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"If there comes to you a man who is respected among his own people, then honor him." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3712)

البيهقي:١٦٦٨٦ – حَدَّثَنَا كَامِلُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْمُسْتَمْلِيُّ أَنْبَأَ الْحَسَنُ السِّرَاجُ ثَنَا مُطَيِّنٌ ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ ثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَتَاكُمْ كَرِيمُ قَوْمٍ فَأَكْرِمُوهُ

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ibnmajah:3712 – Muḥammad b. al-Ṣabbāḥ > Saʿīd b. Maslamah > Ibn ʿAjlān > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

"If there comes to you a man who is respected among his own people, then honor him."

ابن ماجة:٣٧١٢ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ أَنْبَأَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلاَنَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَتَاكُمْ كَرِيمُ قَوْمٍ فَأَكْرِمُوهُ

tabarani:17400 – al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar b. Abān > ʿAbdullāh b. Khirāsh > al-ʿAwwām b. Ḥawshab > Shahr b. Ḥawshab > Muʿādh b. Jabal

"If there comes to you a man who is respected among his own people, then honor him." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3712)

الطبراني:١٧٤٠٠ – حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ أَبَانَ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ خِرَاشٍ عَنِ الْعَوَّامِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا أَتَاكُمْ كَرِيمُ قَوْمٍ فَأَكْرِمُوهُ»

tabarani:11811 – ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > Dāwud b. Rushayd > Marwān b. Muʿāwiyah > Mālik b. al-Ḥusayn > ʿUbayd > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ, he said, "When a noble person from a group comes to you, honor him."

الطبراني:١١٨١١ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي دَاوُدُ بْنُ رُشَيْدٍ ثنا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ ثنا مَالِكُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا أَتَاكُمْ كَرِيمُ قَوْمٍ فَأَكْرِمُوهُ»

tabarani:2358 – Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > Musaddad > Khālid > al-Ḥasan b. ʿUmārah > Firās > ʿĀmir > Jarīr

"If there comes to you a man who is respected among his own people, then honor him." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3712)

الطبراني:٢٣٥٨ – حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا خَالِدٌ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عُمَارَةَ عَنْ فِرَاسٍ عَنْ عَامِرٍ عَنْ جَرِيرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا أَتَاكُمْ كَرِيمُ قَوْمٍ فَأَكْرِمُوهُ»

bazzar:5207 –
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البزّار:٥٢٠٧ – وحَدَّثنا الحسن بن مُحَمد السكري حَدَّثنا سَعِيد بن مسلمة حَدَّثنا مُحَمد بْنُ عَجْلان عَن نافعٍ عَن ابْنِ عُمَر أَن النَّبِيّ صَلَّى

اللَّهُ عَلَيه وَسَلَّم قَالَ إِذَا أَتَاكُمْ كَرِيمُ قَوْمٍ فَأَكْرِمُوهُ