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ahmad:12522ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Muḥammad b. Thābit from my father > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was greeted by women, children, and servants who came from a wedding of the Ansar. He greeted them and said, "By Allah, I love you all."  

أحمد:١٢٥٢٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي أَنَّ أَنَسًا حَدَّثَهُ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ اسْتَقْبَلَهُ نِسَاءٌ وَصِبْيَانٌ وَخَدَمٌ جَائِينَ مِنْ عُرْسٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَقَالَ وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأُحِبُّكُمْ  


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ibnhibban:4329al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Hudbah b. Khālid > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Thābit > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ once received some young boys, girls, and slaves from the Ansar, and he said, "By Allah, I love you all."  

ابن حبّان:٤٣٢٩أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنَا هُدْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ اسْتَقْبَلَهُ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ غِلْمَانٌ وَإِمَاءٌ وَعُبَيْدٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَقَالَ «وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأُحِبُّكُمْ»