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"أَلا أُخبركم بخيار عُمَّالكم وشرارهم؟ خيارهم خيارهم لكم، من تحبُّونه ويحبُّكم، وتدعون اللَّه لهم، ويدعون اللَّه لكم، وشرارهم شراراهم لكم من تُبْغِضونَهم ويُبْغِضُونكم، وتدعون اللَّه عليهم ويدعون اللَّه عليكم. قالوا: أفلا نقاتلهم يا رسول اللَّه؟ قال: لا دعوهم ما صاموا وصلُّوا ".  

[طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن عقبة بن عامر

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tabarani:14937Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. Mandah al-Aṣbahānī > Abū Kurayb > Bakr b. Yūnus b. Bukayr > Mūsá b. ʿAlī from his father > ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Shall I not inform you of the best of your workers and the worst of them?" They said, "Of course, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "The best of them for you are those whom you love and who love you, and you pray to Allah for them and they pray to Allah for you. And the worst of them are those whom you dislike and who dislike you, and you invoke Allah against them and they invoke Allah against you." They said, "Should we not fight them, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "Leave them as long as they observe fasting and prayer."  

الطبراني:١٤٩٣٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ مَنْدَهْ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ ثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ ثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ يُونُسَ بْنِ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِخِيَارِ عُمَّالِكُمْ وَشِرَارِهِمْ؟» قَالُوا بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ «فَإِنَّ خِيَارَهُمْ لَكُمْ مَنْ تُحِبُّونَهُ وَيُحِبُّكُمْ وَتَدْعُونَ اللهَ لَهُمْ وَيَدْعُونَ اللهَ لَكُمْ وَشِرَارُهُمْ شِرَارُهُمْ لَكُمْ مَنْ تُبْغِضُونَهُمْ وَيُبْغِضُونَكُمْ وَتَدْعُونَ اللهَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَيَدْعُونَ اللهَ عَلَيْكُمْ» فَقَالُوا أَفَلَا نُقَاتِلُهُمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ «لَا دَعُوهُمْ مَا صَامُوا وَصَلُّوا»