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tabarani:16800al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > Yūsuf b. Muḥammad b. Sābiq > Abū Usāmah > Mujālid b. Saʿīd

[Machine] I heard Mujalid ibn Sa'id saying, "May Allah have mercy on Mu'awiya, how strong was his love for the Arabs."  

الطبراني:١٦٨٠٠حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَابِقٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا أُسَامَةَ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ مُجَالِدَ بْنَ سَعِيدٍ يَقُولُ «رَحِمَ اللهُ مُعَاوِيَةَ مَا كَانَ أَشَدَّ حُبِّهِ لِلْعَرَبِ»