Hadith 6425

The Best Clans Of The Anṣār

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Darussalam · Volume 6

44. The Book Of The Virtues Of The Companions (رضي الله عنهم)

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الحديث: 2511 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 1950

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English translation

[6425] 179 - (...) It was narrated that Abū Az-Zinnād said: "Abū Salamah bore witness, that he heard Abū Usaid Al-Anṣārī bear witness, that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'The best clans of the Anṣār are Banū An-Najjār, then Banū 'Abdul- Ashhal, then Banû Al-Hârith bin Al-Khazraj, then Banû Sâ'idah, and in every clan of the Anshâr there is goodness.” Abû Salamah said: “Abû Usaid said: ‘Would I tell a lie about the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ? If I were lying I would have started with my own people, Banû Sâ'idah.’ News of that reached Sa’d bin ‘Ubâdah and he was a little upset, and he said: ‘We have been left behind, we are the last of the four. Saddle my donkey for me so that I might go to the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ.’ But his nephew Sahl spoke to him and said: ‘Are you going to reject what the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said when the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ knows best? Is it not sufficient for you that you are the fourth of four?’ So he changed his mind and said: ‘Allâh and His Messenger know best,’ and he ordered that his donkey be unsaddled.”

Arabic text

179 - (2511) حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى التَّمِيمِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، قَالَ: شَهِدَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ لَسَمِعَ أَبَا أُسَيْدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ، يَشْهَدُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: «خَيْرُ دُورِ الْأَنْصَارِ، بَنُو النَّجَّارِ، ثُمَّ بَنُو عَبْدِ الْأَشْهَلِ، ثُمَّ بَنُو الْحَارِثِ بْنِ الْخَزْرَجِ، ثُمَّ بَنُو سَاعِدَةَ، وَفِي كُلِّ دُورِ الْأَنْصَارِ خَيْرٌ» قَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ: قَالَ أَبُو أُسَيْدٍ: أُتَّهَمُ أَنَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ؟ لَوْ كُنْتُ كَاذِبًا لَبَدَأْتُ بِقَوْمِي بَنِي سَاعِدَةَ، وَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ سَعْدَ بْنَ عُبَادَةَ، فَوَجَدَ فِي نَفْسِهِ، وَقَالَ خُلِّفْنَا فَكُنَّا آخِرَ الْأَرْبَعِ، أَسْرِجُوا لِي حِمَارِي آتِي رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَكَلَّمَهُ ابْنُ أَخِيهِ سَهْلٌ، فَقَالَ: أَتَذْهَبُ لِتَرُدَّ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ؟ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَعْلَمُ، أَوَلَيْسَ حَسْبُكَ أَنْ تَكُونَ رَابِعَ أَرْبَعٍ، فَرَجَعَ وَقَالَ: اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ، وَأَمَرَ بِحِمَارِهِ فَحُلَّ عَنْهُ.

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