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Sahih Muslim 42bصحيح مسلم 42b
وَحَدَّثَنِيهِ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْجَوْهَرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي بُرَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ قَالَ سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَىُّ الْمُسْلِمِينَ أَفْضَلُ فَذَكَرَ مِثْلَهُ .
Ibrahim b. Sa'id al-Jauhari has narrated this hadith with the same words in addition to these. The Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings be upon him) was asked as to who amongst the Muslims is better, and the rest of the hadith was narrated like this.
Grading
Sahih (authentic by the consensus of hadith scholars)
Chain of narrators
إبراهيم بن سعيد ← حماد بن أسامة بن زيد ← بريد بن عبد الله ← أبو بردة بن أبي موسى ← عبد الله بن قيس
Ibrahim ibn Sa'id → Hammad ibn Usama ibn Zayd → Burayd ibn Abdullah → Abu Burda ibn Abi Musa → Abu Musa