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مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد
Majma' al-Zawa'id
كتاب المناقب
Book of Virtues
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي قَبَائِلِ الْعَرَبِ .
Reports on the Arab tribes
Majma al-Zawaid 16552 — Reports on the Arab tribes
وَعَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ الْبَاهِلِيِّ : أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - يَقُولُ : " إِنَّ مِنْ خِيَارِ النَّاسِ الْأَمْلُوكُ أَمْلُوكُ حِمْيَرَ ، وَسُفْيَانُ ، وَالسَّكُونُ ، وَالْأَشْعَرِيِّينَ " . رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ ، وَفِيهِ مَنْ لَمْ أَعْرِفْهُ .
Sayyiduna Abu Umamah al-Bahili (may Allah be pleased with him) says that he heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "The best of people are al-Amluk (that is,) Amluk Himyar, Sufyan, al-Sakun and al-Ash'ariyyun (the people of these tribes)."
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and its chain contains a narrator whom I do not know.
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and its chain contains a narrator whom I do not know.
