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ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ شَنَّعَ بِهِ بَعْضُ الْمُعَطِّلَةِ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْحَدِيثِ، حَيْثُ حُرِمُوا تَوْفِيقَ الْإِصَابَةِ لِمَعْنَاهُ

ibnhibban:565al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān al-Shaybānī > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá b. Ḥammād And Hudbah b. Khālid > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Thābit > Anas > a man

[Machine] "O Messenger of Allah, when will the Hour be established? And the prayer has been established, so when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished his prayer, he said, 'Where is the one who asked about the Hour?' The man said, 'Here I am, O Messenger of Allah.' He ﷺ said, 'It is coming, so what have you prepared for it?' He replied, 'I have not prepared a great deal, except that I love Allah and His Messenger.' The Prophet ﷺ said, 'You will be with those whom you love.' A man among the Ansar, whose name was Muhammad, was present, and he said, 'If this man lives, he will not see a gray hair until the Hour is established.'"  

ابن حبّان:٥٦٥أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ وَهُدْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ

يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَتَى تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ؟ وَأُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَلَمَّا قَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلَاتَهُ قَالَ «أَيْنَ السَّائِلُ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ؟ » قَالَ هَا أَنَا ذَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «إِنَّهَا قَائِمَةٌ فَمَا أَعْدَدْتَ لَهَا؟ » قَالَ مَا أَعْدَدْتُ لَهَا كَبِيرَ عَمَلٍ غَيْرَ أَنِّي أُحِبُّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَنْتَ مَعَ مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ» قَالَ وَعِنْدَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ يُقَالُ لَهُ مُحَمَّدٌ فقَالَ «إِنْ يَعِشْ هَذَا فَلَا يُدْرِكُهُ الْهَرَمُ حَتَّى تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ»  


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bukhari:6167ʿAmr b. ʿĀṣim > Hammām > Qatādah > Anas

A bedouin came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! When will The Hour be established?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "Wailaka (Woe to you), What have you prepared for it?" The bedouin said, "I have not prepared anything for it, except that I love Allah and H is Apostle." The Prophet ﷺ said, "You will be with those whom you love." We (the companions of the Prophet ﷺ ) said, "And will we too be so? The Prophet ﷺ said, "Yes." So we became very glad on that day. In the meantime, a slave of Al-Mughira passed by, and he was of the same age as I was. The Prophet ﷺ said. "If this (slave) should live long, he will not reach the geriatric old age, but the Hour will be established."  

البخاري:٦١٦٧حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَاصِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَادِيَةِ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَتَى السَّاعَةُ قَائِمَةٌ قَالَ وَيْلَكَ وَمَا أَعْدَدْتَ لَهَا قَالَ مَا أَعْدَدْتُ لَهَا إِلاَّ أَنِّي أُحِبُّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ قَالَ إِنَّكَ مَعَ مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ فَقُلْنَا وَنَحْنُ كَذَلِكَ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَفَرِحْنَا يَوْمَئِذٍ فَرَحًا شَدِيدًا فَمَرَّ غُلاَمٌ لِلْمُغِيرَةِ وَكَانَ مِنْ أَقْرَانِي فَقَالَ إِنْ أُخِّرَ هَذَا فَلَنْ يُدْرِكَهُ الْهَرَمُ حَتَّى تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ وَاخْتَصَرَهُ شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسًا عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ  

tirmidhi:2385ʿAlī b. Ḥujr > Ismāʿīl b. Jaʿfar > Ḥumayd > Anas

" O Messenger of Allah! When will the Hour be established?" So the Propher ﷺ stood to perform Salat and when he was finished his Salat he said: "Where is the one who asked when the hour will be established?" The man said: "It was I, O Mesenger of Allah!" He said: "What have you prepared for it?" He said: "O Messenger of allah! I have not prepared very much of salat nor fasting for it, but I love Allah and His Messenger." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "A man shall be with whom ever he loves, and you shall be with whomever you love." So after the advent of Islam, I did not see that anything brought the Muslims more happiness than that.  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ṣaḥīḥ.
الترمذي:٢٣٨٥حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَتَى قِيَامُ السَّاعَةِ فَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ فَلَمَّا قَضَى صَلاَتَهُ قَالَ أَيْنَ السَّائِلُ عَنْ قِيَامِ السَّاعَةِ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ مَا أَعْدَدْتَ لَهَا قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا أَعْدَدْتُ لَهَا كَبِيرَ صَلاَةٍ وَلاَ صَوْمٍ إِلاَّ أَنِّي أُحِبُّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمَرْءُ مَعَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ وَأَنْتَ مَعَ مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ فَمَا رَأَيْتُ فَرِحَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ بَعْدَ الإِسْلاَمِ فَرَحَهُمْ بِهَذَا  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ
ahmad:13387Yūnus And Ḥasan b. Mūsá > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Thābit al-Bunānī > Anas

" O Messenger of Allah! When will the Hour be established?" So the Propher ﷺ stood to perform Salat and when he was finished his Salat he said: "Where is the one who asked when the hour will be established?" The man said: "It was I, O Mesenger of Allah!" He said: "What have you prepared for it?" He said: "O Messenger of allah! I have not prepared very much of salat nor fasting for it, but I love Allah and His Messenger." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "A man shall be with whom ever he loves, and you shall be with whomever you love." So after the advent of Islam, I did not see that anything brought the Muslims more happiness than that. (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2385)   

أحمد:١٣٣٨٧حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ وَحَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ الْبُنَانِيِّ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ قِيَامِ السَّاعَةِ وَأُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَلَمَّا قَضَى صَلَاتَهُ قَالَ أَيْنَ السَّائِلُ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ؟ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ هَا أَنَا ذَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ وَمَا أَعْدَدْتَ لَهَا؟ فَإِنَّهَا قَائِمَةٌ قَالَ مَا أَعْدَدْتُ لَهَا مِنْ كَبِيرِ عَمَلٍ غَيْرَ أَنِّي أُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْتَ مَعَ مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ قَالَ فَمَا فَرِحَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ بِشَيْءٍ بَعْدَ الْإِسْلَامِ أَشَدَّ مِمَّا فَرِحُوا بِهِ  

ahmad:14073ʿAffān > Ḥammād > Thābit > Anas

" O Messenger of Allah! When will the Hour be established?" So the Propher ﷺ stood to perform Salat and when he was finished his Salat he said: "Where is the one who asked when the hour will be established?" The man said: "It was I, O Mesenger of Allah!" He said: "What have you prepared for it?" He said: "O Messenger of allah! I have not prepared very much of salat nor fasting for it, but I love Allah and His Messenger." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "A man shall be with whom ever he loves, and you shall be with whomever you love." So after the advent of Islam, I did not see that anything brought the Muslims more happiness than that. (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2385)   

أحمد:١٤٠٧٣حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ثَابِتٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ قِيَامِ السَّاعَةِ وَأُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَلَمَّا قَضَى صَلَاتَهُ قَالَ أَيْنَ السَّائِلُ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ؟ قَالَ الرَّجُلُ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ مَا أَعْدَدْتَ لَهَا؟ فَإِنَّهَا قَائِمَةٌ قَالَ مَا أَعْدَدْتُ لَهَا كَبِيرَ عَمَلٍ غَيْرَ أَنِّي أُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَنْتَ مَعَ مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ قَالَ فَمَا فَرِحَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ بِشَيْءٍ بَعْدَ الْإِسْلَامِ مَا فَرِحُوا بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ قَالَ فَكَانَ أَنَسٌ يَقُولُ فَنَحْنُ نُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ  

ahmad:14012ʿAffān > Mubārak b. Faḍālah > al-Ḥasan > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] I was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in his house when a man came to him and said, "O Messenger of Allah, when is the Hour (i.e., the Day of Judgment)?" He said, "Indeed, the Hour is coming, but what have you prepared for it?" The man said, "By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, I have not prepared much for it except that I love Allah and His Messenger." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Indeed, you will be with whom you love and you will have what you anticipate." Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up to pray. After he finished his prayer, he asked, "Where is the one who asked about the Hour?" So the man approached, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ looked towards the house and saw a boy in the company of a group from the tribe of Abu Hurairah, called Sa'ad ibn Malik. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "This boy, if he lives long enough, he will not grow old until the Hour comes." Al-Hasan said, and Anas informed me, "That boy was one of my peers at that time."  

أحمد:١٤٠١٢حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا مُبَارَكُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ أَخْبَرَنِي أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

كُنْتُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي بَيْتِهِ فَجَاءَه رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَتَى السَّاعَةُ؟ قَالَ أَمَا إِنَّهَا قَائِمَةٌ فَمَا أَعْدَدْتَ لَهَا؟ قَالَ وَاللهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا أَعْدَدْتُ لَهَا مِنْ كَثِيرِ عَمَلٍ غَيْرَ أَنِّي أُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مَعَ مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ وَلَكَ مَا احْتَسَبْتَ قَالَ ثُمَّ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي فَلَمَّا قَضَى صَلَاتَهُ قَالَ أَيْنَ السَّائِلُ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ؟ فَأَتَى الرَّجُلُ فَنَظَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَىالْبَيْتِ فَإِذَا غُلَامٌ مِنْ دَوْسٍ مِنْ رَهْطِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ يُقَالُ لَهُ سَعْدُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ هَذَا الْغُلَامُ إِنْ طَالَ بِهِ عُمُرٌ لَمْ يَبْلُغْ بِهِ الْهَرَمُ حَتَّى تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ قَالَ الْحَسَنُ وَأَخْبَرَنِي أَنَسٌ أَنَّ الْغُلَامَ كَانَ يَوْمَئِذٍ مِنْ أَقْرَانِي  

ahmad:13224ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > ʿImrān al-Qaṭṭān > al-Ḥasanuʿan Anas

[Machine] A Bedouin asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the Day of Judgment. The Prophet ﷺ asked him, "What have you prepared for it?" The Bedouin replied, "Nothing, except that I love Allah and His Messenger." The Prophet ﷺ said, "A person will be with those whom he loves." Then he asked, "Where is the person asking about the Hour?" The Bedouin said, "Here is a young boy." So the Prophet ﷺ said, "If this boy lives, he will not reach old age until the Hour comes."  

أحمد:١٣٢٢٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا عِمْرَانُ الْقَطَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُعَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ قِيَامِ السَّاعَةِ؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَا أَعْدَدْتَ لَهَا؟ قَالَ لَا إِلَّا أَنِّي أُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ قَالَ الْمَرْءُ مَعَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَيْنَ السَّائِلُ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ؟ قَالَ وَثَمَّ غُلَامٌ فَقَالَ إِنْ يَعِشْ هَذَا فَلَنْ يَبْلُغَ الْهَرَمَ حَتَّى تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ  

ahmad:12715Abū Kāmil > Ḥammād > Thābit > Anas

" O Messenger of Allah! When will the Hour be established?" So the Propher ﷺ stood to perform Salat and when he was finished his Salat he said: "Where is the one who asked when the hour will be established?" The man said: "It was I, O Mesenger of Allah!" He said: "What have you prepared for it?" He said: "O Messenger of allah! I have not prepared very much of salat nor fasting for it, but I love Allah and His Messenger." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "A man shall be with whom ever he loves, and you shall be with whomever you love." So after the advent of Islam, I did not see that anything brought the Muslims more happiness than that. (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2385)   

أحمد:١٢٧١٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ قِيَامِ السَّاعَةِ وَأُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَلَمَّا قَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَاتَهُ قَالَ أَيْنَ السَّائِلُ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ؟ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ هَا أَنَا ذَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَقَالَ وَمَا أَعْدَدْتَ لَهَا فَإِنَّهَا قَائِمَةٌ؟ قَالَ مَا أَعْدَدْتُ لَهَا مِنْ كَبِيرِ عَمَلٍ غَيْرَ أَنِّي أُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ قَالَ فَأَنْتَ مَعَ مَنْأَحْبَبْتَ قَالَ فَمَا فَرِحَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ بِشَيْءٍ بَعْدَ الْإِسْلَامِ أَشَدَّ مِمَّا فَرِحُوا بِهِ  

ahmad:12013Ibn Abū ʿAdī > Ḥumayd > Anas

" O Messenger of Allah! When will the Hour be established?" So the Propher ﷺ stood to perform Salat and when he was finished his Salat he said: "Where is the one who asked when the hour will be established?" The man said: "It was I, O Mesenger of Allah!" He said: "What have you prepared for it?" He said: "O Messenger of allah! I have not prepared very much of salat nor fasting for it, but I love Allah and His Messenger." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "A man shall be with whom ever he loves, and you shall be with whomever you love." So after the advent of Islam, I did not see that anything brought the Muslims more happiness than that. (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2385)   

أحمد:١٢٠١٣حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ كَانَ يُعْجِبُنَا

أَنْ يَجِيءَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَادِيَةِ فَيَسْأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَجَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَتَى قِيَامُ السَّاعَةِ؟ وَأُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَصَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ قَالَ أَيْنَ السَّائِلُ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ؟ قَالَ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ وَمَا أَعْدَدْتَ لَهَا؟ قَالَ مَا أَعْدَدْتُ لَهَا مِنْ كَبِيرِ عَمَلٍ صَلَاةٍ وَلَا صِيَامٍ إِلَّا أَنِّي أُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَرْءُ مَعَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ قَالَ أَنَسٌ فَمَا رَأَيْتُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَرِحُوا بَعْدَ الْإِسْلَامِ بِشَيْءٍ مَا فَرِحُوا بِهِ  

ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْعَالِمِ إِذَا سُئِلَ عَنِ الشَّيْءِ، أَنْ يُغْضِيَ عَنِ الْإِجَابَةِ مُدَّةً، ثُمَّ يُجِيبَ ابْتِدَاءً مِنْهُ

ibnhibban:105Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Abū ʿAwn > al-Ḥusayn b. al-Ḥasan al-Marwazī > al-Muʿtamir b. Sulaymān > Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl > Anas b. Mālik

" O Messenger of Allah! When will the Hour be established?" So the Propher ﷺ stood to perform Salat and when he was finished his Salat he said: "Where is the one who asked when the hour will be established?" The man said: "It was I, O Mesenger of Allah!" He said: "What have you prepared for it?" He said: "O Messenger of allah! I have not prepared very much of salat nor fasting for it, but I love Allah and His Messenger." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "A man shall be with whom ever he loves, and you shall be with whomever you love." So after the advent of Islam, I did not see that anything brought the Muslims more happiness than that. (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2385)   

ابن حبّان:١٠٥أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَوْنٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ الطَّوِيلُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَتَى قِيَامُ السَّاعَةِ؟ فَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَلَمَّا قَضَى الصَّلَاةَ قَالَ «أَيْنَ السَّائِلُ عَنْ سَاعَتِهِ؟ » فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «مَا أَعْدَدْتَ لَهَا؟ » قَالَ مَا أَعْدَدْتُ لَهَا كَبِيرَ شَيْءٍ وَلَا صَلَاةٍ وَلَا صِيَامٍ أَوْ قَالَ مَا أَعْدَدْتُ لَهَا كَبِيرَ عَمَلٍ إِلَّا أَنِّي أُحِبُّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «الْمَرْءُ مَعَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ» أَوْ قَالَ «أَنْتَ مَعَ مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ» قَالَ أَنَسٌ فَمَا رَأَيْتُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَرِحُوا بِشَيْءٍ بَعْدَ الْإِسْلَامِ مِثْلَ فَرَحِهِمْ بِهَذَا  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْمَرْءَ فِي الْقِيَامَةِ يَكُونُ مَعَ مَنْ أَحَبَّهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا

ibnhibban:7348Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Sāmī > Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb al-Maqābirī > Ismāʿīl b. Jaʿfar > Ḥumayd > Anas b. Mālik

" O Messenger of Allah! When will the Hour be established?" So the Propher ﷺ stood to perform Salat and when he was finished his Salat he said: "Where is the one who asked when the hour will be established?" The man said: "It was I, O Mesenger of Allah!" He said: "What have you prepared for it?" He said: "O Messenger of allah! I have not prepared very much of salat nor fasting for it, but I love Allah and His Messenger." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "A man shall be with whom ever he loves, and you shall be with whomever you love." So after the advent of Islam, I did not see that anything brought the Muslims more happiness than that. (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2385)   

ابن حبّان:٧٣٤٨أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السَّامِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ الْمَقَابِرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي حُمَيْدٌ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَتَى قِيَامُ السَّاعَةِ؟ فَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَلَمَّا قَضَى الصَّلَاةَ قَالَ «أَيْنَ السَّائِلُ عَنِ الْقِيَامَةِ؟ » قَالَ الرَّجُلُ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «مَا أَعْدَدْتَ لَهَا؟ » قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا أَعْدَدْتُ لَهَا كَبِيرَ صَلَاةٍ وَلَا صَوْمٍ إِلَّا إِنِّي أُحِبُّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «الْمَرْءُ مَعَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ وَأَنْتَ مَعَ مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ» فَقَالَ أَنَسٌ مَا رَأَيْتُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَرِحُوا بِشَيْءٍ بَعْدَ الْإِسْلَامِ مِثْلَ فَرَحِهِمْ بِهَا