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367 — Abū Bakr ibn Sahl al-Tamīmī narrated to me, saying: Alī ibn al-Hasan al-Nasā’ī narrated to me; al-Alā ibn Hilāl al-Raqqī narrated to us; Talha ibn Zayd al-Raqqī narrated to us; al-Awzā‘ī narrated to us, from Yahyā ibn Abī Kathīr, from Abū Salama ibn Abd al-Rahmān, from Abū Qatāda, who said: When the Negus’s delegation came to the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—he rose to serve them himself. We said, “Let us take care of that for you, O Messenger of Allah.” He replied, “They treated our companions with honor.”
٣٦٧ - حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنِ سَهْلٍ التَّمِيمِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ النَّسَائِيُّ، نا الْعَلَاءُ بْنُ هِلَالٍ الرَّقِّيُّ، نا طَلْحَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ الرَّقِّيُّ، نا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ قَالَ: لَمَّا قَدِمَ وَفْدُ النَّجَاشِيِّ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَامَ يَخْدُمُهُمْ بِنَفْسِهِ، فَقُلَنَا: تُكْفَى ذَاكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: «إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا لِأَصْحَابِنَا مُكْرِمِينَ»