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أَبُو الْغَازِي الْعَنْسِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ

tabarani:7639 – Bishr b. Mūsá > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Muqriʾ > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ziyād b. Anʿum > Abū al-Ghāzī al-ʿAnsī > Abū Umāmah al-Bāhilī > Rasūl Allāh Ṣallá

[Machine] He heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Verily, among the best of people are the rulers of Himyar, Sufyan, Sakun, and the Ash'ariyyin."  

الطبراني:٧٦٣٩ – حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمُقْرِئُ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ زِيَادِ بْنِ أَنْعُمٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الْغَازِي الْعَنْسِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ الْبَاهِلِيِّ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ مِنْ خِيَارِ النَّاسِ الْأَمْلُوكَ أَمْلُوكَ حِمْيَرَ وَسُفْيَانَ وَالسَّكُونِ وَالْأَشْعَرِيِّينَ»  

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السيوطي:٧٢٤٢a –

"إِنَّ منْ خِيارِ النَّاسِ الأُملوكَ، أُمْلُوكَ حِمْيرَ، وشَعْبَان ، والسَّكُونَ، والأَشْعَرِيِّين".  

[طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن أَبى أُمامة