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hakim:5110Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-ʿAbbās b. Muḥammad al-Dūrī > Yaḥyá b. Maʿīn > Abū Usāmah > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father

[Machine] "Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith ibn Abdul-Muttalib was the most beloved person to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ from the Quraysh, and he was harsh with him. But when he embraced Islam, he became the most beloved person to the people."  

الحاكم:٥١١٠سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ سَمِعْتُ الْعَبَّاسَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ الدُّورِيَّ سَمِعْتُ يَحْيَى بْنَ مَعِينٍ يَقُولُ ثنا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

«أَنَّ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ كَانَ أَحَبَّ قُرَيْشٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَكَانَ شَدِيدًا عَلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا أَسْلَمَ كَانَ أَحَبَّ النَّاسِ إِلَيْهِ» سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص