Hadith #292
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا حَمْزَةَ قَالَ قَالَتْ الْأَنْصَارُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ أَتْبَاعًا وَإِنَّا قَدْ تَبِعْنَاكَ فَادْعُ اللّ
َهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ أَتْبَاعَنَا مِنَّا قَالَ فَدَعَا لَهُمْ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ أَتْبَاعَهُمْ مِنْهُمْ قَالَ فَنَمَّيْتُ ذَلِكَ إِلَى ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى فَقَالَ زَعَمَ ذَلِكَ زَيْدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَرْقَمَ
Isnad Chain
محمد بن جعفر
شعبة
عمرو بن مرة
أبا حمزة
English Translation
Zayd ibn Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Anṣār said: 'O Messenger of Allah, every prophet has followers, and we have followed you. Supplicate Allah عز وجل to make our followers from among us.' So he supplicated for them that Allah make their followers from among them. He said: I conveyed that to Ibn Abī Laylā, and he said: 'Zayd — meaning Ibn Arqam — claimed that.'
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Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 36, Hadith 292
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 18530
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-54920