Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abi Dawud 4669
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْعَالِيَةِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " مَا يَنْبَغِي لِعَبْدٍ أَنْ يَقُولَ إِنِّي خَيْرٌ مِنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ مَتَّى " .
Translation
Hafs ibn Umar narrated to us; Shu‘bah narrated to us, from Qatadah, from Abu al-Aliyah, from Ibn Abbas, from the Prophet, who said: ‘It is not fitting for a servant to say, “I am better than Yunus ibn Matta.”’