Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:3540 حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ عَنْ جُبَيْرٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ قَدِمَ عَلَيْنَا أَبُو جُمُعَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ صَاحِبُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِبَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ لِيُصَلِّيَ فِيهِ وَمَعَنَا رَجَاءُ بْنُ حَيْوَةَ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ خَرَجْنَا مَعَهُ لِنُشَيِّعَهُ فَلَمَّا أَرَدْنَا الِانْصِرَافَ قَالَ إِنَّ لَكُمْ عَلَيَّ جَائِزَةً وحَقًّا أَنْ أُحَدِّثَكُمْ بِحَدِيثٍ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْنَا هَاتِ يَرْحَمُكَ اللهُ فَقَالَ كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَعَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ عَاشِرَ عَشَرَةٍ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَلْ مِنْ قَوْمٍ أَعْظَمُ مِنَّا أَجْرًا آمَنَّا بِكَ وَاتَّبَعْنَاكَ؟ قَالَ «مَا يَمْنَعُكُمْ مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِكُمْ يَأْتِيكُمُ الْوَحْيُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ بَلَى قَوْمٌ يَأْتِيهِمْ كِتَابٌ بَيْنَ لَوْحَيْنِ فَيُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ وَيَعْمَلُونَ بِمَا فِيهِ أُولَئِكَ أَعْظَمُ مِنْكُمْ أَجْرًا أُولَئِكَ أَعْظَمُ مِنْكُمْ أَجْرًا أُولَئِكَ أَعْظَمُ مِنْكُمْ أَجْرًا»
English Translation
Salih ibn Jubayr said: 'Abu Jum'ah al-Ansari, the companion of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), came to us in Jerusalem to pray there, and Raja' ibn Haywah was with us that day. When he left, we went out to see him off. When we were about to leave, he said: You have a right upon me that I narrate a hadith I heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him). We said: Go ahead, may Allah have mercy on you. He said: We were with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) along with Mu'adh ibn Jabal, tenth of ten, and we said: O Messenger of Allah, is there anyone with a greater reward than us? We believed in you and followed you. He said: What would prevent you from that when the Messenger of Allah is among you and revelation comes to you from heaven? Rather, a people to whom a Book will come between two covers, and they will believe in it and act upon what is in it - those have a greater reward than you, those have a greater reward than you, those have a greater reward than you.'