مسند أحمد
Musnad Ahmad Hadith 8116
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Original Arabic
وَقَالَ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " مَثَلِي وَمَثَلُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ مِنْ قَبْلِي كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ ابْتَنَى بُيُوتًا، فَأَحْسَنَهَا وَأَكْمَلَهَا وَأَجْمَلَهَا إِلَّا مَوْضِعَ لَبِنَةٍ مِنْ زَاوِيَةٍ مِنْ زَوَايَاهَا، فَجَعَلَ النَّاسُ يَطُوفُونَ، وَيُعْجِبُهُمُ الْبُنْيَانُ، فَيَقُولُونَ: أَلَا وَضَعْتَ هَاهُنَا لَبِنَةً، فَيَتِمُّ بُنْيَانُكَ (٤) "، فَقَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " فَكُنْتُ أَنَا اللَّبِنَةَ " (٥)،
Translation
English translation
And the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) said: My example and the example of the prophets before me is like that of a man who built a very beautiful and complete building, except that he left a space for one brick in one of its corners. People would walk around it, marvel at it, and say: We have never seen a building more splendid than this, except for the place of that brick. So I am that brick.
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This is Hadith 8116 in Musnad Ahmad. It appears in Book 30, Musnad of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), as in-book entry 998.
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مسند احمد / مسند المكثرين من الصحابة / 8116
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