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tabarani:481 – ʿAbdān b. Aḥmad > Sahl b. ʿUthmān > Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth > Ashʿath > Ziyād b. ʿIlāqah al-Thaʿlabī > Usāmah b. Sharīk

[Machine] An Arab man said, "O Messenger of Allah, tell me what is for a Muslim person?" He said, "Good character."  

الطبراني:٤٨١ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ ثنا سَهْلُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ ثنا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ عَنْ أَشْعَثَ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ عِلَاقَةَ الثَّعْلَبِيِّ عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ شَرِيكٍ قَالَ قَالَ

أَعْرَابِيٌّ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَخْبِرْنِي مَا لِلْمَرْءِ الْمُسْلِمِ؟ قَالَ «الْخُلُقُ الْحَسَنُ»  

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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ حُسْنَ الْخُلُقِ مِنْ أَفْضَلِ مَا أُعْطِيَ الْمَرْءُ فِي الدُّنْيَا

ibnhibban:478 – Muḥammad b. Ṣāliḥ b. Dharīḥ Biʿukbarā > Hannād b. al-Sarī > Wakīʿ > Misʿar Wa-al-Thhawrī > Ziyād b. ʿIlāqah > Usāmah b. Sharīk

[Machine] They said, "O Messenger of Allah, what is the best thing that a Muslim is given?" He replied, "Good character."  

ابن حبّان:٤٧٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ صَالِحِ بْنِ ذَرِيحٍ بِعُكْبَرَا قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ وَالثَّوْرِيُّ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ عِلَاقَةَ عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ شَرِيكٍ قَالَ

قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا أَفْضَلُ مَا أُعْطِيَ الْمَرْءُ الْمُسْلِمُ؟ قَالَ «حُسْنُ الْخُلُقِ»