Hadith #296
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ وَأَبُو نُعَيْمٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فِي قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ { كُنْتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ تَأْمُرُون
َ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنْهَوْنَ عَنْ الْمُنْكَرِ } قَالَ هُمْ الَّذِينَ هَاجَرُوا مَعَ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ قَالَ أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
Isnad Chain
حسين وأبو نعيم
إسرائيل
سماك
سعيد بن جبير
English Translation
Husayn and Abu Nu'aym both (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that isra'il narrated to us, from Simak, from Sa'id ibn Jubayr, from Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنهما) regarding His saying عز وجل: 'You are the best nation produced for mankind. You enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong' [Aal 'Imran 3:110] — he said: They are the ones who migrated with the Prophet ﷺ to Madinah.
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 9, Hadith 296
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 2334
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-38724