Bayan Al-Hadith › Sahih al-Bukhari › Virtues and Merits of the Prophet (pbuh) and his Companions
Sahih al-Bukhari 3534صحيح البخاري 3534
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سَلِيمٌ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مِينَاءَ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَثَلِي وَمَثَلُ الأَنْبِيَاءِ كَرَجُلٍ بَنَى دَارًا فَأَكْمَلَهَا وَأَحْسَنَهَا، إِلاَّ مَوْضِعَ لَبِنَةٍ، فَجَعَلَ النَّاسُ يَدْخُلُونَهَا وَيَتَعَجَّبُونَ، وَيَقُولُونَ لَوْلاَ مَوْضِعُ اللَّبِنَةِ ".
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "My similitude in comparison with the other prophets is that of a man who has built a house completely and excellently except for a place of one brick. When the people enter the house, they admire its beauty and say: 'But for the place of this brick (how splendid the house will be)!"
Grading
Sahih (authentic by the consensus of hadith scholars)
Chain of narrators
محمد بن سنان ← سليم بن حيان بن بسطام ← سعيد بن مينا ← جابر بن عبد الله
Muhammad ibn Sinan → Sulaym ibn Hayyan ibn Bistam → Sa'id ibn Mina → Jabir
