Chapters on Virtues
Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3613
مَثَلِي فِي النَّبِيِّينَ كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ بَنَى دَارًا فَأَحْسَنَهَا وَأَكْمَلَهَا وَأَجْمَلَهَا وَتَرَكَ مِنْهَا مَوْضِعَ لَبِنَةٍ فَجَعَلَ النَّاسُ يَطُوفُونَ بِالْبِنَاءِ وَيَعْجَبُونَ مِنْهُ وَيَقُولُونَ لَوْ تَمَّ مَوْضِعُ تِلْكَ اللَّبِنَةِ وَأَنَا فِي النَّبِيِّينَ مَوْضِعُ تِلْكَ اللَّبِنَةِ
mathalī fī an-nabiyyīna kamathali rajulin banā dāran fa-aḥsanahā wa-akmalahā wa-ajmalahā wataraka minhā mawḍiʿa labinatin fajaʿala an-nāsu yaṭūfūna bi-l-bināʾi wayaʿjabūna minhu wayaqūlūna law tamma mawḍiʿu tilka al-labinah wa-anā fī an-nabiyyīna mawḍiʿu tilka al-labinah
Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks
The full narration
Narrated At-Tufail bin Ubayy bin Ka'b:from his father that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "The parable of me and the Prophets is that of a man who built a house, and he built it well, completing it, and beautifying it, but he left a space for one brick. So the people began going around the house amazed at it, saying "If only the space for that brick was filled.' And I am, with regards to the Prophets, in the position of that brick." And with this chain, from the Prophet (ﷺ) that he said: "Upon the Day of Judgement I will be the leader of the Prophets and their spokesman, and the bearer of their intercession, without bragging
Source
Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī · 3613
- Sahih
- Hasan Sahih
- Daif