مسند أحمد بن حنبل
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Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal
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Chapter: Musnad of Abū Ḥamzah Anas ibn Mālik al-Anṣārī, the Servant of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ
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مُسْنَدُ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ خَادِمِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ
Three-Narrator Ahadith 113
Anas ibn Mālik (may Allah be pleased with him) reported:
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “There will come to you people whose hearts are softer than yours.” Then the Ashʿarīs (i.e., from the Tribe of Al-Ash’ar) arrived — among them Abū Mūsā [al-Ashʿarī] — and as they drew near to Madīnah they began chanting in poetic verse: Tomorrow we shall meet our beloved ones — Muḥammad and his companions. Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 113
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ، وَيَزِيدَ، أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدٌ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «يَقْدَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَقْوَامٌ أَرَقُّ قُلُوبًا مِنْكُمْ، أَرَقُّ مِنْكُمْ أَفْئِدَةً». فَقَدِمَ الْأَشْعَرِيُّونَ فِيهِمْ أَبُو مُوسَى، فَجَعَلُوا لَمَّا دَنَوْا مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ يَرْتَجِزُونَ: غَدًا نَلْقَى الْأَحِبَّهْ ۞ مُحَمَّدًا وَحِزْبَهْ
Grade: Ṣaḥīḥ
Reference : Three-Narrator Ahadith 113