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1027 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; he said, “Shayban ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; Abu Hilal narrated to us; Qatadah narrated that Abu ʿUbaydah ibn al-Jarrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said:
‘Among all people—whether red or black, free or enslaved, non-Arab or eloquently free-born—if I come to know that anyone surpasses me in taqwā (God-conscious devotion), I yearn to be in his very skin.’
١٠٢٧ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هِلَالٍ، حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ أَنَّ أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ بْنَ الْجَرَّاحِ قَالَ: مَا مِنَ النَّاسِ مِنْ أَحْمَرَ وَلَا أَسْوَدَ حُرٍّ وَلَا عَبْدٍ عَجَمِيٍّ وَلَا حُرٍّ فَصِيحٍ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ أَفْضَلُ مِنِّي بِتَقْوَى إِلَّا أَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ فِي مِسْلَاخِهِ "