[Machine] I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when a man passed by. One of the people said, "O Messenger of Allah, I really love this man." The Prophet ﷺ asked, "Did you inform him about this?" The person said no. The Prophet ﷺ then said, "Go and inform him." So the person went to the man and said, "O so and so, I swear by Allah that I love you." The man replied, "May the one you love, love you in return." Hammad ibn Salamah disputed this hadith.  

كُنْتُ جَالِسًا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا مَرَّ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأُحِبُّ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ قَالَ «هَلْ أَعْلَمْتَهُ بِذَلِكَ؟» قَالَ لَا قَالَ «قُمْ فَأَعْلِمْهُ» فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ يَا هَذَا وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأُحِبُّكَ قَالَ أَحَبَّكَ الَّذِي أَحْبَبْتَنِي لَهُ خَالَفَهُ حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ  

[Machine] Once, there was a man with the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ . Another man passed by and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I love him for the sake of Allah." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked, "Have you informed him about this?" The man replied, "No." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Then go and inform him." So, the man went to him and said, "I love you for the sake of Allah." The other man replied, "May the one you love me for, love you in return." [80] 9941 Ibrahim ibn Ya'qub informed me that Al-Hajjaj narrated to us that Hammad ibn Salamah narrated to us from Thabit, who narrated from Habib ibn Abi Subay'ah, who narrated from Al-Harith, who heard this hadith from a man. Abu Abdur-Rahman said, "This is the correct version according to us, and the hadith of Husayn ibn Waqid is incorrect. Hammad ibn Salamah's narration is authenticated, and Allah knows best about the hadith of Thabit from Husayn ibn Waqid."  

أَنَّ رَجُلًا كَانَ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَمَرَّ بِهِ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي أُحِبُّهُ فِي اللهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَوَمَا أَعْلَمْتَهُ ذَلِكَ؟» قَالَ لَا قَالَ «فَاذْهَبْ إِلَيْهِ فَأَعْلِمْهُ» فَذَهَبَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ إِنِّي أُحِبُّكَ فِي اللهِ قَالَ أَحَبَّكَ الَّذِي أَحْبَبْتَنِي لَهُ [80] 9941 أَخْبَرَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَجَّاجُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي سُبَيْعَةَ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ رَجُلٍ حَدَّثَهُ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَهَذَا الصَّوَابُ عِنْدَنَا وَحَدِيثُ حُسَيْنِ بْنِ وَاقِدٍ خَطَأٌ وَحَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ أَثْبَتُ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِحَدِيثِ ثَابِتٍ مِنْ حُسَيْنِ بْنِ وَاقِدٍ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ