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bukhari:5180ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Mubārak > ʿAbd al-Wārith > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Ṣuhayb > Anas b. Mālik

Once the Prophet ﷺ saw some women and children coming from a wedding party. He got up energetically and happily and said, "By Allah! You (i.e., the Ansar) are the most beloved of all people to me."  

البخاري:٥١٨٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ صُهَيْبٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ؓ قَالَ

أَبْصَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ نِسَاءً وَصِبْيَانًا مُقْبِلِينَ مِنْ عُرْسٍ فَقَامَ مُمْتَنًّا فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتُمْ مِنْ أَحَبِّ النَّاسِ إِلَىَّ  


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bukhari:3785Abū Maʿmar > ʿAbd al-Wārith > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Anas

The Prophet ﷺ saw the women and children (of the Ansar) coming forward. (The sub-narrator said, "I think that Anas said, 'They were returning from a wedding party.") The Prophet ﷺ stood up and said thrice, "By Allah! You are from the most beloved people to me."  

البخاري:٣٧٨٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ قَالَ

رَأَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ النِّسَاءَ وَالصِّبْيَانَ مُقْبِلِينَ قَالَ حَسِبْتُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ مِنْ عُرُسٍ فَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مُمْثِلاً فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتُمْ مِنْ أَحَبِّ النَّاسِ إِلَىَّ قَالَهَا ثَلاَثَ مِرَارٍ  

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَنْ مَحَبَّةِ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ الْأَنْصَارَ

ibnhibban:7270al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAbdullāh b. Idrīs > Shuʿbah > Hishām b. Zayd > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ saw women and children from the Ansar returning from a wedding procession, so he said to them, "You are the most beloved people to me."  

ابن حبّان:٧٢٧٠أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

رَأَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ نِسَاءً وَصِبْيَانًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ مُقْبِلِينَ مِنَ الْعُرْسِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَهُمْ «أَنْتُمْ أَحَبُّ النَّاسِ إِلَيَّ»  

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" أنَّ رَسُولَ الله ﷺ رَأَى نِسَاءً وَصِبْيَانًا مِنَ الأنْصَارِ مُقْبِلِينَ مِن عُرْسٍ، فَقَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ أنْتُمْ مِنْ أَحَبِّ النَّاسِ إِلَى".  

[ش] ابن أبى شيبة