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tabarani:14140 – ʿAlī b. al-Mubārak > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Ūways > Kathīr b. ʿAbdullāh al-Muzanī from his father from his grandfather

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Indeed, religion will spread to the land of Hijaz like a snake seeking its hole. And verily, religion will prevail in Hijaz, just as the Arwiyyah mountain stands firm against any adversity. Verily, religion started as something strange and will return to being strange. So, blessed are the strangers who rectify what people corrupt after me of my Sunnah."  

الطبراني:١٤١٤٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ ثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي أُوَيْسٍ حَدَّثَنِي كَثِيرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْمُزَنِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ الدِّينَ لَيَأْزِرُ إِلَى الْحِجَازِ كَمَا تَأْزِرُ الْحَيَّةُ إِلَى جُحْرِهَا وَلَيَعْقِلَنَّ الدِّينُ مِنَ الْحِجَازِ مَعْقِلَ الْأُرْوِيَّةِ مِنْ رَأْسِ الْجَبَلِ إِنَّ الدِّينَ بَدَأَ غَرِيبًا وَيَرْجِعُ غَرِيبًا فَطُوبَى لِلْغُرَبَاءِ الَّذِينَ يُصْلِحُونَ مَا أَفْسَدَ النَّاسُ بَعْدِي مِنْ سُنَّتِي»  

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Collected by Tirmidhī, Suyūṭī
tirmidhi:2630 – ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Ūways > Kathīr b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr b. ʿAwf b. Zayd b. Milḥah from his father from his grandfather

that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Indeed the religion with creep into the Hijaz just like a snake creeps into its hole, and the religion will cling to the Hijaz just like the female mountain goat cling to the peak of a mountain. Indeed the religion began as something strange and it will return to being strange. So Tuba is for the strangers who correct what the people have corrupted from my Sunnah after me."  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ.
الترمذي:٢٦٣٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي أُوَيْسٍ حَدَّثَنِي كَثِيرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَوْفِ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ مِلْحَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ الدِّينَ لَيَأْرِزُ إِلَى الْحِجَازِ كَمَا تَأْرِزُ الْحَيَّةُ إِلَى جُحْرِهَا وَلَيَعْقِلَنَّ الدِّينُ مِنَ الْحِجَازِ مَعْقِلَ الأُرْوِيَّةِ مِنْ رَأْسِ الْجَبَلِ إِنَّ الدِّينَ بَدَأَ غَرِيبًا وَيَرْجِعُ غَرِيبًا فَطُوبَى لِلْغُرَبَاءِ الَّذِينَ يُصْلِحُونَ مَا أَفْسَدَ النَّاسُ مِنْ بَعْدِي مِنْ سُنَّتِي  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
suyuti:5488a –

that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Indeed the religion with creep into the Hijaz just like a snake creeps into its hole, and the religion will cling to the Hijaz just like the female mountain goat cling to the peak of a mountain. Indeed the religion began as something strange and it will return to being strange. So Tuba is for the strangers who correct what the people have corrupted from my Sunnah after me." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2630)   

السيوطي:٥٤٨٨a –

"إِنَّ الدِّينَ لَيَأرِزُ إِلى الْحِجَازِ كَمَا تَأرِزُ الْحَيَّةُ إِلى جُحْرِها، وليعقلَنَّ الدِّينُ مِنَ الْحِجَازِ مَعْقِلَ الأُرْويَّةِ مِنْ رأْس الجَبَل، إِنَّ الدِّينُ بَدَأَ غَريبًا، وَيَرْجِعُ غَرِيبًا، فَطُوبَى لِلغُرَبَاءِ الَّذيَنَ يُصْلِحونَ مَا أَفْسَدَ النَّاسُ بَعْدِى مِنْ سُنَّتِى".  

[ت] الترمذي حسن، [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن كثير بن عبد الله بن عمرو بن عوف عن أبيه عن جده