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 46
Ismāʻīl, that is, the son of Ibrāhīm ibn ʻUlayyah, narrated to us from ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz ibn Ṣuhayb, from Anas ibn Mālik, that the Prophet ﷺ saw some children and women coming (ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz said, ‘I think he said, from a wedding’). The Prophet of Allah ﷺ stood up straight and said, “O Allah, you are among the dearest of people to me; O Allah, you are among the dearest of people to me; O Allah, you are among the dearest of people to me,” meaning the Anṣār. Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 46
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ابْنِ عُلَيَّةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ صُهَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَأَى صِبْيَانًا ونِّسَاءً مُقْبِلِينَ، - قَالَ عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ: حَسِبْتُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: مِنْ عُرْسٍ - فَقَامَ نَّبِيُّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُمْثِلًا فَقَالَ: «اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتُمْ مِنْ أَحَبِّ النَّاسِ إِلَيَّ، اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتُمْ مِنْ أَحَبِّ النَّاسِ إِلَيَّ، اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتُمْ مِنْ أَحَبِّ النَّاسِ إِلَيَّ» يَعْنِي الْأَنْصَارَ.
Grade: Ṣaḥīḥ
Reference : Three-Narrator Ahadith 46