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suyuti:4686a

I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Verily Allah granted eminence to Kinana from amongst the descendants of Isma'il, and he granted eminence to the Quraish amongst Kinana, and he granted eminence to Banu Hashim amonsgst the Quraish, and he granted me eminence from the tribe of Banu Hashim. (Using translation from Muslim 2276)   

السيوطي:٤٦٨٦a

"إِنَّ الله ﷻ اصطفى من وَلَدِ إِبراهيمَ إِسماعيلَ، واصطفى من ولدِ إسماعيل بَنِي كِنانة واصطفى من بنى كنانة قُريَشًا، واصطفى من قريش بني هاشم، واصطفانى من بين هاشم".  

[حم] أحمد [ت] الترمذي حسن صحيح، وابن سعد عن واثلة

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Collected by Muslim, Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
muslim:2276Muḥammad b. Mihrān al-Rāzī And Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Sahm > al-Walīd > Ibn Mihrān > al-Walīd b. Muslim > al-Awzāʿī > Abū ʿAmmār Shaddād > Wāthilah b. al-Asqaʿ

I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Verily Allah granted eminence to Kinana from amongst the descendants of Isma'il, and he granted eminence to the Quraish amongst Kinana, and he granted eminence to Banu Hashim amonsgst the Quraish, and he granted me eminence from the tribe of Banu Hashim.  

مسلم:٢٢٧٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مِهْرَانَ الرَّازِيُّ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَهْمٍ جَمِيعًا عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ قَالَ ابْنُ مِهْرَانَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي عَمَّارٍ شَدَّادٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ وَاثِلَةَ بْنَ الأَسْقَعِ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ اصْطَفَى كِنَانَةَ مِنْ وَلَدِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَاصْطَفَى قُرَيْشًا مِنْ كِنَانَةَ وَاصْطَفَى مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ وَاصْطَفَانِي مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ  

tirmidhi:3605Khalāad b. Aslam al-Baghdādī > Muḥammad b. Muṣʿab > al-Awzāʿī > Abū ʿAmmār > Wāthilah b. al-Asqaʿ

that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Indeed Allah has chosen Isma'il from the children of Ibrahim, and He chose Banu Kinanah from the children of Isma'il, and He chose the Quraish from Banu Kinanah, and He chose Banu Hashim from Quraish, and He chose me from Banu Hashim."  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ.
الترمذي:٣٦٠٥حَدَّثَنَا خَلاَّدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُصْعَبٍ حَدَّثَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي عَمَّارٍ عَنْ وَاثِلَةَ بْنِ الأَسْقَعِ ؓ قَالَ قَالَ

رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللَّهَ اصْطَفَى مِنْ وَلَدِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَاصْطَفَى مِنْ وَلَدِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بَنِي كِنَانَةَ وَاصْطَفَى مِنْ بَنِي كِنَانَةَ قُرَيْشًا وَاصْطَفَى مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ وَاصْطَفَانِي مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
tirmidhi:3606Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl > Sulaymān b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Dimashqī > al-Walīd b. Muslim > al-Awzāʿī > Shaddād Abū ʿAmmār > Wāthilah b. al-Asqaʿ

that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Indeed, Allah chose Kinanah from the children of Isma'il, and He chose Quraish from Kinanah, and He chose Hashim from Quraish, and He chose me from Banu Hashim."  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ-Gharīb.
الترمذي:٣٦٠٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي شَدَّادٌ أَبُو عَمَّارٍ حَدَّثَنِي وَاثِلَةُ بْنُ الأَسْقَعِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللَّهَ اصْطَفَى كِنَانَةَ مِنْ وَلَدِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَاصْطَفَى قُرَيْشًا مِنْ كِنَانَةَ وَاصْطَفَى هَاشِمًا مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ وَاصْطَفَانِي مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ
ahmad:16986Abū al-Mughīrah > al-Awzāʿī > Abū ʿAmmār Shaddād > Wāthilah b. al-Asqaʿ

I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Verily Allah granted eminence to Kinana from amongst the descendants of Isma'il, and he granted eminence to the Quraish amongst Kinana, and he granted eminence to Banu Hashim amonsgst the Quraish, and he granted me eminence from the tribe of Banu Hashim. (Using translation from Muslim 2276)   

أحمد:١٦٩٨٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَمَّارٍ شَدَّادٌ عَنْ وَاثِلَةَ بْنِ الْأَسْقَعِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللهَ اصْطَفَى كِنَانَةَ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَاصْطَفَى مِنْ بَنِي كِنَانَةَ قُرَيْشًا وَاصْطَفَى مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ وَاصْطَفَانِي مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ  

ahmad:16987Muḥammad b. Muṣʿab > al-Awzāʿī > Shaddād Abū ʿAmmār > Wāthilah b. al-Asqaʿ

that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Indeed Allah has chosen Isma'il from the children of Ibrahim, and He chose Banu Kinanah from the children of Isma'il, and He chose the Quraish from Banu Kinanah, and He chose Banu Hashim from Quraish, and He chose me from Banu Hashim." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3605)   

أحمد:١٦٩٨٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُصْعَبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنْ شَدَّادٍ أَبِي عَمَّارٍ عَنْ وَاثِلَةَ بْنِ الْأَسْقَعِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ اصْطَفَى مِنْ وَلَدِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَاصْطَفَى مِنْ بَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ كِنَانَةَ وَاصْطَفَى مِنْ بَنِي كِنَانَةَ قُرَيْشًا وَاصْطَفَى مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ وَاصْطَفَانِي مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ  

ذِكْرُ اصْطِفَاءِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا صَفِيَّهُ ﷺ مِنْ بَيْنِ وَلَدِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ

ibnhibban:6333Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Sahm al-Anṭākī > al-Walīd b. Muslim > al-Awzāʿī > Shaddād Abū ʿAmmār > Wāthilah b. al-Asqaʿ

that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Indeed, Allah chose Kinanah from the children of Isma'il, and He chose Quraish from Kinanah, and He chose Hashim from Quraish, and He chose me from Banu Hashim." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3606)  

ابن حبّان:٦٣٣٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَهْمٍ الْأَنْطَاكِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنْ شَدَّادِ أَبِي عَمَّارٍ عَنْ وَاثِلَةَ بْنِ الْأَسْقَعِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ اصْطَفَى كِنَانَةَ مِنْ وَلَدِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَاصْطَفَى مِنْ كِنَانَةَ قُرَيْشًا وَاصْطَفَى مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ وَاصْطَفَانِي مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ»  

tabarani:18455[Chain 1] Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. Najdah al-Ḥawṭī > Abū al-Mughīrah [Chain 2] Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥīm Abū Zayd al-Ḥawṭī > Muḥammad b. Muṣʿab al-Qarqasānī [Chain 3] Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣāʾigh al-Makkī > Muḥammad b. Bishr al-Tinnīsī > al-Awzāʿī > Shaddād Abū ʿAmmār > Wāthilah b. al-Asqaʿ

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, Allah chose the Banu Kinnanah from the offspring of Ismail, and He chose from the Banu Kinnanah the Quraysh, and He chose from the Quraysh the Banu Hashim, and He chose me from the Banu Hashim."  

الطبراني:١٨٤٥٥حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ بْنِ نَجْدَةَ الْحَوْطِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ أَبُو زَيْدٍ الْحَوْطِيُّ قَالَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُصْعَبٍ الْقَرْقَسَانِيُّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الصَّائِغُ الْمَكِّيُّ قَالَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ التِّنِّيسِيُّ قَالُوا ثنا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ ثنا شَدَّادُ أَبُو عَمَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي وَاثِلَةُ بْنُ الْأَسْقَعِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ اللهَ اصْطَفَى بَنِي كِنَانَةَ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَاصْطَفَى مِنْ كِنَانَةَ قُرَيْشًا وَاصْطَفَى مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ وَاصْطَفَانِي مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ»  

bayhaqi:13764Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū ʿAbdullāh Isḥāq b. Muḥammad b. Yūsuf al-Sūsī > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-Rabīʿ b. Sulaymān Wasaʿīd b. ʿUthmān > Bishr b. Bakr > al-Awzāʿī > Abū ʿAmmār Shaddād > Wāthilah b. al-Asqaʿ > Rasūl Allāh Ṣllá

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, Allah chose the descendants of Kinanah from the descendants of Ismail. And He chose from the descendants of Kinanah the Quraysh. And He chose from the Quraysh the Banu Hashim. And He chose me from the Banu Hashim." And Ar-Rabi' said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Indeed, Allah chose from the Quraysh the Banu Hashim. And He chose me from the Banu Hashim.'"  

البيهقي:١٣٧٦٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ السُّوسِيُّ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ وَسَعِيدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ قَالَا ثنا بِشْرُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَمَّارٍ شَدَّادٌ عَنْ وَاثِلَةَ بْنِ الْأَسْقَعِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللهَ اصْطَفَى بَنِي كِنَانَةَ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَاصْطَفَى مِنْ بَنِي كِنَانَةَ قُرَيْشًا وَاصْطَفَى مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ وَاصْطَفَانِي مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ وَقَالَ الرَّبِيعُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللهَ اصْطَفَى مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ وَاصْطَفَانِي مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ  

أَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ
suyuti:4685a

I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Verily Allah granted eminence to Kinana from amongst the descendants of Isma'il, and he granted eminence to the Quraish amongst Kinana, and he granted eminence to Banu Hashim amonsgst the Quraish, and he granted me eminence from the tribe of Banu Hashim. (Using translation from Muslim 2276)   

السيوطي:٤٦٨٥a

"إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ اصطفى كِنَانةَ من وَلَدِ إِسماعِيلَ، واصطفى قُرَيشًا من كِنَانَة، واصطفى من قريشِ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ، وَاصْطَفَانِي من بني هاشِم".  

[م] مسلم [ت] الترمذي عن واثلة