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السيوطي:١٨٦٣٨a –

"مَا اصْطَفَاهُ الله لِمَلائِكَته: سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ".  

[حم] أحمد [م] مسلم عن أبي ذر قال: سئل رسول ﷺ أيُّ الكلام أَفْضَلُ؟ قال فذكره

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muslim:2731a – Zuhayr b. Ḥarb > Ḥabbān b. Hilāl > Wuhayb > Saʿīd al-Jurayrī > Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Jisrī > Ibn al-Ṣāmit > Abū Dhar

Those for which Allah made a choice for His Angels and His servants (and the words are):" Hallowed be Allah and praise is due to Him."  

مسلم:٢٧٣١a – حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَبَّانُ بْنُ هِلاَلٍ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ الْجُرَيْرِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْجِسْرِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ الصَّامِتِ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ سُئِلَ أَىُّ الْكَلاَمِ أَفْضَلُ قَالَ مَا اصْطَفَى اللَّهُ لِمَلاَئِكَتِهِ أَوْ لِعِبَادِهِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ  

ahmad:21320 – ʿAffān > Wuhayb > Abū Masʿūd al-Jurayrī > Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Jasrī > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ṣāmit > Abū Dhar

Those for which Allah made a choice for His Angels and His servants (and the words are):" Hallowed be Allah and praise is due to Him." (Using translation from Muslim 2731a)   

أحمد:٢١٣٢٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَسْعُودٍ الْجُرَيْرِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ الْجَسْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَيُّ الْكَلَامِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ مَا اصْطَفَاهُ اللهُ لِعِبَادِهِ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ