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English translation
3815. Jabalah bin Hārīthah, the brother of Zaid, said: “I came to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh, send my brother Zaid with me.’ He said: ‘Here he is.’ He said: ‘If he goes with you, I will not prevent him.’ Zaid said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh, by Allāh, I will not choose anyone over you.’” He said: “So I considered the view of my brother to be better than my own view.” (Ḥasan)
[He said:] This Hadīth is Ḥasan Gharīb, we do not know of it except as a narration of Ibn Ar-Rūmī from ‘Ali bin Mus-hir.
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Footnotes
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[1] Al-Ahzāb 33:5. This preceded under no. 3209 with the same chain of narration and he said: “Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ.”
Commentary
Zaid preferred to stay with the Prophet ﷺ thereby gaining success here and in the Hereafter.
