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suyuti:330-24b – ʿAbāyah b. Rifāʿah from his grandfather Rāfiʿ b. Khdīj > Jāʾ Jibrīl or Malak > al-Nabi ﷺ > Mā Taʿdwwun Man Shahid Badr Fīkum > Khiyārunā
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السيوطي:٣٣٠-٢٤b –

"عَنْ عَبَايَةَ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ رَافِعِ بْنِ خدِيجٍ قَالَ: جَاءَ جِبْرِيلُ أَوْ مَلَكٌ إِلَى النَّبِىِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: ما تَعدوُّنَ مَنْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا فِيكُمْ؟ قَالَ: خِيَارُنَا، قَالَ: كَذَلِكَ هُمْ عِنْدَنَا خِيَارُ الْملاَئِكَةِ".  

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Collected by Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Suyūṭī
ibnmajah:160 – ʿAlī b. Muḥammad And ʾAbū Kurayb > Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > ʿAbāyah b. Rifāʿah from his grandfather Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj

"Jibril or an angel came to the Prophet and said: 'How do you regard those among you who were present at Badr?' He said: 'They are the best among us.' He said: 'We think the same (of the angels who were present at Badr), they are the best of the angels.'"  

ابن ماجة:١٦٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَبَايَةَ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ عَنْ جَدِّهِ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ

جَاءَ جِبْرِيلُ أَوْ مَلَكٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَا تَعُدُّونَ مَنْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا فِيكُمْ قَالُوا خِيَارَنَا قَالَ كَذَلِكَ هُمْ عِنْدَنَا خِيَارُ الْمَلاَئِكَةِ  

ahmad:15820 – Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > ʿAbāyah b. Rifāʿah from his grandfather Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj

"Jibril or an angel came to the Prophet and said: 'How do you regard those among you who were present at Badr?' He said: 'They are the best among us.' He said: 'We think the same (of the angels who were present at Badr), they are the best of the angels.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 160)   

أحمد:١٥٨٢٠ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَبَايَةَ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ عَنْ جَدِّهِ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ

إِنَّ جِبْرِيلَ أَوْ مَلَكًا جَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَا تَعُدُّونَ مَنْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا فِيكُمْ؟ قَالُوا خِيَارُنَا قَالَ كَذَلِكَ هُمْ عِنْدَنَا خِيَارُنَا مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ  

suyuti:13271a –
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السيوطي:١٣٢٧١a –

" جاءَ جبريلُ فقال: ما تعدون منْ شهدَ بَدرًا (فيكُم؟ ) قلْتُ خِيارُنا، قال: وكذلِك منْ شهد بدْرًا مِن الْملائكةِ، هم عندنا خِيَارُ الْملائكةِ".  

[حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري [هـ] ابن ماجة والبغوى عن معاذ بن رفاعة بن رافع الزرقى عن أَبيه، [حم] أحمد وعبد بن حميد، [هـ] ابن ماجة [حب] ابن حبّان [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير [ض] ضياء المقدسي في مختاره عن عبادة بن رفاعة عن جده رافع بن خديج ؓ