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ahmad:12797 – Ismāʿīl / Ibn Ibrāhīm Ibn ʿUlayyah > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz / Ibn Ṣuhayb > Anas

O Allah, (bear witness) (and addressing the Ansar), said: You are dearest to me amongst people, (and said: O Allah (bear witness) (and addressing the Ansar), said: You are dearest to me amongst people. And he meant Ansar. (Using translation from Muslim 2508)

أحمد:١٢٧٩٧ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ابْنِ عُلَيَّةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ صُهَيْبٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَأَى صِبْيَانًا ونِّسَاءً مُقْبِلِينَ قَالَ عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ حَسِبْتُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ مِنْ عُرْسٍ فَقَامَ نَّبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ مُمْثِلًا فَقَالَ اللهُمَّ أَنْتُمْ مِنْ أَحَبِّالنَّاسِ إِلَيَّ اللهُمَّ أَنْتُمْ مِنْ أَحَبِّ النَّاسِ إِلَيَّ اللهُمَّ أَنْتُمْ مِنْ أَحَبِّ النَّاسِ إِلَيَّ يَعْنِي الْأَنْصَارَ

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bukhari:3785 – Abū Maʿmar > ʿAbd al-Wārith > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Anas

The Prophet ﷺ saw the women and children (of the Ansar) coming forward. (The sub-narrator said, "I think that Anas said, 'They were returning from a wedding party.") The Prophet ﷺ stood up and said thrice, "By Allah! You are from the most beloved people to me."

البخاري:٣٧٨٥ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ قَالَ

رَأَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ النِّسَاءَ وَالصِّبْيَانَ مُقْبِلِينَ قَالَ حَسِبْتُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ مِنْ عُرُسٍ فَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مُمْثِلاً فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتُمْ مِنْ أَحَبِّ النَّاسِ إِلَىَّ قَالَهَا ثَلاَثَ مِرَارٍ

muslim:2508 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And Zuhayr b. Ḥarb > Ibn ʿUlayyah Wa-al-Lafẓ Lizuhayr > Ismāʿīl > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Wahū Ibn Ṣuhayb > Anas

O Allah, (bear witness) (and addressing the Ansar), said: You are dearest to me amongst people, (and said: O Allah (bear witness) (and addressing the Ansar), said: You are dearest to me amongst people. And he meant Ansar.

مسلم:٢٥٠٨ – حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ جَمِيعًا عَنِ ابْنِ عُلَيَّةَ وَاللَّفْظُ لِزُهَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ وَهُوَ ابْنُ صُهَيْبٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَأَى صِبْيَانًا وَنِسَاءً مُقْبِلِينَ مِنْ عُرْسٍ فَقَامَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ مُمْثِلاً فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتُمْ مِنْ أَحَبِّ النَّاسِ إِلَىَّ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتُمْ مِنْ أَحَبِّ النَّاسِ إِلَىَّ يَعْنِي الأَنْصَارَ