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was asked about them, and he replied, “They are the people of this man,” pointing to Abu Musa al-Ashʿari. He then said, “I can feel the breath of the Most Merciful coming from the direction of Yemen.”
Both Ṣaḥīḥ collections relate that he also said: “The people of Yemen have come to you—they are the tenderest of hearts and the gentlest of souls; faith is Yemeni, jurisprudence is Yemeni, and wisdom is Yemeni.”
سُئِلَ عَنْهُمْ،
فَقَالَ:
هُمْ قَوْمُ هَذَا، وَأَشَارَ إِلَى أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ،
وَقَالَ:
إِنِّي لَأَجِدُ نَفَسَ الرَّحْمَنِ مِنْ قِبَلِ الْيَمَنِ» .
وَفِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ:
«أَتَاكُمْ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ، هُمْ أَرَقُّ قُلُوبًا وَأَلْيَنُ أَفْئِدَةً; الْإِيمَانُ يَمَانِيٌ، وَالْفِقْهُ يَمَانِيٌ، وَالْحِكْمَةُ يَمَانِيَةٌ.