Abu Usaid reported Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying: The worthiest clans of the Ansar are Banu Najjar, thereafter Banu al-Ashhal; thereafter Banu Harith b. Banu Khazraj; thereafter Banu Sa'idah and there is goodness in all clans of the Ansar. Sa'd said: I see that he (the Holy Prophet) has placed others above us. It was said to (him): He has placed you above many others.
Read More..Abu Usaid Ansari has reported this hadith through another chain of transmitters. When the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) was marching towards Badr in order
Read More..Anas reported a hadith like this from Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) but he has made no mention in the hadith of the words of Sa'd.
Read More..Ibrahim b. Muhammad b. Talha reported: I heard Abu Sa'ld delivering an address in the presence of Abu 'Utba that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: The worthiest settlements of the Ansar are those of Banu Najjar, then of Banu 'Abu al-Ashhal and then of Banu Harith and then of Banu Khazraj and then of the clan of Banu Sa'idah, and if I were to give preference to anyone besides them I would have given preference to my relatives.
Read More..Abu Usaid Ansar reported: I bear witness to the fact that Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: The best settlements of the Ansar are of those of Banu Najjar, then of Banu 'Abu al-Aslihal and then of Banu Harith b. Khazraj, then of Banu Sa'ida and there is in every settlement of the Ansar good. Abu Salama reported that Abu Usaid said: Can I tell a Iie about Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم )? And if I were a liar, I would have started with my tribe Banu Sa'ida. This was conveyed to Sa'd b. 'Ubida and he found (rankling) in his mind and said: We have been left behind (in the sense) that we have been (mentioned) last of the four. He (Sa'd) sid: Saddle my pony so that I should go to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ). His nephew saw him and said: Are you going to contradict (the order of) precedence set by Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ), whereas Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) has the best knowledge of it? Is it not sufficient for you that you are the fourth amongst the four (best tribes of the Ansar)? So he returned and said: Allah and His Messenger know best, and he commanded that his pony should be unsaddled.
Read More..Abu Usaid Ansari reported that he heard Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying: The worthiest of the Ansar or the worthiest of the settlements and the clans of Ansar; the rest of the hadith is the same, but there is no mention of the story of Sa'd b. 'Ubida (Allah be pleased with him).
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