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"خَيْرُ الشَّهادةِ، مَا شهِد بِها صاحِبُها قبْل أَنْ يُسْأَلها".  

[طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عنه

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Collected by Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Suyūṭī
ibnmajah:2364 – ʿAlī b. Muḥammad And Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Juʿfī > Zayd b. al-Ḥubāb al-ʿUklī > Ubaى b. ʿAbbās b. Sahl b. Saʿd al-Sāʿidī > Abū Bakr b. ʿAmr b. Ḥazm > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān b. ʿAffān > Khārijah b. Zayd b. Thābit > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū ʿAmrah al-Anṣārī > Zayd b. Khālid al-Juhanī > Innah

“The best of witnesses is the one who gives his testimony before he is asked for it.”  

ابن ماجة:٢٣٦٤ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْجُعْفِيُّ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ الْعُكْلِيُّ أَخْبَرَنِي أُبَىُّ بْنُ عَبَّاسِ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ حَدَّثَنِي خَارِجَةُ بْنُ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرَةَ الأَنْصَارِيُّ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ زَيْدَ بْنَ خَالِدٍ الْجُهَنِيَّ يَقُولُ إِنَّهُ

سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ خَيْرُ الشُّهُودِ مَنْ أَدَّى شَهَادَتَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُسْأَلَهَا  

ahmad:17062 – Ismāʿīl > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Isḥāq > Muḥammad b. Abū Bakr b. Ḥazm from his father > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān > Zayd b. Khālid al-Juhanī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The best testimony is when the witness testifies before being asked."  

أحمد:١٧٠٦٢ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ حَزْمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خَيْرُ الشَّهَادَةِ مَنْ شَهِدَ بِهَا صَاحِبُهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يُسْأَلَهَا  

ahmad:21673 – Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Isḥāq > Abū Bakr b. Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. Ḥazm from his father > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān > Zayd b. Khālid al-Juhanī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: The best testimony is that which the witness gives before being asked for it.  

أحمد:٢١٦٧٣ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خَيْرُ الشَّهَادَةِ مَا شَهِدَ بِهَا صَاحِبُهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يُسْأَلَهَا  

tabarani:5184 – Maḥmūd b. Muḥammad al-Wāsiṭī > Wahbb. Baqiyyah > Khālid > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Isḥāq > Muḥammad b. Abū Bakr from his father > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān > Zayd b. Khālid al-Juhanī

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "The best testimony is that which the witness gives before he is asked for it."  

الطبراني:٥١٨٤ – حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْوَاسِطِيُّ ثنا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ أَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «خَيْرُ الشَّهَادَةِ مَا شَهِدَ بِهَا صَاحِبُهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يُسْأَلَهَا»