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ahmad:13542Muʾammal > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Budayl b. Maysarah al-ʿUqaylī from my father > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said: "Verily, Allah has His chosen people among mankind, and the people of the Quran are the people of Allah and His special ones."  

أحمد:١٣٥٤٢حَدَّثَنَا مُؤَمَّلٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ بُدَيْلِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ الْعُقَيْلِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنَّ لِلَّهِ أَهْلِينَ مِنَ النَّاسِ وَإِنَّ أَهْلَ الْقُرْآنِ أَهْلُ اللهِ وَخَاصَّتُهُ  


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ibnmajah:215Bakr b. Khalaf Abū Bishr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Budayl from his father > Anas b. Mālik

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Allah has His own people among mankind.' They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, who are they?' He said: 'The people of the Qur'an, the people of Allah and those who are closest to Him.'"  

ابن ماجة:٢١٥حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ أَبُو بِشْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ بُدَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ لِلَّهِ أَهْلِينَ مِنَ النَّاسِ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَنْ هُمْ قَالَ هُمْ أَهْلُ الْقُرْآنِ أَهْلُ اللَّهِ وَخَاصَّتُهُ  

ahmad:12279ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Budayl al-ʿUqaylī from his father > Anas

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Allah has His own people among mankind.' They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, who are they?' He said: 'The people of the Qur'an, the people of Allah and those who are closest to Him.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 215)   

أحمد:١٢٢٧٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ بُدَيْلٍ الْعُقَيْلِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ لِلَّهِ أَهْلِينَ مِنَ النَّاسِ فَقِيلَ مَنْ أَهْلُ اللهِ مِنْهُمْ؟ قَالَ أَهْلُ الْقُرْآنِ هُمْ أَهْلُ اللهِوَخَاصَّتُهُ  

ahmad:12292Abū ʿUbaydah al-Ḥaddād > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Budayl b. Maysarah from my father > Anas

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Allah has His own people among mankind.' They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, who are they?' He said: 'The people of the Qur'an, the people of Allah and those who are closest to Him.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 215)   

أحمد:١٢٢٩٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ الْحَدَّادُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ بُدَيْلِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ لِلَّهِ أَهْلِينَ مِنَ النَّاسِ قَالَ قِيلَ مَنْ هُمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ أَهْلُ الْقُرْآنِ هُمْ أَهْلُ اللهِ وَخَاصَّتُهُ  

darimi:3369Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > al-Ḥasan b. Abū Jaʿfar > Budayl > Anas

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Allah has His own people among mankind.' They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, who are they?' He said: 'The people of the Qur'an, the people of Allah and those who are closest to Him.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 215)   

الدارمي:٣٣٦٩حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا بُدَيْلٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ لِلَّهِ أَهْلِينَ مِنَ النَّاسِ» قِيلَ مَنْ هُمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «أَهْلُ الْقُرْآنِ»  

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السيوطي:٦٩٤٦a

"إِنَّ للَّهِ تعالى أَهلينَ من الناسِ قيلَ: مَنْ هُم؟ قال: أَهلُ القرآنِ، هم أَهلُ اللَّه وخاصَّته".  

[ط] الطيالسي [حم] أحمد [ن] النسائي [هـ] ابن ماجة والدرامى، وابن الضريس، والعسكري في الأَمثال، [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك [حل] أبى نعيم في الحلية [هب] البيهقى في شعب الإيمان عن أَنس، ابن النَّجَّارِ عن النعمان بن بشير