Al-Ahnaf bin Qays narrates: Once I was circumambulating the House of Allah when a man from Banu Sulaym met me and said: "Shall I not give you good news?" I said: "Yes, indeed!" He said: "Do you remember when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me to your people, Banu Sa'd, to invite them to Islam, and you said: 'Yes! By Allah! He has said nothing but good,' or: 'I hear nothing but good'? I went back and told the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) what you had said, and he said: 'O Allah! Forgive al-Ahnaf.'" Sayyiduna al-Ahnaf (may Allah be pleased with him) says: There is nothing I have more hope in than that (that is, the supplication of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)).
Ahmad and Tabarani recorded it; the narrators of Ahmad are the narrators of the Sahih, except Ali bin Zayd, who is hasan al-hadith (good in hadith).
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب المناقب / 16191
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Hadith Takhrij«اخرجه الطبراني فى المعجم الكبير (7285) اخرجه احمد فى المسند (372/5) ، أخرجه مسند أحمد برقم: 22650، وأخرجه المستدرك على الصحيحين برقم: 6632، وأخرجه المعجم الكبير للطبراني برقم: 7285»