I said: This is a sound isnād according to the criteria of Muslim, and he has included it in his "Ṣaḥīḥ" (8/86), as well as Aḥmad (5/161) from the route of Shuʿbah from al-Jurayrī, elevated with the wording: "Shall I not inform you of the speech most beloved to Allāh? I said: O Messenger of Allāh, inform me of the speech most beloved to Allāh. He said: Indeed, the speech most beloved to Allāh is 'Subḥān Allāh wa-bi-ḥamdih'." Muslim also narrated it from the route of Ḥibbān ibn Hilāl, who reported from Wahīb, with the same mention as the ḥadīth of ʿAffān, and Aḥmad also narrated it (5/176) from the route of Yazīd, who informed us from al-Jurayrī. There is also supporting evidence for the ḥadīth from some of the Companions of the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) who reported from the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) saying: "The best speech is 'Subḥān Allāh, al-ḥamdu lillāh, lā ilāha illā Allāh, and Allāhu akbar'." Aḥmad narrated it (4/36) where Wakiʿ said: al-Aʿmash narrated to us from Abū Ṣāliḥ from him. I said: This is a sound isnād, its narrators are the narrators of the two Shaykhs [al-Bukhārī and Muslim], and the anonymity of the Companion does not harm, as is known. Al-Bukhārī has also commented on it in his "Ṣaḥīḥ" (9/117) with the wording: "The best speech is four..." and the rest is the same. Muslim has connected it (6/172) and others from the ḥadīth of Samurah ibn Jundub, elevated with it.
قلت: وهذا إسناد صحيح على شرط مسلم، وقد أخرجه في " صحيحه " (٨ / ٨٦)وكذا أحمد (٥ / ١٦١) من طريق شعبة عن الجريري به مرفوعا بلفظ: " ألا أخبركبأحب الكلام إلى الله؟ قلت: يا رسول الله أخبرني بأحب الكلام إلى الله، فقال: إن أحب الكلام إلى الله سبحان الله وبحمده ". وقد أخرجه مسلم أيضا من طريقحبان بن هلال حدثنا وهيب به فذكره مثل حديث عفان وأخرجه أحمد أيضا (٥ / ١٧٦)من طريق يزيد أنبأنا الجريري به. وللحديث شاهد عن بعض أصحاب النبي صلى اللهعليه وسلم عن النبي ﷺ قال: " أفضل الكلام سبحان الله والحمدلله ولا إله إلا الله والله أكبر ". أخرجه أحمد (٤ / ٣٦) حدثنا وكيع قال:حدثنا الأعمش عن أبي صالح عنه. قلت: وهذا إسناد صحيح رجاله رجال الشيخين، وجهالة الصحابي لا تضر كما هومعلوم، وقد علقه البخاري في " صحيحه " (٩ / ١١٧) بلفظ: " أفضل الكلام أربع.... " والباقي مثله سواء. وقد وصله مسلم (٦ / ١٧٢) وغيره من حديث سمرةابن جندب مرفوعا به.
- "Shall I not inform you of the best part of the Qurʾān? Then he recited to him: 'All praise is due to Allāh, Lord of the worlds'." Al-Ḥākim narrated it (1/560) from the route of ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd al-Maʿnī, who reported from Sulaymān ibn al-Mughīrah from Thābit from Anas (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhu) who said: "The Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) was on a journey, and he stopped, and a man stopped beside him. He said: The Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) turned and said" and he mentioned it. Al-Ḥākim narrated it (1/560) and said: "Sound according to the criteria of Muslim." And al-Dhahabī agreed with him
- " ألا أخبرك بأفضل القرآن؟ فتلا عليه: الحمد لله رب العالمين ". أخرجه الحاكم (١ / ٥٦٠) من طريق علي بن عبد الحميد المعني حدثنا سليمان بنالمغيرة عن ثابت عن أنس ﵁ قال: " كان النبي ﷺفي سير، فنزل، ونزل رجل إلى جانبه، قال: فالتفت النبي ﷺفقال " فذكره ". أخرجه الحاكم (١ / ٥٦٠) وقال: " صحيح على شرط مسلم ". وأقره الذهبي.