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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَ مَكَّةَ كَانَتْ أَحَبُّ الْأَرْضِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ

ibnhibban:3709al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān al-Shaybānī > Fuḍayl b. al-Ḥusayn al-Jaḥdarī > Fuḍayl b. Sulaymān > Ibn Khuthaym > Saʿīd b. Jubayr And ʾAbī al-Ṭufayl > Ibn ʿAbbās

that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said about Makkah: "How sweet of a land you are and how dear you are to me, and if it were not that my people expelled me from you, I would not have lived in other than you." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3926)  

ابن حبّان:٣٧٠٩أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ الْجَحْدَرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ خُثَيْمٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ وَأَبِي الطُّفَيْلِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَا أَطْيَبَكِ مِنْ بَلْدَةٍ وَأَحَبَّكِ إِلَيَّ وَلَوْلَا أَنَّ قَوْمِي أَخْرَجُونِي مِنْكِ مَا سَكَنْتُ غَيْرَكِ»  


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Collected by Tirmidhī, Ḥākim, Ṭabarānī, Suyūṭī
tirmidhi:3926Muḥammad b. Mūsá al-Baṣrī > al-Fuḍayl b. Sulaymān > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUthmān b. Khuthaym > Saʿīd b. Jubayr And ʾAbū al-Ṭufayl > Ibn ʿAbbās

that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said about Makkah: "How sweet of a land you are and how dear you are to me, and if it were not that my people expelled me from you, I would not have lived in other than you."  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ-Gharīb in this particular context.
الترمذي:٣٩٢٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَى الْبَصْرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْفُضَيْلُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ خُثَيْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ جُبَيْرٍ وَأَبُو الطُّفَيْلِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِمَكَّةَ مَا أَطْيَبَكِ مِنْ بَلَدٍ وَأَحَبَّكِ إِلَىَّ وَلَوْلاَ أَنَّ قَوْمِي أَخْرَجُونِي مِنْكِ مَا سَكَنْتُ غَيْرَكِ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ
hakim:1787Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Shaybānī Bi-al-Kūfah > Aḥmad b. Ḥāzim b. Abū Gharazah > Abū Nuʿaym > Zuhayr > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUthmān b. Khuthaym > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said about Makkah: "How sweet of a land you are and how dear you are to me, and if it were not that my people expelled me from you, I would not have lived in other than you." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3926)  

الحاكم:١٧٨٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ بِالْكُوفَةِ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَازِمِ بْنِ أَبِي غَرَزَةَ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا زُهَيْرٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ خُثَيْمٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِمَكَّةَ «مَا أَطْيَبَكِ مِنْ بَلْدَةٍ وَأَحَبَّكِ إِلَيَّ وَلَوْلَا أَنَّ قَوْمَكِ أَخْرَجُونِي مَا سَكَنْتُ غَيْرَكِ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ
tabarani:10624Muḥammad b. al-Faḍl al-Saqaṭī > Abū Kāmil al-Jaḥdarī > Fuḍayl b. Sulaymān al-Numayrī > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUthmān b. Khaytham > Saʿīd b. Jubayr And ʾAbī al-Ṭufayl > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said to Mecca, "How sweet and beloved you are to me, and if it were not for your people expelling me from you, I would never have stayed anywhere other than with you."  

الطبراني:١٠٦٢٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ السَّقَطِيُّ ثنا أَبُو كَامِلٍ الْجَحْدَرِيُّ ثنا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ النُّمَيْرِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ خَيْثَمٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ وَأَبِي الطُّفَيْلِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِمَكَّةَ «مَا أَطْيَبَكِ وَأَحَبَّكِ إِلَيَّ وَلَوْلَا أَنَّ قَوْمَكِ أَخْرَجُونِي مِنْكِ مَا سَكَنْتُ غَيْرَكِ»  

tabarani:10633ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > Abū Kāmil al-Jaḥdarī > Fuḍayl b. Sulaymān > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUthmān b. Khuthaym > Saʿīd b. Jubayr And ʾAbī al-Ṭufayl > Ibn ʿAbbās

that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said about Makkah: "How sweet of a land you are and how dear you are to me, and if it were not that my people expelled me from you, I would not have lived in other than you." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3926)  

الطبراني:١٠٦٣٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ ثنا أَبُو كَامِلٍ الْجَحْدَرِيُّ ثنا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ خُثَيْمٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ وَأَبِي الطُّفَيْلِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِمَكَّةَ «مَا أَطْيَبَكِ وَأَحَبَّكِ إِلَيَّ وَلَوْلَا أَنَّ قَوْمِي أَخْرَجُونِي مِنْكِ مَا سَكَنْتُ غَيْرَكِ»  

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السيوطي:١٨٦٤٧a

"مَا أَطيَبَك مِنْ بَلدَة، وَأحَبَّك إِلَيَّ، وَلَوْلا أَنَّ قَوْمَك أخْرَجُونى مِنْكِ مَا سَكَنْتُ غَيرَك".  

[ت] الترمذي حسن صحيح، [حب] ابن حبّان [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك [هب] البيهقى في شعب الإيمان عن ابن عباس