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tabarani:10212Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Yaḥyá al-Ḥimmānī > Zakariyyā b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ṣuhbānī from his father > Zir > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd > Laqad

[Machine] I heard the Prophet ﷺ praising date palm trees until I wished I were a man from the date palm trees.  

الطبراني:١٠٢١٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيُّ ثنا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الصُّهْبَانِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ زِرٍّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ لَقَدْ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «يُثْنِي عَلَى النَّخَعِ حَتَّى تَمَنَّيْتُ أَنِّي رَجُلٌ مِنَ النَّخَعِ»