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Best of people are most useful

Saturday, March 1, 2008

خَيْرُ النَّاسِ أَنْفَعُهُمْ لِلنَّاسِ
Transliteration

Khayru-n-nasi anfa'uhum li-n-nas.

Translation

The best of people are those most beneficial to people.

Narrated by Jabir ibn Abdullah·Mu'jam al-Awsat 5937 (hasan according to al-Albani)
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