Sahih Muslim Hadith 6425 – The Best Clans Of

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[6425] 179 – ( … ) It was narrated that Abü Az-Zinnâd said: "Abü Salamah bore witness, that he heard Abü Usaid Al- AnârI bear witness, that the Messenger of Allah said: 'The best clans of the Ansâr are Banü An-Najjâr, then Banfl 'Abdul- Virtues Of The Companions A, 378 1L–aJt Ashhal, then Banü Al-Hârith bin Al-Khazraj, then Banü Sâ'idah, and in every clan of the Ansâr there is goodness." Abü Salamah said: "Abü Usaid said: 'Would I tell a lie about the Messenger of Allah j? If I were lying I would have started with my own people, Banü Sâ'idah.' News of that reached Sa'd bin 'Ubâdah and he was a little upset, and he said: 'We have been left behind, we are the last of the four. Saddle my donkey for me so that I might go to the Messenger of Allah ' But his nephew Sahi spoke to him and said: 'Are you going to reject what the Messenger of Allah said when the Messenger of Allah knows best? Is it not sufficient for you that you are the fourth of four?' So he changed his mind and said: 'Allah and His Messenger know best,' and he ordered that his donkey be unsaddled."