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ahmad:12305 – Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar And ʿAffān > Shuʿbah > Hishām > ʿAffān > Hishām b. Zayd b. Anas > Anas b. Mālik

By Him in Whose Hand is my life, you are dearest to me amongst the people. He repeated it thrice. (Using translation from Muslim 2509a)   

أحمد:١٢٣٠٥ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ وَعَفَّانُ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ هِشَامٍ قَالَ عَفَّانُ أَخْبَرَنِي هِشَامُ بْنُ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ جَاءَتْ امْرَأَةٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ عَفَّانُ مَعَهَا ابْنٌ لَهَا فَقَالَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ وَقَالَ ابْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ فَخَلَا بِهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَالَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنَّكُمْ لَأَحَبُّ النَّاسِ إِلَيَّ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ  

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bukhari:6645 – Isḥāq > Wahbb. Jarīr > Shuʿbah > Hishām b. Zayd > Anas b. Mālik

An Ansari woman came to the Prophet ﷺ in the company of her children, and the Prophet ﷺ said to her, "By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, you are the most beloved people to me!" And he repeated the statement thrice.  

البخاري:٦٦٤٥ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ مَعَهَا أَوْلاَدٌ لَهَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنَّكُمْ لأَحَبُّ النَّاسِ إِلَىَّ قَالَهَا ثَلاَثَ مِرَارٍ  

muslim:2509a – Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná And Ibn Bashhār > Ghundar > Ibn al-Muthanná > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Hishām b. Zayd > Anas b. Mālik

By Him in Whose Hand is my life, you are dearest to me amongst the people. He repeated it thrice.  

مسلم:٢٥٠٩a – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَابْنُ بَشَّارٍ جَمِيعًا عَنْ غُنْدَرٍ قَالَ ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ

سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَخَلاَ بِهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَقَالَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنَّكُمْ لأَحَبُّ النَّاسِ إِلَىَّ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ  

ahmad:13711 – ʿAffān > Shuʿbah > Hishām b. Zayd b. Anas > Anas

[Machine] A woman from the Ansar came to the Prophet ﷺ with her son. He said, "By the One in whose hand is my soul, you are the dearest people to me, three times."  

أحمد:١٣٧١١ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ أَخْبَرَنِي هِشَامُ بْنُ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسًا قَالَ

جَاءَتْ امْرَأَةٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مَعَهَا ابْنٌ لَهَا فَقَالَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنَّكُمْ لَأَحَبُّ النَّاسِ إِلَيَّ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ