English narration
Narrated by عبد الله بن الشخير الحرشي
Narrated Abdullah ibn ash-Shikhkhir: I went with a deputation of Banu Amir to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and we said: You are our lord (sayyid). To this he replied: The lord is Allah, the Blessed and Exalted. Then we said: And the one of us most endowed with excellence and superiority. To this he replied: Say what you have to say, or part of what you have to say, and do not let the devil make you his agents.
النص العربي
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْمُفَضَّلِ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَسْلَمَةَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ ، عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ ، عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَ أَبِي : "
انْطَلَقْتُ فِي وَفْدِ بَنِي عَامِرٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقُلْنَا : أَنْتَ سَيِّدُنَا ، فَقَالَ : السَّيِّدُ اللَّهُ ، قُلْنَا : وَأَفْضَلُنَا فَضْلًا وَأَعْظَمُنَا طَوْلًا ، فَقَالَ : قُولُوا بِقَوْلِكُمْ أَوْ بَعْضِ قَوْلِكُمْ ، وَلَا يَسْتَجْرِيَنَّكُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ
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