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bayhaqi:13580Abū al-Qāsim Zayd b. Abū Hāshim al-ʿAlawī And ʾAbū al-Qāsim ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Muḥammad b. al-Najjār al-Muqriʾ Bi-al-Kūfah > Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. Duḥaym > Ibrāhīm b. Isḥāq al-Qāḍī > Qabīṣah > Sufyān > al-Ajlaḥ > al-Shaʿbī > Lammā

[Machine] When Ja'far returned from Abyssinia, the Prophet ﷺ embraced him and kissed him between his eyes, and said, "I do not know which of the two I am more delighted with: the conquest of Khaybar or the arrival of Ja'far. This is a messenger."  

البيهقي:١٣٥٨٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ زَيْدُ بْنُ أَبِي هَاشِمٍ الْعَلَوِيُّ وَأَبُو الْقَاسِمِ عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ النَّجَّارِ الْمُقْرِئُ بِالْكُوفَةِ قَالَا أنبأ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ دُحَيْمٍ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْقَاضِي ثنا قَبِيصَةُ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنِ الْأَجْلَحِ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ قَالَ

لَمَّا قَدِمَ جَعْفَرٌ ؓ مِنَ الْحَبَشَةِ ضَمَّهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَقَبَّلَ مَا بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ وَقَالَ مَا أَدْرِي بِأَيِّهِمَا أَنَا أَشَدُّ فَرَحًا فَتْحِ خَيْبَرَ أَوْ قُدُومِ جَعْفَرٍ هَذَا مُرْسَلٌ  


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tabarani:18538Abū ʿAqīl Anas b. Sālim al-Khawlānī Wʾaḥmad b. Khālid b. Musarriḥ > al-Walīd b. ʿAbd al-Malik b. Musarriḥ al-Ḥarrānī > Makhlad b. Yazīd > Misʿar > ʿAwn b. Abū Juḥayfah from his father

[Machine] When Ja'far arrived to the Messenger of Allah from the land of Abyssinia, he greeted the Messenger of Allah between his eyes, then he said, "I do not know whether I should embrace Ja'far's arrival with joy or the conquest of Khaibar."  

الطبراني:١٨٥٣٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَقِيلٍ أَنَسُ بْنُ سَالِمٍ الْخَوْلَانِيُّ وأَحْمَدُ بْنُ خَالِدِ بْنِ مُسَرِّحٍ قَالَا ثنا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ مُسَرِّحٍ الْحَرَّانِيُّ ثنا مَخْلَدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ ثنا مِسْعَرٌ عَنْ عَوْنِ بْنِ أَبِي جُحَيْفَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

لَمَّا قَدِمَ جَعْفَرٌ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ أَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ قَبَّلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ مَا بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «مَا أَدْرِي أَنَا بِقُدُومِ جَعْفَرٍ أُسَرُّ أَوْ بِفَتْحِ خَيْبَرَ»  

tabarani:1469Muḥammad b. ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAmmī Abū Bakr > ʿAlī b. Mushir > al-Ajlaḥ > al-Shaʿbī

[Machine] When the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , came upon the opening of Khaybar, it was said to him, "Ja'far has arrived from the Negus (King of Abyssinia)." The Prophet, ﷺ , said, "I do not know whether I am more delighted by the arrival of Ja'far or the conquest of Khaybar." Then he kissed Ja'far between his eyes.  

الطبراني:١٤٦٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا عَمِّي أَبُو بَكْرٍ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ عَنِ الْأَجْلَحِ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ قَالَ

لَمَّا أَتَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ فَتَحَ خَيْبَرَ قِيلَ لَهُ قَدْ قَدِمَ جَعْفَرٌ مِنْ عِنْدِ النَّجَاشِيِّ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «لَا أَدْرِي بِأَيِّهِمَا أَنَا أَشَدُّ فَرَحًا بِقُدُومِ جَعْفَرٍ أَوْ فَتْحِ خَيْبَرَ فَقَبَّلَ مَا بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ»  

tabarani:1470Aḥmad b. Khālid b. Musarriḥ al-Ḥarrānī > al-Walīd b. ʿAbd al-Malik b. Musarriḥ Abū Wahb > Makhlad b. Yazīd > Misʿar > ʿAwn b. Abū Juḥayfah from his father

[Machine] When Ja'far returned from the migration to Abyssinia, the Prophet ﷺ welcomed him, embraced him, kissed him between his eyes, and said, "I do not know whether I am happier with the victory of Khaibar or the arrival of Ja'far."  

الطبراني:١٤٧٠حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ خَالِدِ بْنِ مُسَرِّحٍ الْحَرَّانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ مُسَرِّحٍ أَبُو وَهْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَخْلَدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ ثنا مِسْعَرٌ عَنْ عَوْنِ بْنِ أَبِي جُحَيْفَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

لَمَّا قَدِمَ جَعْفَرٌ مِنْ هِجْرَةِ الْحَبَشَةِ تَلَقَّاهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَعَانَقَهُ وَقَبَّلَ مَا بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ وَقَالَ «مَا أَدْرِي بِأَيِّهِمَا أَنَا أَسَرُّ بِفَتْحِ خَيْبَرَ أَوْ بِقُدُومِ جَعْفَرٍ»