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Sahih Muslim 799dصحيح مسلم 799d
حَدَّثَنَا هَدَّابُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ، حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ لأُبَىٍّ " إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَقْرَأَ عَلَيْكَ " . قَالَ آللَّهُ سَمَّانِي لَكَ قَالَ " اللَّهُ سَمَّاكَ لِي " . قَالَ فَجَعَلَ أُبَىٌّ يَبْكِي .
Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to Ubayy: Verily Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, has commanded me to recite the Qur'an to you, whereupon he said: (Has) Allah mentioned my name to you? He said: Allah has mentioned your name to me. Thereupon he began to shed tears (of joy)
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Chain of narrators
هدبة بن خالد بن الأسود ← همام بن يحيى بن دينار ← قتادة بن دعامة بن قتادة ← أنس بن مالك بن النضر
Hudba ibn Khalid ibn al-Aswad → Hammam ibn Yahya ibn Dinar → Qatada ibn Di'ama ibn Qatada → Anas bin Malik