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suyuti:4-371bʿAly n a man > Lilnnabī ﷺ al-a man Yuḥib al-Qawm And Lā Yastaṭīʿ > Yaʿmal Biʿamalihim
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"عَنْ عَليٍّ: أنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ الرَّجُلُ يُحِبُّ الْقَوْمَ، وَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَعْمَلَ بِعَمَلِهِمْ، قالَ: الْمَرْءُ مَعَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ".  

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Collected by Bukhārī, Aḥmad
bukhari:6170Abū Nuʿaym > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > Abū Mūsá

It was said to the Prophet; , "A man may love some people but he cannot catch up with their good deeds?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "Everyone will be with those whom he loves."  

البخاري:٦١٧٠حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ

قِيلَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ الرَّجُلُ يُحِبُّ الْقَوْمَ وَلَمَّا يَلْحَقْ بِهِمْ قَالَ الْمَرْءُ مَعَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ  

تَابَعَهُ أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ
ahmad:13828ʿAffān And ʾAbū Kāmil > Ḥammād > Thābit > Anas > a man

[Machine] "O Messenger of Allah, a man loves a nation but his actions do not reach them." The Prophet (PBUH) said, "A person will be with whom he loves."  

أحمد:١٣٨٢٨حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ وَأَبُو كَامِلٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ

يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ الرَّجُلُ يُحِبُّ الْقَوْمَ وَلَا يَبْلُغُ عَمَلَهُمْ قَالَ الْمَرْءُ مَعَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ  

ahmad:12625Abū Kāmil > Ḥammād > Thābit > Anas b. Mālik > a man

[Machine] "O Messenger of Allah, a man loves a people but does not reach their level of goodness, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'A person will be with those whom he loves.'"  

أحمد:١٢٦٢٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ

يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ الرَّجُلُ يُحِبُّ الْقَوْمَ وَلَا يَبْلُغُ عَمَلَهُمْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَرْءُ مَعَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ  

ahmad:19526Wakīʿ > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > Abū Mūsá

" O Muhammad! A man loves the people but does not catch up to them (in deeds)." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "A man shall be with whomever he loves." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2387)   

أحمد:١٩٥٢٦حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ قَالَ

رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ رَجُلٌ أَحَبَّ قَوْمًا وَلَمَّا يَلْحَقْ بِهِمْ قَالَ الْمَرْءُ مَعَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ  

ahmad:19555Abū Nuʿaym > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > Abū Mūsá

It was said to the Prophet; , "A man may love some people but he cannot catch up with their good deeds?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "Everyone will be with those whom he loves." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6170)  

أحمد:١٩٥٥٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ

قِيلَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ الرَّجُلُ يُحِبُّ الْقَوْمَ وَلَمَّا يَلْحَقْ بِهِمْ قَالَ الْمَرْءُ مَعَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ