Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 3108

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ الْمِصْرِيُّ، أَنْبَأَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي عُقَيْلٌ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِنَّ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَدِيِّ بْنِ الْحَمْرَاءِ قَالَ لَهُ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ وَهُوَ عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ وَاقِفٌ بِالْحَزْوَرَةِ يَقُولُ ‏ "‏ وَاللَّهِ إِنَّكِ لَخَيْرُ أَرْضِ اللَّهِ وَأَحَبُّ أَرْضِ اللَّهِ إِلَيَّ وَاللَّهِ لَوْلاَ أَنِّي أُخْرِجْتُ مِنْكِ مَا خَرَجْتُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

ʿĪsā ibn Ḥammād al-Miṣrī informed us: al-Layth ibn Saʿd informed us: ʿUqayl told me, from Muḥammad ibn Muslim, who said: Abū Salamah ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAwf informed him that ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAdī ibn al-Ḥamrāʾ said to him: I saw the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) standing on his mount at al-Ḥazwarah, saying, “By God, you are the best land of God and the land of God most beloved to me. By God, had I not been driven out from you, I would not have left.”