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Ash-Shama'il 332

“The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) used to speak directly with the worst of people, thereby winning their hearts. He used to do the same with me, so that I thought I was the best…

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حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مُوسَى، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ أَبِي زِيَادٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ الْقُرَظِيِّ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ

قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، يُقْبِلُ بِوَجْهِهِ وَحَدِيثِهِ عَلَى أَشَرِّ الْقَوْمِ، يَتَأَلَّفُهُمْ بِذَلِكَ فَكَانَ يُقْبِلُ بِوَجْهِهِ وَحَدِيثِهِ عَلَيَّ، حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ أَنِّي خَيْرُ الْقَوْمِ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَنَا خَيْرٌ أَوْ أَبُو بَكْرٍ؟

فَقَالَ: أَبُو بَكْرٍ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَنَا خَيْرٌ أَوْ عُمَرُ؟ فَقَالَ: عُمَرُ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَنَا خَيْرٌ أَوْ عُثْمَانُ؟

فَقَالَ: عُثْمَانُ، فَلَمَّا سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَصَدَقَنِي فَلَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي لَمْ أَكُنْ سَأَلْتُهُ

“The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) used to speak directly with the worst of people, thereby winning their hearts. He used to do the same with me, so that I thought I was the best of the people, so I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, am I better, or Abu Bakr?’

He said: ‘Abu Bakr,’ so I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, am I better, or Umar?’ He said: Umar,” so I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, am I better, or Uthman?’ He said: Uthman!

Whenever I asked the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), he told me the truth, so I wished I had not asked him!

Ash-Shama'il 332, Book 49, Noble Character And Habits Of Sayyidina Rasoolullah, Hadith 2. 1 min read

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam at-Tirmidhi back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam at-TirmidhiCompiler, died 279 AH
  2. 2Ishaq ibn MusaTold us, Fourth generation, died 244 AH
  3. 3Yunus ibn BukayrTold us, Third generation, died 199 AH
  4. 4Muhammad ibn IshaqFrom, Successor, died 150 AH
  5. 5Ziyad ibn Abi ZiyadFrom, Successor, died 135 AH
  6. 6Muhammad ibn KabFrom, Successor, died 108 AH
  7. 7Amr ibn al-AsFrom, Companion, died 42 AH

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