English
Wathilah ibn al-Asqa’ (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that he heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: “Indeed, Allah chose Kinanah from the descendants of Ismail, and chose Quraysh from Kinanah, and chose Banu Hashim from Quraysh, and chose me from Banu Hashim.” [Narrated by Muslim]
In a narration by At-Tirmidhi: “Indeed, Allah chose Ismail from the descendants of Ibrahim, and chose Banu Kinanah from the descendants of Ismail.”
Possible references (unverified, pending editorial review)
- Candidate: Sahih Muslim 2276 (unverified) 99% confidence
- Candidate: Jami al-Tirmidhi 3605 (unverified) 97% confidence
- Candidate: Mishkat al-Masabih 5740 (unverified) 92% confidence · Validation similarity: 0.930
Mishkat (candidate) 5740
Confidence and text similarity are not editorial verification.