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ذِكْرُ الْعِلَّةِ الَّتِي مِنْ أَجْلِهَا قَالَ ﷺ «أَوَلَيْسَ خِيَارَكُمْ أَوْلَادُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ»

ibnhibban:134Abū Khalīfah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Bakr b. al-Rabīʿ b. Muslim > al-Rabīʿ b. Muslim > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah > Abū al-Qāsim ﷺ

[Machine] I heard Abu Al-Qasim ﷺ say, "Our Lord wonders at a group of people who are dragged to Paradise in chains."  

ابن حبّان:١٣٤سَمِعْتُ أَبَا خَلِيفَةَ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ بَكْرِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ الرَّبِيعَ بْنَ مُسْلِمٍ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ زِيَادٍ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «عَجِبَ رَبُّنَا مِنْ أَقْوَامٍ يُقَادُونَ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ فِي السَّلَاسِلِ»  


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abudawud:2677Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Ḥammād / Ibn Salamah > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

Abu Hurairah reported the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ as saying “Our Lord Most High is charmed with people who will be led to Paradise in chains.”  

أبو داود:٢٦٧٧حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَلَمَةَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَقَدْ عَجِبَ رَبُّنَا ﷻ مِنْ قَوْمٍ يُقَادُونَ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ فِي السَّلاَسِلِ  

ahmad:9271ʿAffān > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Muḥammad b. Ziyād Qālasamiʿt Abū Hurayrah

Abu Hurairah reported the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ as saying “Our Lord Most High is charmed with people who will be led to Paradise in chains.” (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2677)   

أحمد:٩٢٧١حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ قَالَسَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ عَجِبَ رَبُّنَا ﷻ مِنْ رِجَالٍ يُقَادُونَ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ فِي السَّلَاسِلِ  

ahmad:9783Wakīʿ > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

Abu Hurairah reported the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ as saying “Our Lord Most High is charmed with people who will be led to Paradise in chains.” (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2677)   

أحمد:٩٧٨٣حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَجِبَ رَبُّنَا ﷻ مِنْ قَوْمٍ يُقَادُونَ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ فِي السَّلَاسِلِ  

ahmad:8013ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Ḥammād > Muḥammad b. Ziyād And ʿAffān > Ḥammād > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah > Abū al-Qāsim ﷺ

[Machine] I heard Abu al-Qasim ﷺ say, "Our Lord admires a group of people who are led to paradise with chains."  

أحمد:٨٠١٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ وَعَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ ﷺ يَقُولُ عَجِبَ رَبُّنَا مِنْ قَوْمٍ يُقَادُونَ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ فِي السَّلَاسِلِ