The Book of Virtue, Enjoining Good Manners, and Joining of the Ties of Kinship
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 6549
أَنَّ رَجُلاً زَارَ أَخًا لَهُ فِي قَرْيَةٍ أُخْرَى فَأَرْصَدَ اللَّهُ لَهُ عَلَى مَدْرَجَتِهِ مَلَكًا فَلَمَّا أَتَى عَلَيْهِ قَالَ أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ قَالَ أُرِيدُ أَخًا لِي فِي هَذِهِ الْقَرْيَةِ . قَالَ هَلْ لَكَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ نِعْمَةٍ تَرُبُّهَا قَالَ لاَ غَيْرَ أَنِّي أَحْبَبْتُهُ فِي اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ . قَالَ فَإِنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ إِلَيْكَ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَحَبَّكَ كَمَا أَحْبَبْتَهُ فِيهِ
anna rajulan zāra akhan lah fī qaryatin ukhrā fa-arṣada-Llāh lah ʿalā madrajatihi malakan falammā atā ʿalayhi qāla ayna turīdu qāla urīdu akhan lī fī hadhihi al-qaryah . qāla hal laka ʿalayhi min niʿmatin tarubbuhā qāla lā ghayra annī aḥbabtuhu fī-Llāh ʿazza wajalla . qāla fa-innī rasūlu-Llāh ilayka biʾanna-Llāh qad aḥabbaka kamā aḥbabtah fīhi
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The full narration
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying:A person visited his brother in another town and Allah deputed an Angel to wait for him on his way and when he came to him he said: Where do you intend to go? He said: I intend to go to my brother in this town. He said: Have you done any favour to him (the repayment of which you intend to get)? He said: No, excepting this that I love Mm for the sake of Allah, the Exalted and Glorious. Thereupon he said: I am a meesenger to you from, Allah: (to inform you) that Allah loves you as you love him (for His sake)
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Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim · 6549