Hadith #338
Arabic Text
قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ بَيْنَا نَحْنُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِطَرِيقِ مَكَّةَ إِذْ قَالَ يَطْلُعُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ كَأَنَّ
هُمْ السَّحَابُ هُمْ خِيَارُ مَنْ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ وَلَا نَحْنُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَسَكَتَ قَالَ وَلَا نَحْنُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَسَكَتَ قَالَ وَلَا نَحْنُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ كَلِمَةً ضَعِيفَةً إِلَّا أَنْتُمْ
Isnad Chain
يزيد بن هارون
ابن أبي ذئب
الحارث بن عبد الرحمن
محمد بن جبير بن مطعم
أبيه
English Translation
Yazīd ibn Hārūn narrated to us, he said: Ibn Abī Dhiʾb informed us, from al-Ḥārith ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, from Muḥammad ibn Jubayr ibn Muṭʿim, from his father, who said: While we were with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ on the road to Makkah, he said: 'The people of Yemen will come to you. They are like clouds — they are the best of those on earth.' A man from the Anṣār said, 'Not even us, O Messenger of Allāh?' He was silent. He said again, 'Not even us, O Messenger of Allāh?' He was silent. He said a third time, 'Not even us, O Messenger of Allāh?' He said a faint word: 'Except you.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 32, Hadith 338
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 16176
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-52566