ONE HADITH A DAY
Narrated by Abu Dāwūd and Ahmad · Authentic
عَن عَبدِ الله بنِ الشِّخِّير رضي الله عنه قَالَ: انْطَلَقْتُ في وَفدِ بَنِي عَامِرٍ إِلى رَسُولِ الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، فَقُلنا: أَنتَ سيّدُنَا، فقال: «السَّيدُ اللهُ»، قُلنا: وَأَفْضَلُنا فَضْلاً، وأعظَمُنا طَوْلاً، فقال: «قُولُوا بِقَولِكُم، أَو بَعضِ قولِكُم، وَلَا يَسْتَجْرِيَنَّكُم الشَّيطَانُ».
“‘Abdullah ibn ash-Shikhkhīr (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: I set out with the delegation of Banu ‘Āmir to meet the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him). We said: You are our master. He said: "The Master is Allah." We said: And the best of us in superiority and the greatest among us in bounty. He said: "Say what you have to say, or part of what you have to say, but do not let the devil deviate you (in praising me)."”