a person asked the Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings be upon him) who amongst the Muslims was better. Upon this (the Holy Prophet) remarked: From whose hand and tongue the Muslims are safe. (Using translation from Muslim 40)  

الطبراني:١٣٨٠١حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ رِشْدِينَ قَالَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ قَالَ ثنا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْخَيْرِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ

يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَيُّ الْمُسْلِمِينَ خَيْرٌ؟ قَالَ «مَنْ سَلِمَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ مِنْ لِسَانِهِ وَيَدِهِ»  

tabarani:13802Ḥmad b. Rishdīn > Aḥmad b. Ṣāliḥ > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > Yazīd b. Abū Ḥabīb > Abū al-Khayr > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr > a man

Verily a person asked the Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings be upon him) who amongst the Muslims was better. Upon this (the Holy Prophet) remarked: From whose hand and tongue the Muslims are safe. (Using translation from Muslim 40)  

الطبراني:١٣٨٠٢حَدَّثَنَا أحْمَدُ بْنُ رِشْدِينَ قَالَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ قَالَ ثنا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْخَيْرِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ

يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَيُّ الْمُسْلِمينَ خَيْرٌ؟ قَالَ «مَنْ سَلِمَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ مِنْ لِسَانِهِ وَيَدِهِ»