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tabarani:21123[Chain 1] ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz And Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr al-Azdī > Muḥammad b. Saʿīd al-Aṣbahānī [Chain 2] ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah [Chain 3] Aḥmad b. Masʿūd al-Maqdisī > al-Haytham b. Jamīl > Sharīk > Simāk b. Ḥarb > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmīrah > Zawj Durrah b. Abū Lahab > Hā

[Machine] About the wife of Durrah bint Abi Lahab, she reported: "I was with Aisha when a man came to the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet was on the pulpit and the man called out to him, saying, 'O Messenger of Allah, who among the people is the best?' So, the man came closer and the Prophet said, 'The best among the people is the one who is the most God-fearing, commands good, forbids evil, and maintains family ties.'"  

الطبراني:٢١١٢٣حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ الْأَزْدِيُّ قَالَا ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ الْمَقْدِسِيُّ ثنا الْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ جَمِيلٍ قَالُوا ثنا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمِيرَةَ

عَنْ زَوْجِ دُرَّةَ بِنْتِ أَبِي لَهَبٍ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ عَائِشَةَ فَجِيءَ بِرَجُلٍ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ كَانَ نَادَاهُ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَيُّ النَّاسِ خَيْرٌ؟ قَالَتْ فَأَتَى الرَّجُلُ فَأَخَذَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَيْسَ لِي ذَنْبٌ أَمَرَنِي فُلَانٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «خَيْرُ النَّاسِ أَتْقَاهُمْ وَآمَرُهُمْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَأَنْهَاهُمْ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَأَوْصَلُهُمْ لِلرَّحِمِ»  


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ahmad:27434Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Malik > Sharīk > Simāk > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmayrah > Zawj Durrah b. Abū Lahab > Durrah b. Abū Lahab

"The best of people are the most to recite the Quran, the most fearful of Allah, the most enjoining of good, the most forbidding of evil, and the most to maintain family relations."  

أحمد:٢٧٤٣٤حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَيْرَةَ عَنْ زَوْجِ دُرَّةَ بِنْتِ أَبِي لَهَبٍ عَنْ دُرَّةَ بِنْتِ أَبِي لَهَبٍ قَالَتْ

قَامَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَيُّ النَّاسِ خَيْرٌ؟ فَقَالَ ﷺ خَيْرُ النَّاسِ أَقْرَؤُهُمْ وَأَتْقَاهُمْ وَآمَرُهُمْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَأَنْهَاهُمْ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَأَوْصَلُهُمْ لِلرَّحِمِ