Skip to content
Takhrij
Language: English

All frequently checked sayings

“The best of you is the one who is best to his family”: is it a hadith? Where is it written?

Arabic wording searched

خيركم خيركم لأهله وأنا خيركم لأهلي

This is what Takhrij’s search showed for this wording on October 29, 2026.

Found

Where it is written

We found this text in 2 places in the books we search.

Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī, No. 3895

Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī No. 3895

The wording matches the text searched.

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " خَيْرُكُمْ خَيْرُكُمْ لِأَهْلِهِ، وَأَنَا خَيْرُكُمْ لِأَهْلِي, وَإِذَا مَاتَ صَاحِبُكُمْ فَدَعُوهُ ". قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى: هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ صَحِيحٌ مِنْ حَدِيثِ الثَّوْرِيِّ، مَا أَقَلَّ مَنْ رَوَاهُ عَنِ الثَّوْرِيِّ، وَرُوِيَ هَذَا عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُرْسَلٌ.

The gold marks show the words that match the text searched.

What graders said

  • al-Albānī: Ṣaḥīḥ — Ṣaḥīḥ wa-Ḍaʿīf Sunan al-Tirmidhī (al-Maktaba al-Shāmila)

Read it with its English translation on sunnah.com

Search this report on other sites

Chain of narrators

Names as written in each book.

The chain as a list
  1. Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī 3895: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى, from مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ, from سُفْيَانُ, from هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ (Hishām ibn ʿUrwah), from أَبِيهِ (his father), from عَائِشَةَ (ʿĀʾishah), from the Prophet ﷺ

Text source: Mghari, Bouras, El Hibaoui (2022), Sanadset 650K, CC BY 4.0

Sunan Ibn Mājah No. 1977The wording matches the text searched.Show the full entry

Sunan Ibn Mājah No. 1977

The wording matches the text searched.

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بِشْرٍ بَكْرُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ ثَوْبَانَ، عَنْ عَمِّهِ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ ثَوْبَانَ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: " خَيْرُكُمْ خَيْرُكُمْ لِأَهْلِهِ، وَأَنَا خَيْرُكُمْ لِأَهْلِي ".

The gold marks show the words that match the text searched.

What graders said

Our data has no grading for this report.

Read it with its English translation on sunnah.com

Search this report on other sites

Chain of narrators

Names as written in each book.

The chains as a list
  1. Sunan Ibn Mājah 1977: أَبُو بِشْرٍ بَكْرُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ, from أَبُو عَاصِمٍ, from جَعْفَرِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ ثَوْبَانَ, from عُمَارَةَ بْنِ ثَوْبَانَ, from عَطَاءٍ (ʿAṭāʾ), from ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ (Ibn ʿAbbās), from the Prophet ﷺ
  2. Sunan Ibn Mājah 1977: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى, from أَبُو عَاصِمٍ, from جَعْفَرِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ ثَوْبَانَ, from عُمَارَةَ بْنِ ثَوْبَانَ, from عَطَاءٍ (ʿAṭāʾ), from ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ (Ibn ʿAbbās), from the Prophet ﷺ

Text source: Mghari, Bouras, El Hibaoui (2022), Sanadset 650K, CC BY 4.0

One more report has similar wording.

Sunan al-Dārimī No. 2189The wording is similar, not the same. Compare the two texts.Show the full entry

Sunan al-Dārimī No. 2189

The wording is similar, not the same. Compare the two texts.

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " خَيْرُكُمْ خَيْرُكُمْ لِأَهْلِهِ، وَإِذَا مَاتَ صَاحِبُكُمْ، فَدَعُوهُ ".

The gold marks show the words that match the text searched.

What graders said

Our data has no grading for this report.

Read it on sunnah.com

Search this report on other sites

Chain of narrators

Names as written in each book.

The chain as a list
  1. Sunan al-Dārimī 2189: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ, from سُفْيَانُ, from هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ (Hishām ibn ʿUrwah), from أَبِيهِ (his father), from عَائِشَةَ (ʿĀʾishah), from the Prophet ﷺ

Text source: Mghari, Bouras, El Hibaoui (2022), Sanadset 650K, CC BY 4.0

Open this search on Takhrij

The search runs in your browser and draws the chain of narrators as a diagram.