أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ ، حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمٌ ، قَالَ : سَأَلْتُ الشَّعْبِيَّ عَنْ حَدِيثٍ، فَحَدَّثَنِيهِ، فَقُلْتُ : إِنَّهُ يُرْفَعُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ :" لَا، عَلَى مَنْ دُونَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْنَا، فَإِنْ كَانَ فِيهِ زِيَادَةٌ أَوْ نُقْصَانٌ، كَانَ عَلَى مَنْ دُونَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ "

Abu Al-Numan told us, Thabit bin Yazid told us, Asim told us, he said: I asked Al-Sha’abi about a hadith, and he told me about it, and I said: It is reported. To the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, and he said: “No, whoever is more beloved to us than the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, was “On those other than the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace.”