Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abi Dawud 4672
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ، عَنْ مُخْتَارِ بْنِ فُلْفُلٍ، يَذْكُرُ عَنْ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَجُلٌ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَا خَيْرَ الْبَرِيَّةِ . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " ذَاكَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ " .
Translation
Ziyad ibn Ayyub narrated to us; Abdullah ibn Idris narrated to us, from Mukhtar ibn Fulful, reporting from Anas, who said: A man said to the Messenger of Allah, ‘O best of creation!’ The Messenger of Allah replied, ‘That was Ibrahim.’