Hadith #162
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا قَنَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ النَّهْمِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْسَجَةَ عَنْ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ قَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ أَوْ م
َنَحَ مِنْحَةً أَوْ هَدَى زُقَاقًا كَانَ كَمَنْ أَعْتَقَ رَقَبَةً يَقُولُ أَبُو عَبْد الرَّحْمَنِ كَانَ يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ قَلِيلَ الذِّكْرِ لِلنَّاسِ مَا سَمِعْتُهُ ذَكَرَ أَحَدًا غَيْرَ قَنَانٍ قَالَ قَالَ لَنَا يَوْمًا قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَيْسَ هَذَا مِنْ بَابَتِكُمْ
Isnad Chain
أبو معاوية
قنان بن عبد الله النهمي
عبد الرحمن بن عوسجة
البراء بن عازب
English Translation
Abū Muʿāwiyah narrated to us: Qanān ibn ʿAbdillāh al-Nahmī narrated to us, from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAwsajah, from al-Barāʾ ibn ʿĀzib, who said: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever says lā ilāha illallāh waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, lahu al-mulk wa lahu al-ḥamd wa huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr — or provides someone with milk, or guides someone down a road — it is like freeing a slave." Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān said: Yaḥyā ibn Ādam used to rarely mention people. I never heard him mention anyone other than Qanān. He said one day: He said: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said — this one is not of your caliber.
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 35, Hadith 162
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 17800
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-54190