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tabarani:14952 – Hārūn b. Mlwl > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Muqriʾ > Ḥaywah b. Shurayḥ > Bakr b. ʿAmr > Mishraḥ b. Hāʿān > ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "The people of Yemen are more tender and gentle-hearted, and they have better hearing and obedience."  

الطبراني:١٤٩٥٢ – حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ ملولٍ ثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمُقْرِئُ ثَنَا حَيْوَةُ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ مِشْرَحِ بْنِ هَاعَانَ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ أَرَقُّ وَأَلْيَنُ أَفْئِدَةً وَأَسْمَعُ طَاعَةً»  

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Collected by Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Suyūṭī
ahmad:17406 – Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Ḥaywah > Bakr b. ʿAmr > Mishraḥ b. Hāʿān > ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "The people of Yemen are the softest-hearted, the tenderest of chests, and the most effective in obedient actions."  

أحمد:١٧٤٠٦ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنَا حَيْوَةُ أَخْبَرَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو أَنَّ مِشْرَحَ بْنَ هَاعَانَ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عُقْبَةَ بْنَ عَامِرٍ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ أَرَقُّ قُلُوبًا وَأَلْيَنُ أَفْئِدَةً وَأَنْجَعُ طَاعَةً  

السَّائِبُ بْنُ خَبَّابٍ مَوْلَى فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ شَمْسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ مَنَافٍ

tabarani:6622 – [Chain 1] ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > al-Haytham b. Khārijah [Chain 2] al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > Yaḥyá al-Ḥimmānī And ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Ismāʿīl b. ʿAyyāsh > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. ʿUbaydullāh > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. ʿAṭāʾ > Raʾayt al-Sāʾib b. Khabbāb Yashum Thawbah Faqult Lah Mim Dhalik Raḥimak Allāh

"I saw Sa'ib bin Yazid sniffing his garment, and I said: 'Why (are you doing) that?' He said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah say: "No ablution (is needed) unless there is an odor or a sound." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 516)  

الطبراني:٦٦٢٢ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلَ حَدَّثَنِي الْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ خَارِجَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيُّ وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالُوا ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ ثنا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَطَاءٍ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ السَّائِبَ بْنَ خَبَّابٍ يَشُمُّ ثَوْبَهُ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ مِمَّ ذَلِكَ رَحِمَكَ اللهُ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَا وُضُوءَ إِلَّا مِنْ رِيحٍ أَوْ سَمَاعٍ»