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ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَنِ اسْتِعْمَالِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا أَهْلَ الطَّاعَةِ بِطَاعَتِهِ

ibnhibban:326al-Ṣūfī

[Machine] I heard Abu 'Inabah Al-Khawlanī, who was one of the companions of the Prophet ﷺ and used to pray towards both directions of the Qibla and consume blood during the pre-Islamic era, saying: "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'Allah continues to plant in this religion a planting that he employs them in His obedience.'"  

ابن حبّان:٣٢٦أَخْبَرَنَا الصُّوفِيُّ بِبَغْدَادَ حَدَّثَنَا الْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ خَارِجَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْجَرَّاحُ بْنُ مَلِيحٍ الْبَهْرَانِيُّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ بَكْرَ بْنَ زُرْعَةَ الْخَوْلَانِيَّ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عِنَبَةَ الْخَوْلَانِيَّ وَهُوَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِمَّنْ صَلَّى لِلْقِبْلَتَيْنِ كِلْتَيْهِمَا وَأَكَلَ الدَّمَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَا يَزَالُ اللَّهُ يَغْرِسُ فِي هَذَا الدِّينِ بِغَرْسٍ يَسْتَعْمِلُهُمْ فِي طَاعَتِهِ»  


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ibnmajah:8Abū ʿAbdullāh > Hishām b. ʿAmmār > al-Jarrāḥ b. Malīḥ > Bakr b. Zurʿah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Allah will continue to plant new people in this religion and use them in His obedience."  

ابن ماجة:٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْجَرَّاحُ بْنُ مَلِيحٍ حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ زُرْعَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عِنَبَةَ الْخَوْلاَنِيَّ وَكَانَ قَدْ صَلَّى الْقِبْلَتَيْنِ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لاَ يَزَالُ اللَّهُ يَغْرِسُ فِي هَذَا الدِّينِ غَرْسًا يَسْتَعْمِلُهُمْ فِي طَاعَتِهِ