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tabarani:12970 – Muḥammad b. Ṣāliḥ b. al-Walīd al-Narsī > Wahbb. Yaḥyá b. Zimām al-ʿAllāf > Muḥammad b. Sawāʾ > Shubayl b. ʿAzrah > Abū Jamrah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The best of the people of the east is 'Abd al-Qays."

الطبراني:١٢٩٧٠ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ صَالِحِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ النَّرْسِيُّ ثنا وَهْبُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ زِمَامٍ الْعَلَّافُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَوَاءٍ ثنا شُبَيْلُ بْنُ عَزْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَمْرَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «خَيْرُ أَهْلِ الْمَشْرِقِ عَبْدُ الْقَيْسِ»

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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ عَبْدَ الْقَيْسِ مِنْ خَيْرِ أَهْلِ الْمَشْرِقِ

ibnhibban:7294 – Aḥmad b. Yaḥyá b. Zuhayr Bitustar > Wahbb. Yaḥyá b. Zimām > Muḥammad b. Sawāʾ > Shubayl b. ʿAzrah > Abū Jamrah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The best of the people of the east is Abd al-Qays. The people entered Islam against their will and then embraced it willingly."

ابن حبّان:٧٢٩٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ زُهَيْرٍ بِتُسْتَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ زِمَامٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَوَاءٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُبَيْلُ بْنُ عَزْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَمْرَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «خَيْرُ أَهْلِ الْمَشْرِقِ عَبْدُ الْقَيْسِ أَسْلَمَ النَّاسُ كَرْهًا وَأَسْلَمُوا طَائِعِينَ»