Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 160
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ عَبَايَةَ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ جَاءَ جِبْرِيلُ - أَوْ مَلَكٌ - إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَقَالَ " مَا تَعُدُّونَ مَنْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا فِيكُمْ قَالُوا خِيَارَنَا . قَالَ كَذَلِكَ هُمْ عِنْدَنَا خِيَارُ الْمَلاَئِكَةِ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ali ibn Muhammad and Abu Kurayb reported to us; they said: Waki reported to us: Sufyan reported to us, from Yahya ibn Said, from Abayah ibn Rifaah, from his grandfather Rafi ibn Khadij, who said: Jibril—or an angel—came to the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) and said, ‘How do you regard those among you who were present at Badr?’ They replied, ‘The best of us.’ He said, ‘So are they regarded among us; they are the best of the angels.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic preserves uncertainty as to whether it was Jibril or another angel.