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tabarani:4412Mūsá b. Hārūn > Isḥāq b. Rāhawayh > Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > ʿAbāyah b. Rifāʿah > Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj

[Machine] Jibreel ﷺ or an angel came to the Prophet ﷺ and asked, "How do you consider the people of Badr among you?" He replied, "They are the best of people." Jibreel ﷺ said, "And likewise, whoever witnessed Badr among the angels."  

الطبراني:٤٤١٢حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ هَارُونَ أَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ رَاهَوَيْهِ ثنا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَبَايَةَ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ

جَاءَ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ أَوْ مَلَكٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ كَيْفَ تَعُدُّونَ أَهْلَ بَدْرٍ فِيكُمْ؟ قَالَ «هُمْ أَفَاضِلُ النَّاسِ» قَالَ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَكَذَلِكَ مَنْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Ibn Mājah, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Suyūṭī
bukhari:3992Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Jarīr > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Muʿādh b. Rifāʿah b. Rāfiʿ al-Zuraqī

(who was one of the Badr warriors) Gabriel came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "How do you look upon the warriors of Badr among yourselves?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "As the best of the Muslims." or said a similar statement. On that, Gabriel said, "And so are the Angels who participated in the Badr (battle).  

البخاري:٣٩٩٢حَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَخْبَرَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ بْنِ رَافِعٍ الزُّرَقِيِّ

عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَكَانَ أَبُوهُ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ قَالَ جَاءَ جِبْرِيلُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَا تَعُدُّونَ أَهْلَ بَدْرٍ فِيكُمْ قَالَ مِنْ أَفْضَلِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ أَوْ كَلِمَةً نَحْوَهَا قَالَ وَكَذَلِكَ مَنْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا مِنَ الْمَلاَئِكَةِ  

ibnmajah:160ʿAlī 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:١٦٠حَدَّثَنَا 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  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ أَهْلَ بَدْرٍ هُمْ أَفْضَلُ الصَّحَابَةِ وَخَيْرُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ

ibnhibban:7224Abū ʿArūbah > Muḥammad b. Maʿdān al-Ḥarrānī > ʿAlī b. Qādim > Sufyān > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > ʿAbāyah b. Rifāʿah > Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ was visited by Gabriel or an angel, who asked, 'How are the people of Badr among you?' The Prophet ﷺ replied, 'They are the most virtuous among us.' The angel said, 'Similarly, those who were present with us from the angels are also like that.'"  

ابن حبّان:٧٢٢٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَرُوبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَعْدَانَ الْحَرَّانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ قَادِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَبَايَةَ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ

أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ جِبْرِيلُ أَوْ مَلَكٌ فَقَالَ كَيْفَ أَهْلُ بَدْرٍ فِيكُمْ؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «هُمْ عِنْدَنَا أَفَاضِلُ النَّاسِ» قَالَ وَكَذَلِكَ مَنْ شَهِدَ عِنْدَنَا مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ «  

tabarani:4455Aḥmad b. Yaḥyá b. Khālid b. Ḥayyān al-Raqqī > Yaḥyá b. Bukayr > Ibn Lahīʿah > ʿUmārah b. Ghaziyyah > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Rifāʿah b. Rāfiʿ b. Mālik > Bī > In Jibrīl

[Machine] To the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , "How do you consider the people of Badr among you?" He said, "They are the best of us." Gabriel said, "And who among the angels witnessed Badr?" They are the best of us.  

الطبراني:٤٤٥٥حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ خَالِدِ بْنِ حَيَّانَ الرَّقِّيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ ثنا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ غَزِيَّةَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ رِفَاعَةَ بْنِ رَافِعِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أبِي يَقُولُ إِنَّ جِبْرِيلَ قَالَ

لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كَيْفَ أَهْلُ بَدْرٍ فِيكُمْ؟ قَالَ «هُمْ أَفَاضِلُنَا» قَالَ جِبْرِيلُ وَمَنْ شَهِدَ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ بَدْرًا فَهُمْ أَفَاضِلُنَا  

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"قَالَ: جَاءَ جِبْرِيلُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ، فَقَالَ مَا تَعُدَّونَ مَنْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا؟ ، فَقَالَ: مِنْ أَفَاضِلِ الْمُسْلِميِنَ، أَوْ مِنْ خِيَارِ الْمُسْلِميِنَ؟ قَالَ: وَكَذَلِكَ مَنْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا مِنَ الْمَلاَئِكَةِ فِينَا".  

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