مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب المناقب
The Book of Merits
(تَعْبِيرُ الثِّقَةِ بِأَهْلِ العَجَمِ)
(Expression of trust in the non-Arabs)
Hadith 6254
وَعَنْهُ قَالَ: ذُكِرَتِ الْأَعَاجِمُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: لَأَنَا بِهِمْ أَوْ بِبَعْضِهِمْ أَوْثَقُ مِنِّي بِكُمْ أَوْ بِبَعْضِكُمْ رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ
He told that when the foreigners were mentioned in the presence of God's messenger he said, "I have more trust in them (or, in some of them) than I have in you (or, in some of you.)" Tirmidhi transmitted it.
