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[Machine] A man passed by the Prophet ﷺ and another man said, "I love him for the sake of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic." The Prophet ﷺ asked him, "Have you informed him of this?" The man replied, "No." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Then inform him." So, I met the man and informed him, and he said, "May Allah love you as you have loved me for His sake."  

الحاكم:٧٣٢١ – أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدَانُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الدَّقَّاقُ بِهَمْدَانَ ثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ دَاوُدَ الضَّبِّيُّ ثَنَا الْمُبَارَكُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

مَرَّ بِالنَّبِيِّ ﷺ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ إِنِّي لَأُحِبُّهُ فِي اللَّهِ ﷻ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَأَعْلَمْتَهُ؟» قَالَ لَا قَالَ «فَأَعْلِمْهُ» قَالَ فَلَقِيتُ الرَّجُلَ فَأَعْلَمْتُهُ فَقَالَ أَحَبَّكَ اللَّهُ الَّذِي أَحْبَبْتَنِي لَهُ  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ» وَشَاهِدُهُ حَدِيثُ الْمِقْدَامِ بْنِ مَعْدِي كَرِبَصحيح

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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Suyūṭī

Importance of expressing your love to others

abudawud:5125 – Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > al-Mubārak b. Faḍālah > Thābit al-Bunānī > Anas b. Mālik

A man was with the Prophet ﷺ and a man passed by him and said: “Messenger of Allah! I love this man.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then asked: “Did you let him know?” He replied: “No.” He said: “˹Then˺ let him know ˹that you love him˺!” He then went to him and said: “I love you for Allah's sake.” He replied: “May He for Whose sake you love me love you!”  

أبو داود:٥١٢٥ – حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُبَارَكُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ الْبُنَانِيُّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً كَانَ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَمَرَّ بِهِ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي لأُحِبُّ هَذَا. فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: «أَعْلَمْتَهُ؟» قَالَ؛ لاَ قَالَ: «أَعْلِمْهُ!» قَالَ فَلَحِقَهُ، فَقَالَ: إِنِّي أُحِبُّكَ فِي اللَّهِ فَقَالَ: أَحَبَّكَ الَّذِي أَحْبَبْتَنِي لَهُ.  

ahmad:12430 – Zayd b. al-Ḥubāb > Ḥusayn b. Wāqid > Thābit al-Bunānī > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when a man passed by. A man from the people said, "O Messenger of Allah, I love this man." The Prophet ﷺ asked, "Have you informed him of that?" The man replied, "No." The Prophet ﷺ then said, "Go and inform him." The man went to him and said, "O so-and-so, by Allah, I truly love you for the sake of Allah." The man replied, "May the one for whom you love me, love you in return."  

أحمد:١٢٤٣٠ – حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ وَاقِدٍ حَدَّثَنِي ثَابِتٌ الْبُنَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

كُنْتُ جَالِسًا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِذْ مَرَّ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي لَأُحِبُّ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ قَالَ هَلْ أَعْلَمْتَهُ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ قُمْ فَأَعْلِمْهُ قَالَ فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ يَا هَذَا وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأُحِبُّكَ فِي اللهِ قَالَ أَحَبَّكَ الَّذِي أَحْبَبْتَنِي لَهُ  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ هَذَا الْخَبَرَ لَا أَصْلَ لَهُ أَصْلًا

ibnhibban:571 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Daghūlī Kitābah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Bishr b. al-Ḥakam > ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn b. Wāqid from my father > Thābit > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] I was sitting with the Prophet ﷺ when a man passed by. A man from the people said, "O Messenger of Allah, indeed I love this man." He said, "Have you informed him of that?" The man said, "No." He said, "Then go and inform him." So he stood up and went to him and said, "O so-and-so, by Allah, I truly love you." He replied, "May the one whom you loved me for, love you in return."  

ابن حبّان:٥٧١ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الدَّغُولِيُّ كِتَابَةً قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ بِشْرِ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ وَاقِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ثَابِتٌ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

كُنْتُ جَالِسًا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِذْ مَرَّ رَجُلٌ فقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأُحِبُّ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ قَالَ «هَلْ أَعْلَمْتَهُ ذَاكَ؟ » قَالَ لَا قَالَ «قُمْ أَعْلِمْهُ» فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ فقَالَ يَا هَذَا وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأُحِبُّكَ قَالَ أَحَبَّكَ الَّذِي أَحْبَبْتَنِي لَهُ  

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السيوطي:٨٥-٦٢٦b –

" عَنْ أنَسٍ: أنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ: يَارَسُولَ الله إِنِّى أُحبُّ فُلَانًا فِى الله - ﷻ - قَالَ: فَأَخبَرْتَهُ؟ قَالَ: لاَ، قَالَ: قُمْ فَأَخْبِرْهُ، قَالَ: فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ إِنِّى أُحِبُّكَ فِى الله يَا فُلاَنُ، فَقَالَ: أَحَبَّك الله الَّذِى أَحْبَبْتَنِى لَهُ ".  

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