صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب الفضائل
The Book of Virtues
باب ذِكْرِ كَوْنِهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَاتَمَ النَّبِيِّينَ:
Chapter: He (SAW) Was The Seal Of The Prophets
Hadith 2286
This hadith is listed as number 5959 in Maktaba Shamila
حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ النَّاقِدُ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ ، عَنْ الْأَعْرَجِ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " مَثَلِي وَمَثَلُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ ، كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ بَنَى بُنْيَانًا فَأَحْسَنَهُ وَأَجْمَلَهُ ، فَجَعَلَ النَّاسُ يُطِيفُونَ بِهِ يَقُولُونَ : مَا رَأَيْنَا بُنْيَانًا أَحْسَنَ مِنْ هَذَا إِلَّا هَذِهِ اللَّبِنَةَ ، فَكُنْتُ أَنَا تِلْكَ اللَّبِنَةَ " .
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: The similitude of mine and that of the Apostles (before me) is that of a person who constructed a building and he built it fine and well and the people went round it saying: Never have we seen a building more imposing than this, but for one brick, and I am that brick (with which you give the finishing touch to the building).
