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ibnmajah:249 – ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > ʿAmr b. Muḥammad al-ʿAnqazī > Sufyān > Abū Hārūn al-ʿAbdī

"When we came to Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri, he would say: 'Welcome, in accordance with the injunction of the Messenger of Allah, for the Messenger of Allah said to us: "The people will follow you; they will come to you from all parts of the earth seeking to understand the religion. So when they come to you, take care of them."  

ابن ماجة:٢٤٩ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَنْقَزِيُّ أَنْبَأَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي هَارُونَ الْعَبْدِيِّ قَالَ

كُنَّا إِذَا أَتَيْنَا أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ قَالَ مَرْحَبًا بِوَصِيَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَنَا إِنَّ النَّاسَ لَكُمْ تَبَعٌ وَإِنَّهُمْ سَيَأْتُونَكُمْ مِنْ أَقْطَارِ الأَرْضِ يَتَفَقَّهُونَ فِي الدِّينِ فَإِذَا جَاءُوكُمْ فَاسْتَوْصُوا بِهِمْ خَيْرًا  

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Collected by Tirmidhī, Suyūṭī
tirmidhi:2650 – Sufyān b. Wakīʿ > Abū Dāwud al-Ḥafarī > Sufyān > Abū Hārūn al-ʿAbdī

"We went to Abu Sa'eed and he said: 'Welcome with the exhortation of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Indeed the Prophet ﷺ said: "Surely, the people are followers of you, and men will certainly come to you from the regions of the earth to gain understanding in the religion. So when they come to you exhort them with good."  

الترمذي:٢٦٥٠ – حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ وَكِيعٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ الْحَفَرِيُّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ أَبِي هَارُونَ الْعَبْدِيِّ قَالَ

كُنَّا نَأْتِي أَبَا سَعِيدٍ فَيَقُولُ مَرْحَبًا بِوَصِيَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ النَّاسَ لَكُمْ تَبَعٌ وَإِنَّ رِجَالاً يَأْتُونَكُمْ مِنْ أَقْطَارِ الأَرَضِينَ يَتَفَقَّهُونَ فِي الدِّينِ فَإِذَا أَتَوْكُمْ فَاسْتَوْصُوا بِهِمْ خَيْرًا  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى قَالَ عَلِيٌّ قَالَ يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ كَانَ شُعْبَةُ يُضَعِّفُ أَبَا هَارُونَ الْعَبْدِيَّ قَالَ يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ مَا زَالَ ابْنُ عَوْنٍ يَرْوِي عَنْ أَبِي هَارُونَ الْعَبْدِيِّ حَتَّى مَاتَ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَأَبُو هَارُونَ اسْمُهُ عُمَارَةُ بْنُ جُوَيْنٍ
suyuti:5975a –

"We went to Abu Sa'eed and he said: 'Welcome with the exhortation of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Indeed the Prophet ﷺ said: "Surely, the people are followers of you, and men will certainly come to you from the regions of the earth to gain understanding in the religion. So when they come to you exhort them with good." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2650)   

السيوطي:٥٩٧٥a –

"إِنَّ النَّاسَ لكم تبعٌ، وإن رِجالًا يأْتونَكم من أَقْطَارِ الأَرضِ، يتفقهون في الدين، فَإِذا أَتَوْكُمْ، فَاسْتَوْصُوا بِهِمْ خَيْرًا ".  

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