Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi, hadith 2946

Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi — Number 2946 · Grading: حسن

Chain (isnad): حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ ، عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ ، عَنْ بَهْزِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ ، يَقُولُ : فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى : كُنْتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ سورة آل عمران آية 110 ، قَالَ

إِنَّكُمْ تَتِمُّونَ سَبْعِينَ أُمَّةً أَنْتُمْ خَيْرُهَا وَأَكْرَمُهَا عَلَى اللَّهِ

Translation: Narrated Bahz bin Hakim:from his father, from his grandfather that he heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying about Allah, Most High saying: 'You are the best of peoples ever raised up for mankind... (3:110) He said: 'You are the completion of seventy nations, you are the best of them, and the most honorable of them to Allah (hadith-api (Darussalam / Hamidullah…))

Narrator: معاوية بن حيدة القشيري · Compiler: الترمذي (d. 279 هـ)