Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3378
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنِ الأَغَرِّ أَبِي مُسْلِمٍ، أَنَّهُ شَهِدَ عَلَى أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَأَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ أَنَّهُمَا شَهِدَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ قَالَ " مَا مِنْ قَوْمٍ يَذْكُرُونَ اللَّهَ إِلاَّ حَفَّتْ بِهِمُ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ وَغَشِيَتْهُمُ الرَّحْمَةُ وَنَزَلَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّكِينَةُ وَذَكَرَهُمُ اللَّهُ فِيمَنْ عِنْدَهُ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الأَغَرَّ أَبَا مُسْلِمٍ، قَالَ أَشْهَدُ عَلَى أَبِي سَعِيدٍ وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رضى الله عنهما أَنَّهُمَا شَهِدَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَذَكَرَ مِثْلَهُ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us: ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us: Sufyan narrated to us, from Abu Ishaq, from al-Agharr Abu Muslim, who testified that Abu Hurayrah and Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri testified that the Messenger of Allah said: ‘Whenever a people remember Allah, the angels surround them, mercy envelops them, tranquility descends upon them, and Allah mentions them among those who are with Him.’ Abu ‘Isa said: This hadith is hasan sahih.
Yusuf ibn Ya‘qub narrated to us: Hafs ibn ‘Umar narrated to us: Shu‘bah narrated to us, from Abu Ishaq, who said: I heard al-Agharr Abu Muslim say: I testify that Abu Sa‘id and Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with them both) testified that the Messenger of Allah said something similar.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report has a second chain in which al-Agharr explicitly says he heard the two Companions testify to the Prophet’s statement. The closing promise is that Allah mentions those who remember Him among those near Him.