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ذِكْرُ إِثْبَاتِ مَحَبَّةِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا لِلْمُتَحَابِّينَ فِيهِ

ibnhibban:572al-Haytham b. Khalaf al-Dūrī > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá b. Ḥammād > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Thābit > Abū Rāfiʿ > Abū Hurayrah

A person visited his brother in another town and Allah deputed an Angel to wait for him on his way and when he came to him he said: Where do you intend to go? He said: I intend to go to my brother in this town. He said: Have you done any favour to him (the repayment of which you intend to get)? He said: No, excepting this that I love Mm for the sake of Allah, the Exalted and Glorious. Thereupon he said: I am a meesenger to you from, Allah: (to inform you) that Allah loves you as you love him (for His sake). (Using translation from Muslim 2567a)  

ابن حبّان:٥٧٢أَخْبَرَنَا الْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ الدُّورِيُّ بِبَغْدَادَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ «أَنَّ رَجُلًا زَارَ أَخًا لَهُ فِي قَرْيَةٍ أُخْرَى قَالَ فَأَرْصَدَ اللَّهُ لَهُ عَلَى مَدْرَجَتِهِ مَلَكًا فَلَمَّا أَتَى عَلَيْهِ قَالَ أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ؟ قَالَ أُرِيدُ أَخًا لِي فِي هَذِهِ الْقَرْيَةِ فقَالَ لَهُ هَلْ لَهُ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ نِعْمَةٍ تَرُبُّهَا؟ قَالَ لَا غَيْرَ أَنِّي أُحِبُّهُ فِي اللَّهِ قَالَ فَإِنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ إِلَيْكَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ جَلَّ وَعَلَا قَدْ أَحَبَّكَ كَمَا أَحْبَبْتَهُ فِيهِ»  


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muslim:2567aʿAbd al-Aʿlá b. Ḥammād > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Thābit > Abū Rāfiʿ > Abū Hurayrah

A person visited his brother in another town and Allah deputed an Angel to wait for him on his way and when he came to him he said: Where do you intend to go? He said: I intend to go to my brother in this town. He said: Have you done any favour to him (the repayment of which you intend to get)? He said: No, excepting this that I love Mm for the sake of Allah, the Exalted and Glorious. Thereupon he said: I am a meesenger to you from, Allah: (to inform you) that Allah loves you as you love him (for His sake).  

مسلم:٢٥٦٧aحَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّ رَجُلاً زَارَ أَخًا لَهُ فِي قَرْيَةٍ أُخْرَى فَأَرْصَدَ اللَّهُ لَهُ عَلَى مَدْرَجَتِهِ مَلَكًا فَلَمَّا أَتَى عَلَيْهِ قَالَ أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ قَالَ أُرِيدُ أَخًا لِي فِي هَذِهِ الْقَرْيَةِ قَالَ هَلْ لَكَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ نِعْمَةٍ تَرُبُّهَا قَالَ لاَ غَيْرَ أَنِّي أَحْبَبْتُهُ فِي اللَّهِ ﷻ قَالَ فَإِنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ إِلَيْكَ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَحَبَّكَ كَمَا أَحْبَبْتَهُ فِيهِ  

ahmad:9291ʿAffān > Ḥammād > Thābit > Abū Rāfiʿ > Abū Hurayrah > Ḥammād And Lā Aʿlamuh Illā Rafaʿah Thum > Ḥammād

A person visited his brother in another town and Allah deputed an Angel to wait for him on his way and when he came to him he said: Where do you intend to go? He said: I intend to go to my brother in this town. He said: Have you done any favour to him (the repayment of which you intend to get)? He said: No, excepting this that I love Mm for the sake of Allah, the Exalted and Glorious. Thereupon he said: I am a meesenger to you from, Allah: (to inform you) that Allah loves you as you love him (for His sake). (Using translation from Muslim 2567a)   

أحمد:٩٢٩١حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

حَمَّادٌ وَلَا أَعْلَمُهُ إِلَّا رَفَعَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ حَمَّادٌ أُرَاهُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّ رَجُلًا زَارَ أَخًا لَهُ فِي قَرْيَةٍ أُخْرَىفَأَرْصَدَ اللهُ عَلَى مَدْرَجَتِهِ مَلَكًا فَلَمَّا أَتَى عَلَيْهِ قَالَ الْمَلَكُ أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ؟ قَالَ أَزُورُ أَخًا لِي فِي هَذِهِ الْقَرْيَةِ قَالَ هَلْ لَهُ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ نِعْمَةٍ تَرُبُّهَا؟ قَالَ لَا إِلَّا أَنِّي أَحْبَبْتُهُ فِي اللهِ ﷻ قَالَ فَإِنِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ إِلَيْكَ إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ قَدْ أَحَبَّكَ كَمَا أَحْبَبْتَهُ  

ahmad:9958ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Ḥammād > Thābit > Abū Rāfiʿ > Abū Hurayrah

A person visited his brother in another town and Allah deputed an Angel to wait for him on his way and when he came to him he said: Where do you intend to go? He said: I intend to go to my brother in this town. He said: Have you done any favour to him (the repayment of which you intend to get)? He said: No, excepting this that I love Mm for the sake of Allah, the Exalted and Glorious. Thereupon he said: I am a meesenger to you from, Allah: (to inform you) that Allah loves you as you love him (for His sake). (Using translation from Muslim 2567a)   

أحمد:٩٩٥٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّ رَجُلًا زَارَ أَخًا لَهُ فِي قَرْيَةٍ أُخْرَى فَأَرْصَدَ اللهُ عَلَى مَدْرَجَتِهِ مَلَكًا فَقَالَ لَهُ أَيْنَ تَذْهَبُ؟ قَالَ أَزُورُ أَخًا لِي فِي اللهِ فِي قَرْيَةِ كَذَا وَكَذَا قَالَ هَلْ لَهُ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ نِعْمَةٍ تَرُبُّهَا؟ قَالَ لَا وَلَكِنَّنِي أَحْبَبْتُهُ فِي اللهِ قَالَ فَإِنِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ إِلَيْكَ أَنَّ اللهَ قَدْ أَحَبَّكَ كَمَا أَحْبَبْتَهُ فِيهِ  

ahmad:7919Yazīd > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Thābit al-Bunānī > Abū Rāfiʿ > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] Narrated by the Prophet ﷺ : A man went to visit his brother in Allah, in another village. Allah assigned an angel to accompany him. When the man passed by the angel, the angel asked him, "Where are you going?" The man replied, "I am going to visit so-and-so." The angel asked, "Is he your relative?" The man replied, "No." The angel then asked, "Do you have any personal favor you want to benefit from him?" The man replied, "No." The angel asked, "Then why are you visiting him?" The man replied, "I love him for the sake of Allah." The angel said, "I am the Messenger of Allah to inform you that He loves you because of your love for Him in him."  

أحمد:٧٩١٩حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ الْبُنَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ خَرَجَ رَجُلٌ يَزُورُ أَخًا لَهُ فِي اللهِ ﷻ فِي قَرْيَةٍ أُخْرَى فَأَرْصَدَ اللهُ ﷻ بِمَدْرَجَتِهِ مَلَكًا فَلَمَّا مَرَّ بِهِ قَالَ أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ؟ قَالَ أُرِيدُ فُلَانًا قَالَ لِقَرَابَةٍ؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَلِنِعْمَةٍ لَهُ عِنْدَكَ تَرُبُّهَا؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَلِمَ تَأْتِيهِ؟ قَالَ إِنِّي أُحِبُّهُ فِي اللهِ قَالَ فَإِنِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ إِلَيْكَ أَنَّهُ يُحِبُّكَ بِحُبِّكَ إِيَّاهُ فِيهِ  

ahmad:10247Wakīʿ > Ḥammād > Thābit > Abū Rāfiʿ > Abū Hurayrah

A person visited his brother in another town and Allah deputed an Angel to wait for him on his way and when he came to him he said: Where do you intend to go? He said: I intend to go to my brother in this town. He said: Have you done any favour to him (the repayment of which you intend to get)? He said: No, excepting this that I love Mm for the sake of Allah, the Exalted and Glorious. Thereupon he said: I am a meesenger to you from, Allah: (to inform you) that Allah loves you as you love him (for His sake). (Using translation from Muslim 2567a)   

أحمد:١٠٢٤٧حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ خَرَجَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ قَرْيَتِهِ يَزُورُ أَخًا لَهُ فِي قَرْيَةٍ أُخْرَى فَأَرْصَدَ اللهُ لَهُ مَلَكًا فَجَلَسَ عَلَى طَرِيقِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ؟ قَالَ أُرِيدُ أَخًا لِي أَزُورُهُ فِي اللهِ فِي هَذِهِ الْقَرْيَةِ قَالَ لَهُ هَلْ لَهُ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ نِعْمَةٍ تَرُبُّهَا؟ قَالَ لَا وَلَكِنِّي أَحْبَبْتُهُ فِي اللهِ ﷻ قَالَ فَإِنِّي رَسُولُ رَبِّكَ إِلَيْكَ أَنَّهُ قَدْ أَحَبَّكَ بِمَا أَحْبَبْتَهُ فِيهِ  

ahmad:10600Yazīd b. Hārūn > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Thābit al-Bunānī > Abū Rāfiʿʿan Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A man went to visit his brother in another village for the sake of Allah. So Allah ﷻ sent down an angel to watch over him. When he passed by, the angel asked him, 'Where are you going?' He replied, 'I am going to visit so-and-so.' The angel asked, 'Is he a relative?' He replied, 'No.' The angel asked, 'Is there any favor that he owes you?' He replied, 'No.' The angel asked, 'Why then do you visit him?' He replied, 'I love him for the sake of Allah ﷻ.' The angel said, 'I am the Messenger of Allah sent to inform you that Allah ﷻ loves you for your love for him.'"  

أحمد:١٠٦٠٠حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَخْبَرَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ الْبُنَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خَرَجَ رَجُلٌ يَزُورُ أَخًا لَهُ فِي اللهِ فِي قَرْيَةٍ أُخْرَى فَأَرْصَدَ اللهُ ﷻ عَلَى مَدْرَجَتِهِ مَلَكًا فَلَمَّا مَرَّ بِهِ قَالَ أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ؟ قَالَ أُرِيدُ فُلَانًا قَالَ أَلِقَرَابَةٍ؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَلِنِعْمَةٍ لَهُ عِنْدَكَ تَرُبُّهَا؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَلِمَ تَأْتِيهِ؟ قَالَ إِنِّي أُحِبُّهُ فِي اللهِ ﷻ قَالَ فَإِنِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ إِلَيْكَ أَنَّ اللهَ ﷻ يُحِبُّكَ بِحُبِّكَ إِيَّاهُ فِيهِ  

ذِكْرُ إِيجَابِ مَحَبَّةِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا الزَّائِرَ أَخَاهُ الْمُسْلِمَ فِيهِ

ibnhibban:576al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Yazīd b. Ṣāliḥ al-Yashkurī > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Thābit > Abū Rāfiʿ > Abū Hurayrah

A person visited his brother in another town and Allah deputed an Angel to wait for him on his way and when he came to him he said: Where do you intend to go? He said: I intend to go to my brother in this town. He said: Have you done any favour to him (the repayment of which you intend to get)? He said: No, excepting this that I love Mm for the sake of Allah, the Exalted and Glorious. Thereupon he said: I am a meesenger to you from, Allah: (to inform you) that Allah loves you as you love him (for His sake). (Using translation from Muslim 2567a)   

ابن حبّان:٥٧٦أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ الْيَشْكُرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ «أَنَّ رَجُلًا زَارَ أَخًا لَهُ فِي قَرْيَةٍ أُخْرَى فَأَرْسَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَى مَدْرَجَتِهِ مَلَكًا فَلَمَّا أَتَى عَلَيْهِ قَالَ أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ؟ قَالَ أَزُورُ أَخًا لِي فِي هَذِهِ الْقَرْيَةِ فقَالَ هَلْ لَهُ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ نِعْمَةٍ تَرُبُّهَا؟ قَالَ لَا إِلَّا أَنِّي أُحِبُّهُ فِي اللَّهِ قَالَ فَإِنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ إِلَيْكَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَحَبَّكَ كَمَا أَحْبَبْتَهُ فِيهِ»  

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السيوطي:١٣٦٨٢a

("خَرَجَ رَجُلٌ يَزُورُ أَخًا لَهُ فِى اللَّه، فأَرصد اللَّه على مَدْرجَتهِ ملَكًا قَالَ: أَين تريد؟ قال: فُلانًا. قَالَ: أَلِقرَابَةٍ؟ قَالَ: لا. قال: فَنِعْمَةٌ له عِنْدَكَ تَرُبُّها؟ قالَ: لَا قال: فِلِمَ تَزُوره؟ قال: إِنِّى أُحِبُّهُ في اللَّه، قال: فإِنِّى رسُولُ اللَّه إِليك؛ إِنَّهُ يُحِبكَ بِحبِّكَ إِيَّاهُ فيه".  

[حم] أحمد [م] مسلم وابن منيع، والحارث من حديث أَبى هريرة)
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السيوطي:٦٥٧٧a

"إِنّ رَجُلًا زَارَ أخًا لَهُ في قرية أُخرى فأرصد اللَّهُ له على مَدْرَجَتِهِ ملكًا، فلَمَّا أتى عليه قال: أَيْنَ تُريدُ؟ قال: أُريد أخًا لى في هذه الْقَرْيَةِ، فقالَ لَهُ: هَلْ لَهَ عليك من نعمة تَربُهَا ؟ قَالَ: لَا غيرَ أَنِّى أحْببتهُ للَّه ! قال فَإِنِّى رسولُ اللَّهِ إِليك بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ قد أَحبِّكَ كما أحْبَبْتَهُ فِيه".  

[حم] أحمد وهناد، [خ] البخاري في الأَدب، [م] مسلم [حب] ابن حبّان [هب] البيهقى في شعب الإيمان عن أبى هريرة ؓ