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- ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; Sufyan ibn Wakiʿ told me; ʿAbd Allah ibn Rajaʾ related to us, from Ibn Jurayj, from Ibn Abi Mulayka, from ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿAmr who said:
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “The thing Allah loves most is al-ghurabāʾ (the strangers).” They asked, “Who are the strangers?” He replied, “Those who flee with their religion; on the Day of Resurrection Allah will raise them alongside Jesus son of Mary, peace be upon him.”
Abu ʿAbd al-Rahman added: “I heard Sufyan ibn Wakiʿ say, ‘I hope that Ahmad ibn Hanbal will be counted among them.’”
٨٠٩ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنِي سُفْيَانُ بْنُ وَكِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ رَجَاءٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «أَحَبُّ شَيْءٍ إِلَى اللَّهِ الْغُرَبَاءُ» قِيلَ: وَمَنِ الْغُرَبَاءُ؟ قَالَ: الْفَرَّارُونَ بِدِينِهِمْ؛ يَبْعَثُهُمُ اللَّهُ – Exalté soit-Il – يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مَعَ عِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ (عليه السلام)، قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ: سَمِعْتُ سُفْيَانَ بْنَ وَكِيعٍ يَقُولُ: إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو أَنْ يَكُونَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ مِنْهُمْ "