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Bukhari 7539 — No servant of Mine should say he is better than Yunus son of Matta

البخاري 7539 — لا ينبغي لعبد لي أن يقول أنا خير من يونس بن متى

A hadith qudsi in Sahih al-Bukhari, no. 7539: No servant of Mine should say he is better than Yunus son of Matta. The Prophet relates it from his Lord; the Hadith Qudsi Browser gathers its narrations across the six books and the Muwatta.

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«لا ينبغي لعبد أن يقول إنه خير من يونس بن متى . ونسبه إلى أبيه.»

A verbatim excerpt of the text, forty words at most; the full text is in the edition cited under sources

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Muhammad· Sacred hadith (hadith qudsi)

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Bukhari 74 — Musa and the righteous servant at the meeting of the two seas· Bukhari 3339 — Did you convey? Nuh and his people on the Day of Resurrection· Bukhari 3350 — Ibrahim and his father on the Day of Resurrection· Muslim 2372b — Musa and the Angel of Death: go back to My servant· Tirmidhi 3340 — A prophet impressed by his people was given a choice of three· Muktatafat min al-Sira (lecture series)· Angels alternate among you by night and by day· The angels boast of you

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  • Sahih al-Bukhari
  • hadith-api (fawazahmed0): open hadith editions
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islam.museum contributors. “Bukhari 7539 — No servant of Mine should say he is better than Yunus son of Matta”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/bukhari-7539/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-10.

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Bukhari 74 — Musa and the righteous servant at the meeting of the two seas

A hadith qudsi in Sahih al-Bukhari, no. 74: Musa and the righteous servant at the meeting of the two seas. The Prophet relates it from his Lord; the Hadith Qudsi Browser gathers its narrations across the six books and the Muwatta.