Saheeh Seerah Al Albaanee English

ﷺ It has reported from the connected and disconnected chains that the Prophet
said: ❝I was born in marriage and not out of wedlock - from the (first) children of
Aadam till my parents bore me, 7 and nothing from the fornication of the days of
ignorance ever touched me.❞ 8
It is authentically reported in Ṣaḥeeḥ al-Bukhaaree that Abu Hurairah رضيُاهللُعنه narrated
that Allaah’s Messenger ﷺ said: ❝I have been sent (as a Messenger) in the best of
all the generations of Aadam’s offspring since their Creation.❞ 9
And in Ṣaḥeeḥ Muslim from the Ḥadeeth of Waathilah Ibn al-Asqa` رضي ‏ُاهلل ‏ُعنه that the
Messenger of Allaah ﷺ said: ❝[Indeed Allaah has chosen Ismaa`eel from the
children of Ibraaheem], and He chose Banoo Kinaanah from the children of Ismaa`eel,
and He chose the Quraish from Banoo Kinaanah, and He chose Banoo Haashim from
Quraish, and He chose me from Banoo Haashim.❞ 10
Imaam Aḥmad reported from the Ḥadeeth of al-Muṭṭalib Ibn Abee Wadaa`ah that al-
Abbaas رضيُاهللُعنه came to the Messenger of Allaah ‏,ﷺ and it is as if he ﷺ heard
something which the people were saying. So the Prophet ﷺ stood upon the Minbar
‏”.ﷺ (pulpit) and said: ❝Who am I?❞ They said: “You are the Messenger of Allaah
He ﷺ said: ❝I am Muḥammad Ibn `Abdullaah Ibn `Abdul-Muṭṭalib, indeed Allaah
created the creation, and He put me in the best [group] of them, then He made them
into two groups, so He put me in the best group of them, then He made them into
tribes, so He put me in the best of them in tribe, then He made them into houses, so
7 [TN: Meaning: his ﷺ lineage all came down to him through lawful marriage and no one from his forefathers
was the product of fornication.]
8 I (al-Albaanee) say: I have discussed the various chain of this narration in al-Irwaa (1914); and with its various
chains, the Ḥadeeth reaches the level of “Ḥasan”. And for this reason, I have mentioned it in Ṣaḥeeḥ al-Jaami` al-
Sagheer (3223, 3224, 3225)
9 Ṣaḥeeḥ al-Bukhaaree (3557); see also al-Ṣaḥeeḥah (809).
10 Ṣaḥeeḥ Muslim (2276) and the first part is not from Ṣaḥeeḥ Muslim; it from Sunan al-Tirmidhee (3605). See al-
Ṣaḥeeḥah (302)
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