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ahmad:22233Yaḥyá b. Isḥāq al-Sīlaḥīnī > Sharīk > Muḥammad b. Saʿd al-Anṣārī > Abū Ẓabyah al-Shāmī > Abū Umāmah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There is a star in the sky, and when Allah loves a servant, He says: 'I love so-and-so, so you should love him.' Then the star descends upon the people of the earth."  

أحمد:٢٢٢٣٣حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ السِّيلَحِينِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي ظَبْيَةَ الشَّامِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمِقَةُ فِي السَّمَاءِ فَإِذَا أَحَبَّ اللهُ عَبْدًا قَالَ إِنِّي أَحْبَبْتُ فُلَانًا فَأَحِبُّوهُ قَالَ فَتَنْزِلُ لَهُ الْمِقَةُ فِي أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ  


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أَبُو ظَبْيَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ

tabarani:7551ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal Wʿubayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Sharīk > Muḥammad b. Saʿd al-Anṣārī > Abū Ẓabyah > Abū Umāmah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Provision comes from Allah, and reputation is in the heavens. So when Allah loves a servant, He says, 'O Gabriel, indeed your Lord loves so-and-so, so love him.' Then Gabriel announces in the heavens, 'Indeed, your Lord loves so-and-so, so love him.' Then love for him is instilled in the hearts of the people on Earth."  

الطبراني:٧٥٥١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ وعُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي ظَبْيَةَ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمِقَةُ مِنَ اللهِ وَالصَّيتُ فِي السَّمَاءِ فَإِذَا أَحَبَّ اللهُ عَبْدًا قَالَ يَا جِبْرِيلُ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يُحِبُّ فُلَانًا فَأَحِبَّهُ قَالَ فَيُنَادِي جِبْرِيلُ فِي السَّمَاءِ إِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ يُحِبُّ فُلَانًا فَأَحِبُّوهُ قَالَ فَيُنْزِلُ لَهُ الْمِقَةَ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ