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ahmad:13212ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Ḥammād > Ḥumayd > Anas

[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The people of Yemen will come to you, and they will have the gentlest hearts among you, and they will be the first to introduce the practice of shaking hands."

أحمد:١٣٢١٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَتَاكُمْ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ وَهُمْ أَرَقُّ قُلُوبًا مِنْكُمْ وَهُمْ أَوَّلُ مَنْ جَاءَ بِالْمُصَافَحَةِ

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Anas ibn Malik said, "When the people of Yemen came, the Prophet ﷺ said, 'The people of Yemen have arrived and they have gentler hearts than you. They are the first to offer the handshake.'"

الأدب المفرد:٩٦٧حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ لَمَّا جَاءَ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ قَدْ أَقْبَلَ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ وَهُمْ أَرَقُّ قُلُوبًا مِنْكُمْ فَهُمْ أَوَّلُ مَنْ جَاءَ بِالْمُصَافَحَةِ

The gentleness and wisdom of the people of Yemen

bukhari:4390Abū al-Yamān > Shuʿayb > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah ᴿᴬ

from the Prophet ﷺ, who said: "The people of Yemen have come to you; they are more tender in their hearts and softer in their inner hearts. Understanding is Yemeni, and wisdom is Yemeni."

البخاري:٤٣٩٠حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ: «أَتَاكُمْ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ؛ أَضْعَفُ قُلُوبًا وَأَرَقُّ أَفْئِدَةً، الْفِقْهُ يَمَانٍ وَالْحِكْمَةُ يَمَانِيَةٌ».

muslim:52aAbū al-Rabīʿ al-Zahrānī > Ḥammād > Ayyūb > Muḥammad > Abū Hurayrah

There have come the people of Yemen; they are tender of hearts, the belief is that of the Yemenites, the understanding (of the faith) is that of the Yemenites and sagacity is that of the Yemenites.

مسلم:٥٢أحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ أَنْبَأَنَا حَمَّادٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ جَاءَ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ هُمْ أَرَقُّ أَفْئِدَةً الإِيمَانُ يَمَانٍ وَالْفِقْهُ يَمَانٍ وَالْحِكْمَةُ يَمَانِيَةٌ

muslim:52cʿAmr al-Nāqid And Ḥasan al-Ḥulwānī > Yaʿqūb Wahū Ibn Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd from my father > Ṣāliḥ > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings be upon him) observed: There came to you the people from Yemen; they are tender of hearts and mild of feelings, the understanding is Yemenite, the sagacity is Yemenite.

مسلم:٥٢جحَدَّثَنِي عَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ وَحَسَنٌ الْحُلْوَانِيُّ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ صَالِحٍ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَتَاكُمْ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ هُمْ أَضْعَفُ قُلُوبًا وَأَرَقُّ أَفْئِدَةً الْفِقْهُ يَمَانٍ وَالْحِكْمَةُ يَمَانِيَةٌ

muslim:52iAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And ʾAbū Kurayb > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

There came the people of Yemen who are soft of hearts, tender in feelings: the belief is that of the Yemenites, the sagacity is that of the Yemenites and the summit of unbelief is towards the East.

مسلم:٥٢طحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَتَاكُمْ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ هُمْ أَلْيَنُ قُلُوبًا وَأَرَقُّ أَفْئِدَةً الإِيمَانُ يَمَانٍ وَالْحِكْمَةُ يَمَانِيَةٌ رَأْسُ الْكُفْرِ قِبَلَ الْمَشْرِقِ

abudawud:5213Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Ḥammād > Ḥumayd > Anas b. Mālik > Lammā Jāʾ Ahl al-Yaman

When the people of the Yemen came, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: The people of the Yemen have come to you and they are first to shake hands.

أبو داود:٥٢١٣حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ لَمَّا جَاءَ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَدْ جَاءَكُمْ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ وَهُمْ أَوَّلُ مَنْ جَاءَ بِالْمُصَافَحَةِ

ahmad:7202Muḥammad b. Abū ʿAdī > Ibn ʿAwn > Muḥammad > Abū Hurayrah

[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The people of Yemen have come to you; they have the softest hearts in faith, Yemeni wisdom, and Yemeni understanding."

أحمد:٧٢٠٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَتَاكُمْ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ هُمْ أَرَقُّ أَفْئِدَةً الْإِيمَانُ يَمَانٍ وَالْحِكْمَةُ يَمَانِيَةٌ وَالْفِقْهُ يَمَانٍ

ahmad:7627ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Ayyūb > Ibn Sīrīn > Abū Hurayrah

[AI] The Prophet ﷺ said, "The people of Yemen have come to you; they have the softest hearts in faith, and wisdom is from Yemen, and understanding is from Yemen."

أحمد:٧٦٢٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَتَاكُمْ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ هُمْ أَرَقُّ قُلُوبًا الْإِيمَانُ يَمَانٍ وَالْحِكْمَةُ يَمَانِيَةٌ وَالْفِقْهُ يَمَانٍ

ahmad:7723ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Hishām b. Ḥassān > Muḥammad > Abū Hurayrah > Lammā Nazalat Idhā Jāʾ Naṣr Allāh And al-Fatḥ

[AI] I heard Abu Hurairah saying when the verse "When the victory of Allah has come and the conquest" was revealed, the Prophet ﷺ said, "The people of Yemen have come to you. They have the softest hearts towards faith. Yemeni by faith, Yemeni by understanding, Yemeni by wisdom."

أحمد:٧٧٢٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ إِذَا جَاءَ نَصْرُ اللهِ وَالْفَتْحُ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَتَاكُمْ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ هُمْ أَرَقُّ قُلُوبًا الْإِيمَانُ يَمَانٍ الْفِقْهُ يَمَانٍ الْحِكْمَةُ يَمَانِيَةٌ

ahmad:10134Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Ibn ʿAwn > Muḥammad > Abū Hurayrah

[AI] Abu Al-Qasim ﷺ said, "The people of Yemen have the softest hearts in faith, Yemeni eloquence, and Yemeni wisdom."

أحمد:١٠١٣٤حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ

أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ ﷺ أَتَاكُمْ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ هُمْ أَرَقُّ أَفْئِدَةً الْإِيمَانُ يَمَانٍ وَالْفِقْهُ يَمَانٍ وَالْحِكْمَةُ يَمَانِيَةٌ

ahmad:10327Ismāʿīl > Hishām b. Ḥassān > Ibn Sīrīn > Abū Hurayrah

There have come the people of Yemen; they are tender of hearts, the belief is that of the Yemenites, the understanding (of the faith) is that of the Yemenites and sagacity is that of the Yemenites. (Using translation from Muslim 52a)

أحمد:١٠٣٢٧حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ جَاءَ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ هُمْ أَرَقُّ أَفْئِدَةً الْإِيمَانُ يَمَانٍ وَالْفِقْهُ يَمَانٍ وَالْحِكْمَةُ يَمَانِيَةٌ

ahmad:10527Yazīd > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The people of Yemen have come to you. They are weaker in heart and softer in understanding, faith is Yemeni and wisdom is Yemeni." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3935)

أحمد:١٠٥٢٧حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَتَاكُمْ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِهُمْ أَضْعَفُ قُلُوبًا وَأَرَقُّ أَفْئِدَةً الْإِيمَانُ يَمَانٍ وَالْحِكْمَةُ يَمَانِيَةٌ

ahmad:10982Ḥusayn > Ibn Abū al-Zinād from his father > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "The people of Yemen have come to you, and they are more soft hearted and gentle hearted people. The capacity for understanding religion is Yemenite and Wisdom is Yemenite." (Using translation from Bukhārī 4390)

أحمد:١٠٩٨٢حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَتَاكُمْ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ هُمْ أَضْعَفُ قُلُوبًا وَأَرَقُّ أَفْئِدَةً الْفِقْهُ يَمَانٍ وَالْحِكْمَةُ يَمَانِيَةٌ

ahmad:13624ʿAffān > Ḥammād > Ḥumayd > Anas > Nnah Lammā Aqbal Ahl al-Yaman

When the people of the Yemen came, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: The people of the Yemen have come to you and they are first to shake hands. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 5213)

أحمد:١٣٦٢٤حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ إنَّهُ لَمَّا أَقْبَلَ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ جَاءَكُمْ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ هُمْ أَرَقُّ مِنْكُمْ قُلُوبًا قَالَ أَنَسٌ وَهُمْ أَوَّلُ مَنْ جَاءَ بِالْمُصَافَحَةِ

ذِكْرُ إِضَافَةِ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ الْإِيمَانَ، وَالْفِقْهَ، وَالْحِكْمَةَ إِلَى أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ

ibnhibban:7297Abū ʿArūbah Biḥarrān > Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Ibn Abū ʿAdī > Shuʿbah > Sul Ymān > Dhakwān > Abū Hurayrah

[AI] The Prophet ﷺ said, "The people of Yemen have come to you, they have the most tender hearts in faith, the people of Yemen. They have knowledge and wisdom, and their pride and arrogance lies in their camels' owners. And the dignity lies in the owners of the sheep."

ابن حبّان:٧٢٩٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَرُوبَةَ بِحَرَّانَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ سُلَ يْمَانَ عَنْ ذَكْوَانَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «أَتَاكُمْ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ هُمْ أَرَقُّ أَفْئِدَةً الْإِيمَانُ يَمَانٍ وَالْفِقْهُ يَمَانٍ وَالْحِكْمَةُ يَمَانِيَّةٌ وَالْفَخْرُ وَالْخُيَلَاءُ فِي أَصْحَابِ الْإِبِلِ وَالْوَقَارُ فِي أَصْحَابِ الْغَنَمِ»

ذِكْرُ الْعِلَّةِ الَّتِي مِنْ أَجْلِهَا أُطْلِقَ اسْمُ الْإِيمَانِ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ

ibnhibban:7300Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > Abū al-Rabīʿ al-Zahrānī > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Ayyūb > Muḥammad > Abū Hurayrah

There have come the people of Yemen; they are tender of hearts, the belief is that of the Yemenites, the understanding (of the faith) is that of the Yemenites and sagacity is that of the Yemenites. (Using translation from Muslim 52a)

ابن حبّان:٧٣٠٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «جَاءَ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ هُمْ أَرَقُّ أَفْئِدَةً الْإِيمَانُ يَمَانٍ وَالْفِقْهُ يَمَانٍ وَالْحِكْمَةُ يَمَانِيَّةٌ»

bazzar:5997
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البزّار:٥٩٩٧وَبِإِسْنَادِهِ؛ قَالَ أَقْبَلَ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ

فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَدْ جَاءَكُمْ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ أَرَقُّ مِنْكُمْ قُلُوبًا وهُو أَوَّلُ مَنْ جَاءَ بِالْمُصَافَحَةِ

bazzar:9270
Translation not available.
البزّار:٩٢٧٠وبإسناده عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ

قال قال أبو القاسم ﷺ أتاكم أهل اليمن أرق أفئدة الإيمان يمان والفقه يمان والحكمة يمانية

suyuti:214a

The Prophet ﷺ said, "The people of Yemen have come to you, and they are more soft hearted and gentle hearted people. The capacity for understanding religion is Yemenite and Wisdom is Yemenite." (Using translation from Bukhārī 4390)

السيوطي:٢١٤أ

"أتَاكُم أهْلُ اليَمَن هُمْ أضْعَفُ قُلُوبًا وَأرَقُّ أفْئِدَة الفِقُهُ يَمان والحِكْمة يَمَانِيَّة ".

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