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ahmad:13535Muʾammal > Ḥammād > Thābit > Anas

[Machine] A man passed by the Prophet ﷺ, and there was another man sitting with the Prophet ﷺ. The man said, "By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, I love this man for the sake of Allah." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Did you inform him about that?" He said, "No." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Then get up and tell him so that the love between you may be strengthened." So he stood up and informed him, saying, "I love you for the sake of Allah." The man replied, "May the one whom you love for his sake love you."  

أحمد:١٣٥٣٥حَدَّثَنَا مُؤَمَّلٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

مَرَّ رَجُلٌ بِالنَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَعِنْدَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَجُلٌ جَالِسٌ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ وَاللهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي لَأُحِبُّ هَذَا فِي اللهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَخْبَرْتَهُ بِذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ قُمْ فَأَخْبِرْهُ تَثْبُتِ الْمَوَدَّةُ بَيْنَكُمَا فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ فَأَخْبَرَهُ فَقَالَ أَنِّي أُحِبُّكَ فِي اللهِ أَوْ قَالَ أُحِبُّكَ لِلَّهِ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ أَحَبَّكَ الَّذِيأَحْبَبْتَنِي فِيهِ  


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ahmad:12430Zayd b. al-Ḥubāb > Ḥusayn b. Wāqid > Thābit al-Bunānī > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when a man passed by. A man from the people said, "O Messenger of Allah, I love this man." The Prophet ﷺ asked, "Have you informed him of that?" The man replied, "No." The Prophet ﷺ then said, "Go and inform him." The man went to him and said, "O so-and-so, by Allah, I truly love you for the sake of Allah." The man replied, "May the one for whom you love me, love you in return."  

أحمد:١٢٤٣٠حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ وَاقِدٍ حَدَّثَنِي ثَابِتٌ الْبُنَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

كُنْتُ جَالِسًا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِذْ مَرَّ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي لَأُحِبُّ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ قَالَ هَلْ أَعْلَمْتَهُ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ قُمْ فَأَعْلِمْهُ قَالَ فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ يَا هَذَا وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأُحِبُّكَ فِي اللهِ قَالَ أَحَبَّكَ الَّذِي أَحْبَبْتَنِي لَهُ