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ahmad:13135 – Ibn Abū ʿAdī > Ḥumayd > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , used to love to be followed in prayer by the emigrants and the helpers to protect him.  

أحمد:١٣١٣٥ – حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يَلِيَهُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ وَالْأَنْصَارُ لِيَحْفَظُوا عَنْهُ  

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ibnmajah:977 – Naṣr b. ʿAlī al-Jahḍamī > ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > Ḥumayd > Anas

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ liked the Muhajirun and Ansar to stand closest to him, so that they could learn from him.”  

ابن ماجة:٩٧٧ – حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يَلِيَهُ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ وَالأَنْصَارُ لِيَأْخُذُوا عَنْهُ  

ahmad:13774 – ʿAbdullāh b. Bakr > Ḥumayd > Anas

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ liked the Muhajirun and Ansar to stand closest to him, so that they could learn from him.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 977)   

أحمد:١٣٧٧٤ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يَلِيَهُ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ وَالْأَنْصَارُ لِيَحْفَظُوا عَنْهُ  

ahmad:13064 – Yazīd > Ḥumayd > Anas

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ liked the Muhajirun and Ansar to stand closest to him, so that they could learn from him.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 977)   

أحمد:١٣٠٦٤ – حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يَلِيَهُ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ وَالْأَنْصَارُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ لِيَأْخُذُوا عَنْهُ  

ahmad:11963 – Muʿtamir > Ḥumayd

[Machine] Anas reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to prefer that the Muhajirun (emigrants) and the Ansar (helpers) pray behind him.  

أحمد:١١٩٦٣ – حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرٌ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ

عَنْ أَنَسٍ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يَلِيَهُ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ وَالْأَنْصَارُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ  

hakim:795 – Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq > Abū al-Muthanná > Musaddad > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl > Anas b. Mālik > Kān

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ liked the Muhajirun and Ansar to stand closest to him, so that they could learn from him.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 977)  

الحاكم:٧٩٥ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ أَنْبَأَ أَبُو الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الطَّوِيلِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يُحِبُّ أَنْ يَلِيَهُ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ وَالْأَنْصَارُ لِيَأْخُذُوا عَنْهُ»  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ وَلَهُ شَاهِدٌ صَحِيحٌ فِي الْأَخْذِ عَنْهُ» على شرطهما وله شاهد صحيح

ذِكْرُ مَحَبَّةِ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ أَنْ يَلِيَهُ فِي الْأَحْوَالِ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ، وَالْأَنْصَارُ

ibnhibban:7258 – Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Abū ʿAwn > Abū Bishr Bakr b. Khalaf > Ibn Abū ʿAdī > Ḥumayd > Anas b. Mālik

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ liked the Muhajirun and Ansar to stand closest to him, so that they could learn from him.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 977)   

ابن حبّان:٧٢٥٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَوْنٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بِشْرٍ بَكْرُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يَلِيَهُ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ وَالْأَنْصَارُ لِيَحْفَظُوا عَنْهُ»  

tabarani:6882 – al-Ḥasan b. Jarīr al-Ṣūrī > Abū al-Jumāhir > Saʿīd b. Bashīr > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan > Samurah

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ liked the Muhajirun and Ansar to stand closest to him, so that they could learn from him.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 977)   

الطبراني:٦٨٨٢ – حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ الصُّورِيُّ ثنا أَبُو الْجُمَاهِرِ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُعْجِبُهُ أَنْ يَلِيَهُ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ وَالْأَنْصَارُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ لِيَأْخُذُوا عَنْهُ»