مُسْنَدُ أَحْمَدَ
Musnad Ahmad 449
Musnad Uthman ibn Affan
حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ أَبِي قُرَّةَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مَالِكَ بْنَ أَنَسٍ، يَقُولُ نَرْفَعُ دَرَجَاتٍ مَنْ نَشَاءُ قَالَ بِالْعِلْمِ قُلْتُ مَنْ حَدَّثَكَ قَالَ زَعَمَ ذَاكَ زَيْدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ.
`Ubaid bin Abi Qurrah said: I heard Malik bin Anas say: `We raise whom We will in degrees` |al-An’am 6:83). He said: [i.e.] by means of knowledge. I said: Who told you that? He said. Zaid bin Aslam said that.
Musnad Ahmad, 449The isnad of this report going back to Zaid bin Aslam is Sah