Hadith #335
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ مُوس
َى بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَثَلِي وَمَثَلُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ مِنْ قَبْلِي كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ ابْتَنَى بُنْيَانًا فَأَحْسَنَهُ وَأَكْمَلَهُ إِلَّا مَوْضِعَ لَبِنَةٍ مِنْ زَاوِيَةٍ مِنْ زَوَايَاهُ فَجَعَلَ النَّاسُ يُطِيفُونَ بِهِ وَيَعْجَبُونَ مِنْهُ وَيَقُولُونَ مَا رَأَيْنَا بُنْيَانًا أَحْسَنَ مِنْ هَذَا إِلَّا مَوْضِعَ هَذِهِ اللَّبِنَةِ فَكُنْتُ أَنَا هَذِهِ اللَّبِنَةَ
Isnad Chain
يزيد
محمد بن إسحاق
English Translation
It was narrated from Abu Hurayra (رضي الله عنه) — via Yazid [ibn Harun], from Muhammad ibn Ishaq, from Musa ibn Yasar — that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'My likeness and the likeness of the Prophet ﷺs before me is like a man who built a building, perfected and completed it — except for the place of one brick [labina] in one of its corners. People began going around it, marveling at it and saying: "We have not seen a building more beautiful than this — except for the place of this brick." And I am that brick.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 17, Hadith 335
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 7173
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-43563