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ahmad-zuhd:804ʿAbdullāh from my father > Wahbb. Jarīr from my father > Ḥumayd b. Hilāl > Muṭarrif > Liʿimrān b. al-Ḥuṣayn Innah Layamnaʿunī from ʿIyādatik Mā Ará from Ḥālik

[Machine] Do not do it, for if you love him, I love him for the sake of Allah.  

الزهد لأحمد:٨٠٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ حُمَيْدَ بْنَ هِلَالٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ قُلْتُ لِعِمْرَانَ بْنِ الْحُصَيْنِ ؓ إِنَّهُ لَيَمْنَعُنِي مِنْ عِيَادَتِكَ مَا أَرَى مِنْ حَالِكَ قَالَ

لَا تَفْعَلْ فَإِنَّ أَحَبَّهُ إِلَيَّ أَحَبُّهُ لِلَّهِ ﷻ  


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tabarani:5709Aḥmad b. ʿAmr al-Khallāl al-Makkī > Yaʿqūb b. Ḥumayd > ʿAbd al-Muhaymin b. ʿAbbās b. Sahl b. Saʿd from his father from his grandfather

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said: 'Love the Quraysh, for indeed whoever loves them, Allah will love him.'"  

الطبراني:٥٧٠٩حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الْخَلَّالُ الْمَكِّيُّ ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ ثنا عَبْدُ الْمُهَيْمِنِ بْنُ عَبَّاسِ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «أَحِبُّوا قُرَيْشًا فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ أَحَبَّهُمْ أَحَبَّهُ اللهُ ﷻ»