The Book of Virtues
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 6159
تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى - لاَ يَنْبَغِي لِعَبْدٍ لِي - وَقَالَ ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى لِعَبْدِي - أَنْ يَقُولَ أَنَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ مَتَّى عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ
tabāraka wataʿālā-lā yanbaghī liʿabdin lī-waqāla ābnu al-muthannā liʿabdī-an yaqūla anā khayrun min yūnusa bni mattā ʿalayhi as-salāmu
Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks
The full narration
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may prace be upon him) as saying that Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, said:It is not meet for a servant of Mine that he should say: I am better than Yunus b. Matta (peace be upon him)
Source
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim · 6159
Ṣaḥīḥ
- Agreed upon as authentic (al-Bukhārī / Muslim)