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Sahih Muslim
كتاب الفضائل
The Book of Virtues
" قَالَ - يَعْنِي اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى - لاَ يَنْبَغِي لِعَبْدٍ لِي - وَقَالَ ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى لِعَبْدِي - أَنْ يَقُولَ أَنَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ مَتَّى عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ "
It is not meet for a servant of Mine that he should say: I am better than Yunus b. Matta (peace be upon him).
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