Ash-Shama'il Al-Muhammadiyah — Hadith #48071

Ishaq bin Musa told us, he said: Yunus bin Bukayr told us, on the authority of Muhammad bin Ishaq, on the authority of Ziyad bin Abi Ziyad, on the authority of Muhammad bin Ka’b. Al-Qurazi, on the authority of Amr ibn Al-Aas, said: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, used to show his face and his speech to the most evil people. With that, he used to direct his face and speech to me, until I thought that I was the best of people, so I said: O Messenger of God, am I better or Abu Bakr? He said: Abu Bakr, so I said: O Messenger of God, am I better or Omar? He said: Omar, so I said: O Messenger of God, am I better or Othman? He said: Othman, when I asked the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, and he believed me, I wished I had not asked him.