Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 3815

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدَةُ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ جَعْفَرٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا ـ رضى الله عنه ـ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ح حَدَّثَنِي صَدَقَةُ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدَةُ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ـ رضى الله عنهم ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ خَيْرُ نِسَائِهَا مَرْيَمُ، وَخَيْرُ نِسَائِهَا خَدِيجَةُ ‏"‏‏.‏

Translation

Muhammad narrated to me: ʿAbda informed us, from Hisham ibn ʿUrwa, from his father, who said: I heard ʿAbdullah ibn Jaʿfar say: I heard ʿAli, may Allah be pleased with him, say: I heard the Messenger of Allah say—[another chain:] Sadaqa narrated to me: ʿAbda informed us, from Hisham, from his father, who said: I heard ʿAbdullah ibn Jaʿfar narrate from ʿAli, may Allah be pleased with them, from the Prophet, who said: “The best of its women is Maryam, and the best of its women is Khadija.”