Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #29973

Al-Jarrah bin Mukhlid Al-Basri, and more than one person, narrated to us. They said, Muhammad bin Omar bin Al-Rumi narrated to us, he said, Ali bin Mushar narrated to us, on the authority of Ismail bin Abi Khaled, on the authority of Abu Amr Al-Shaybani, he said: Jablah bin Haritha, Zayd’s brother, told me. He said: I came to the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said, “O Messenger of God, send my brother Zaid with me.” He said, “Here he is.” He said, “If he goes with you, I will not stop him.” Zaid said, “O Messenger of God, by God, I do not choose anyone over you.” He said, “I thought my brother’s opinion was better than my opinion.” This is a good, strange hadith. We know it only from the hadith of Ibn Al-Rumi on the authority of Ali bin Mushar.