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Musnad Ahmed: Hadith 320

2. Musnad Umar ibn Khattab

مسند احمد

320
Musnad Ahmed
Sahih (Darussalam) [ al-Bukhari (2462) and Muslim (1691)]
حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا تُطْرُونِي كَمَا أَطْرَتْ النَّصَارَى عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام فَإِنَّمَا أَنَا عَبْدٌ فَقُولُوا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ.
It was narrated that 'Umar said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“Do not praise me as the Christians praised 'Eesa ibn Maryam عليه السلام. I am no more than a slave, so say: His slave and His Messenger.”
Reference: Musnad Ahmad 164
Arabic/English book : Book 2, Hadith 164