three times, and a man said: “Yes, O Messenger of Allah, tell us who is the best of us and who is the worst of us.” He said: “The best of you is the one from whom good is hoped for and from whose evil one is safe, and the worst of you is the one from whom good is not hoped for and from whose evil one is not safe.” (1)

This is a sound hadith.

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2414 - Musa ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Kindi al-Kufi narrated to us, Zayd ibn Hubab narrated to us, Musa ibn ‘Ubaydah informed me, ‘Abd Allah ibn Dinar narrated to me, from Ibn ‘Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “When my nation walks with arrogance (al-mutaytaya’), and the sons of kings—the sons of Persia and Rome—serve them, their wicked ones will be given power over their righteous ones.” (2)

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(1) A sound hadith, also recorded by Ahmad (8812), and Ibn Hibban (527) and (528).
(2) A good hadith due to corroborating evidence, and this chain is weak due to the weakness of Musa ibn ‘Ubaydah, though Yahya ibn Sa’id followed him in the author’s narration. It has a supporting witness from the hadith of Abu Hurayrah recorded by al-Tabarani in “al-Awsat” (132) and (3611); al-Haythami said in al-Majma‘ 10/237: Its chain is good. We say: However, Abu ‘Amr al-Dani recorded it in “al-Fitan” (70), Ibn Abi al-Dunya in “al-Khumul wa al-Tawadu‘” (249), and al-Bayhaqi in “Dala’il al-Nubuwwah” 6/525 via the path of Yahya ibn Sa’id al-Ansari, from Yuhannis, the freed slave of al-Zubayr, that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him... and this is mursal because Yuhannis is a Tabi‘i who did not see the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. Ibn Hibban also recorded it (6716) via the path of Mu’ammal ibn Isma’il, from Hammad ibn Salamah, from Yahya ibn Sa’id al-Ansari, from ‘Ubayd Sanuta, from Khawlah bint Qays, that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him =