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tirmidhi:3935Qutaybah > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muḥammad > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The people of Yemen have come to you. They are weaker in heart and softer in understanding, faith is Yemeni and wisdom is Yemeni."  

الترمذي:٣٩٣٥حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَتَاكُمْ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ هُمْ أَضْعَفُ قُلُوبًا وَأَرَقُّ أَفْئِدَةً الإِيمَانُ يَمَانٍ وَالْحِكْمَةُ يَمَانِيَةٌ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَأَبِي مَسْعُودٍ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ  


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bukhari:4390Abū al-Yamān > Shuʿayb > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "The people of Yemen have come to you, and they are more soft hearted and gentle hearted people. The capacity for understanding religion is Yemenite and Wisdom is Yemenite."  

البخاري:٤٣٩٠حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أَتَاكُمْ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ أَضْعَفُ قُلُوبًا وَأَرَقُّ أَفْئِدَةً الْفِقْهُ يَمَانٍ وَالْحِكْمَةُ يَمَانِيَةٌ  

muslim:52cʿAmr al-Nāqid And Ḥasan al-Ḥulwānī > Yaʿqūb Wahū Ibn Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd from my father > Ṣāliḥ > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings be upon him) observed: There came to you the people from Yemen; they are tender of hearts and mild of feelings, the understanding is Yemenite, the sagacity is Yemenite.  

مسلم:٥٢cحَدَّثَنِي عَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ وَحَسَنٌ الْحُلْوَانِيُّ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ صَالِحٍ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَتَاكُمْ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ هُمْ أَضْعَفُ قُلُوبًا وَأَرَقُّ أَفْئِدَةً الْفِقْهُ يَمَانٍ وَالْحِكْمَةُ يَمَانِيَةٌ  

muslim:52iAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And ʾAbū Kurayb > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

There came the people of Yemen who are soft of hearts, tender in feelings: the belief is that of the Yemenites, the sagacity is that of the Yemenites and the summit of unbelief is towards the East.  

مسلم:٥٢iحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَتَاكُمْ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ هُمْ أَلْيَنُ قُلُوبًا وَأَرَقُّ أَفْئِدَةً الإِيمَانُ يَمَانٍ وَالْحِكْمَةُ يَمَانِيَةٌ رَأْسُ الْكُفْرِ قِبَلَ الْمَشْرِقِ  

ahmad:7432Abū Muʿāwiyah And Yaʿlá > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The people of Yemen are the most tender-hearted and kind-hearted, and their faith is the most delicate. The knowledge and wisdom are Yemeni." Abu Mu'awiya said, "He means that disbelief begins from the east."  

أحمد:٧٤٣٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ وَيَعْلَى قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَتَاكُمْ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ هُمْ أَلْيَنُ قُلُوبًا وَأَرَقُّ أَفْئِدَةً الْإِيمَانُ يَمَانٍ وَالْحِكْمَةُ يَمَانِيَةٌ قَالَ أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ يَعْنِي فِي حَدِيثِهِ رَأْسُ الْكُفْرِ قِبَلَ الْمَشْرِقِ  

ahmad:7202Muḥammad b. Abū ʿAdī > Ibn ʿAwn > Muḥammad > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The people of Yemen have come to you; they have the softest hearts in faith, Yemeni wisdom, and Yemeni understanding."  

أحمد:٧٢٠٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَتَاكُمْ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ هُمْ أَرَقُّ أَفْئِدَةً الْإِيمَانُ يَمَانٍ وَالْحِكْمَةُ يَمَانِيَةٌ وَالْفِقْهُ يَمَانٍ  

ahmad:10982Ḥusayn > Ibn Abū al-Zinād from his father > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "The people of Yemen have come to you, and they are more soft hearted and gentle hearted people. The capacity for understanding religion is Yemenite and Wisdom is Yemenite." (Using translation from Bukhārī 4390)  

أحمد:١٠٩٨٢حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَتَاكُمْ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ هُمْ أَضْعَفُ قُلُوبًا وَأَرَقُّ أَفْئِدَةً الْفِقْهُ يَمَانٍ وَالْحِكْمَةُ يَمَانِيَةٌ  

ahmad:10527Yazīd > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The people of Yemen have come to you. They are weaker in heart and softer in understanding, faith is Yemeni and wisdom is Yemeni." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3935)   

أحمد:١٠٥٢٧حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَتَاكُمْ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِهُمْ أَضْعَفُ قُلُوبًا وَأَرَقُّ أَفْئِدَةً الْإِيمَانُ يَمَانٍ وَالْحِكْمَةُ يَمَانِيَةٌ  

ahmad:10134Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Ibn ʿAwn > Muḥammad > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] Abu Al-Qasim ﷺ said, "The people of Yemen have the softest hearts in faith, Yemeni eloquence, and Yemeni wisdom."  

أحمد:١٠١٣٤حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ

أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ ﷺ أَتَاكُمْ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ هُمْ أَرَقُّ أَفْئِدَةً الْإِيمَانُ يَمَانٍ وَالْفِقْهُ يَمَانٍ وَالْحِكْمَةُ يَمَانِيَةٌ  

suyuti:214a

The Prophet ﷺ said, "The people of Yemen have come to you, and they are more soft hearted and gentle hearted people. The capacity for understanding religion is Yemenite and Wisdom is Yemenite." (Using translation from Bukhārī 4390)   

السيوطي:٢١٤a

"أتَاكُم أهْلُ اليَمَن هُمْ أضْعَفُ قُلُوبًا وَأرَقُّ أفْئِدَة الفِقُهُ يَمان والحِكْمة يَمَانِيَّة ".  

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