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suyuti:10417a –
Translation not available.
السيوطي:١٠٤١٧a –

"الجَذَعُ من الضَّأن خيرٌ من السَّيِّد من المَعْز ".

قال داود: (السَّيِّدُ: الجليل) [حم] أحمد عن أَبي هريرة سنده فيه أبو ثُقَال وهو مقبول

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ahmad:9227 – ʿAttāb > ʿAbdullāh > Dāwud b. Qays > Abū Thifāl al-Murrī > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "The trunk of a lamb is better than the master of a goat."

أحمد:٩٢٢٧ – حَدَّثَنَا عَتَّابٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو ثِفَالٍ الْمُرِّيُّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ الْجَذَعُ مِنَ الضَّأْنِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ السَّيِّدِ مِنَ الْمَعْزِ

hakim:7544 – Abū Bakr b. ʿUbaydah > ʿAlī b. Zayd al-Farāʾiḍī > Ibrāhīm b. Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Ḥunaynī > Dāwud b. Qays > Abū Thifāl > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The leg of a lamb is better than the back of a goat." Al-Dhahabi remained silent about it in his summary.

الحاكم:٧٥٤٤ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عُبَيْدَةَ ثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ زَيْدٍ الْفَرَائِضِيُّ ثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْحُنَيْنِيُّ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ أَبِي ثِفَالٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «الْجَذَعُ مِنَ الضَّأْنِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ السَّيِّدِ مِنَ الْمَعْزِ» سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص