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

[Machine] 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:٧٧٢٣ – حَدَّثَنَا 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  

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

[Machine] 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:٧٦٢٧ – حَدَّثَنَا 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:10982 – Ḥusayn > 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:١٠٩٨٢ – حَدَّثَنَا 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:10327 – Ismāʿīl > 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:١٠٣٢٧ – حَدَّثَنَا 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:10527 – Yazīd > 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:١٠٥٢٧ – حَدَّثَنَا 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:10134 – Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Ibn ʿAwn > Muḥammad > Abū Hurayrah

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

أحمد:١٠١٣٤ – حَدَّثَنَا 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