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tabarani:836Aḥmad b. ʿAmr al-Bazzār > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUbayd b. ʿAqīl > Abū ʿĀṣim > Mubārak b. Faḍālah > al-Ḥasan > al-Aswad b. Sarīʿ

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "No one loves praise more than Allah, and no one makes more excuses than Allah."  

الطبراني:٨٣٦حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الْبَزَّارُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ ثنا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ عَنْ مُبَارَكِ بْنِ فَضَالَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ سَرِيعٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ الْمَدْحُ مِنَ اللهِ ﷻ وَلَا أَحَدٌ أَكْثَرَ مَعَاذِيرَ مِنَ اللهِ ﷻ»  


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ahmad:4044Ibn Numayr > al-Aʿmash > Shaqīq > ʿAbdullāh

None is more self-respectidg than Allah and it is because of this that He has prohibited abominable acts-both visible and invisible-and none loves His praise more than Allah Himself. (Using translation from Muslim 2760b)   

أحمد:٤٠٤٤حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ قَالَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا أَحَدٌ أَغْيَرَ مِنَ اللهِ ﷻ وَلِذَلِكَ حَرَّمَ الْفَوَاحِشَ وَمَا أَحَدٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ الْمَدْحُ مِنَ اللهِ ﷻ  

ahmad:3616Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Shaqīq > ʿAbdullāh

None is more self-respectidg than Allah and it is because of this that He has prohibited abominable acts-both visible and invisible-and none loves His praise more than Allah Himself. (Using translation from Muslim 2760b)  

أحمد:٣٦١٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا أَحَدَ أَغْيَرُ مِنَ اللهِ ﷻ فَلِذَلِكَ حَرَّمَ الْفَوَاحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ وَلَا أَحَدَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْهِ الْمَدْحُ مِنَ اللهِ ﷻ  

darimi:2271Yaʿlá > al-Aʿmash > Shaqīq > ʿAbdullāh

Nothing is more loveable to Allah than His praise as He has praised Himself and no one is more self-respecting than Allah Himself and it As because of this that He has prohibited abominable acts. (Using translation from Muslim 2760a)   

الدارمي:٢٢٧١حَدَّثَنَا يَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ أَغْيَرَ مِنَ اللَّهِ لِذَلِكَ حَرَّمَ الْفَوَاحِشَ وَلَيْسَ أَحَدٌ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْهِ الْمَدْحُ مِنَ اللَّهِ»  

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"لَيسَ أَحَدٌ أحَبَّ إِلَيهِ الْمَدْح مِن اللهِ، ولا أَحَدٌ أَكْثَر مَعَاذِيرَ مِن الله".  

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