Hadith #319
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ أَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ أَبِي ذُبَابٍ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَفَعَ
رَأْسَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَقَالَ أَتَاكُمْ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ كَقِطَعِ السَّحَابِ خَيْرُ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ مِمَّنْ كَانَ عِنْدَهُ وَمِنَّا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ كَلِمَةً خَفِيَّةً إِلَّا أَنْتُمْ
Isnad Chain
يحيى بن إسحاق
الحارث بن يزيد
محمد بن جبير بن مطعم
أبيه
English Translation
Yaḥyā ibn Isḥāq narrated to us, he said: Ibn Lahīʿah informed us, from al-Ḥārith ibn Yazīd, from al-Ḥārith ibn Abī Dhubāb — if Allāh wills — from Muḥammad ibn Jubayr ibn Muṭʿim, from his father, that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ raised his head to the sky and said: 'The people of Yemen have come to you like pieces of clouds. They are the best of the people of the earth.' A man who was with him said, 'And us, O Messenger of Allāh?' He said a quiet word: 'Except you.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 32, Hadith 319
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 16157
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-52547