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tabarani:6252Mūsá b. Hārūn > ʿAlī b. al-Jaʿd > Ayyūb b. ʿUtbah > Iyās b. Salamah from his father

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The best of our knights is Abu Qatadah, and the best of our women is Salamah."  

الطبراني:٦٢٥٢حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ هَارُونَ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْجَعْدِ ثنا أَيُّوبُ بْنُ عُتْبَةَ عَنْ إِيَاسِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «خَيْرُ فُرْسَانِنَا أَبُو قَتَادَةَ وَخَيْرُ رَجَّالَتِنَا سَلَمَةُ»  


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tabarani:3270Muḥammad b. al-Rabīʿ b. Shāhīn > Abū al-Walīd al-Ṭayālisī > ʿIkrimah b. ʿAmmār > Iyās b. Salamah b. al-Akwaʿ from his father

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The best of our knights today is Abu Qatadah," and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed for him on the day of Mie'asa'a.  

الطبراني:٣٢٧٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ شَاهِينَ ثنا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ ثنا عِكْرِمَةُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ إِيَاسِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «خَيْرُ فُرْسَانِنَا الْيَوْمَ أَبُو قَتَادَةَ» وَدَعَا لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ الْمِيضَأَةِ  

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السيوطي:١٣٩٦١a

"خَيْرُ فُرْسَانِنْا اليَوْمَ أَبُو قَتادَةَ، وخير رَجَّالتِنَا سَلَمة".  

[ط] الطيالسي [م] مسلم والبغوى، [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير [حب] ابن حبّان عن سلمة بن الأَكوع