2505 – Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman informed us; ʿAbd Allah ibn Muhammad al-Baghawi informed us, saying: Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us, saying: Abu Dawud narrated to us, saying: al-Hakam ibn ʿAtiyyah, from Thabit, from Anas …
2506 – Jaʿfar ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn Yaʿqub likewise informed us; Muhammad ibn Harun al-Ruyani informed us, saying: Abu al-Hasan Mubashshir ibn al-Hasan al-Basri narrated to us, saying: Abu Dawud al-Tayalisi narrated to us, saying: al-Hakam ibn ʿAtiyyah narrated to us. He said: I heard Thabit relate from Anas, who said:
“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would come out to the mosque while the Muhajirun (Emigrants) and the Ansar (Helpers) were sitting there. None of them would raise his head from his posture of hugging his knees except Abu Bakr and ʿUmar. He would smile at them, and they would smile back at him.”