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abudawud:5213 – Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Ḥammād > Ḥumayd > Anas b. Mālik > Lammā Jāʾ Ahl al-Yaman

When the people of the Yemen came, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: The people of the Yemen have come to you and they are first to shake hands.  

أبو داود:٥٢١٣ – حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ لَمَّا جَاءَ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَدْ جَاءَكُمْ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ وَهُمْ أَوَّلُ مَنْ جَاءَ بِالْمُصَافَحَةِ  

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ahmad:13624 – ʿAffān > Ḥammād > Ḥumayd > Anas > Nnah Lammā Aqbal Ahl al-Yaman

When the people of the Yemen came, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: The people of the Yemen have come to you and they are first to shake hands. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 5213)   

أحمد:١٣٦٢٤ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ إنَّهُ لَمَّا أَقْبَلَ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ جَاءَكُمْ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ هُمْ أَرَقُّ مِنْكُمْ قُلُوبًا قَالَ أَنَسٌ وَهُمْ أَوَّلُ مَنْ جَاءَ بِالْمُصَافَحَةِ  

ahmad:13212 – ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Ḥammād > Ḥumayd > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The people of Yemen will come to you, and they will have the gentlest hearts among you, and they will be the first to introduce the practice of shaking hands."  

أحمد:١٣٢١٢ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَتَاكُمْ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ وَهُمْ أَرَقُّ قُلُوبًا مِنْكُمْ وَهُمْ أَوَّلُ مَنْ جَاءَ بِالْمُصَافَحَةِ  

adab:967 –

Anas ibn Malik said, "When the people of Yemen came, the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'The people of Yemen have arrived and they have gentler hearts than you. They are the first to offer the handshake.'"  

الأدب المفرد:٩٦٧ – حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ لَمَّا جَاءَ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ قَدْ أَقْبَلَ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ وَهُمْ أَرَقُّ قُلُوبًا مِنْكُمْ فَهُمْ أَوَّلُ مَنْ جَاءَ بِالْمُصَافَحَةِ