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tirmidhi:3952Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Abū Aḥmad > Sufyān > ʿAbd al-Malik Ibn ʿUmayr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Bakrah from his father

that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Aslam, Ghifar, and Muzainah are better than Tamim, Asad, Ghatafan, and Banu 'Amir bin Sa'sa'ah," prolonging his voice when saying it. So the people said: "They have been treacherous and have lost." He said: "So these are better than them."  

الترمذي:٣٩٥٢حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ ابْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَسْلَمُ وَغِفَارُ وَمُزَيْنَةُ خَيْرٌ مِنْ تَمِيمٍ وَأَسَدٍ وَغَطَفَانَ وَبَنِي عَامِرِ بْنِ صَعْصَعَةَ يَمُدُّ بِهَا صَوْتَهُ فَقَالَ الْقَوْمُ قَدْ خَابُوا وَخَسِرُوا قَالَ فَهُمْ خَيْرٌ مِنْهُمْ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān
bukhari:6635ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad > Wahb > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. Abū Yaʿqūb > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Bakrah from his father

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Do you think if the tribes of Aslam, Ghifar, Muzaina and Juhaina are better than the tribes of Tamim, 'Amir bin Sa'sa'a, Ghatfan and Asad, they (the second group) are despairing and losing?" They (the Prophet's companions) said, "Yes, (they are)." He said, "By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, they (the first group) are better than them (the second group).  

البخاري:٦٦٣٥حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ كَانَ أَسْلَمُ وَغِفَارُ وَمُزَيْنَةُ وَجُهَيْنَةُ خَيْرًا مِنْ تَمِيمٍ وَعَامِرِ بْنِ صَعْصَعَةَ وَغَطَفَانَ وَأَسَدٍ خَابُوا وَخَسِرُوا قَالُوا نَعَمْ فَقَالَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنَّهُمْ خَيْرٌ مِنْهُمْ  

ahmad:20410Wakīʿ > Sufyān > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Bakarah from his father

What is your view if Juhaina, Aslam, Ghifar were better than Banu Tamim, Banu 'Abdullah b. Ghatfan and 'Amir b. Sa'sa'a' respectively (then what would be status of the latter one)? He said this in a loud voice. They said: Messenger of Allah, they would be definitely at a loss and disadvantage. Thereupon he said: They (the first group) are decidedly better than the others; and in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Abu Kuraib the words are: It you were to find that Juhaina, Muzaina and Aslam and Ghifar (are better than...). (Using translation from Muslim 2522e)   

أحمد:٢٠٤١٠حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكَرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ كَانَتْ جُهَيْنَةُ وَأَسْلَمُ وَغِفَارُ خَيْرًا مِنْ بَنِي تَمِيمٍ وَبَنِي عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ غَطَفَانَ وَبَنِي عَامِرِ بْنِ صَعْصَعَةَ وَمَدَّ بِهَا صَوْتَهُ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَدْ خَابُوا وَخَسِرُوا قَالَ فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَهُمْ خَيْرٌ  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ أَسْلَمَ، وَغِفَارَ خَيْرٌ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مِنْ أَسَدٍ، وَغَطَفَانَ

ibnhibban:7290Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > Abū Khaythamah > ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Shuʿbah > Abū Bishr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Bakrah from his father

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Aslamu, Ghifaru, Juhayna, and Muzayna are better than the Banu Tamim, Asad, Ghatfan, and the Banu Amir ibn Sa'sa'a."  

ابن حبّان:٧٢٩٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بِشْرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَسْلَمُ وَغِفَارُ وَجُهَيْنَةُ وَمُزَيْنَةُ خَيْرٌ مِنْ بَنِي تَمِيمٍ وَأَسَدٍ وَغَطَفَانَ وَبَنِي عَامِرِ بْنِ صَعْصَعَةَ»