(48) باب إِذَا أَحَبَّ اللَّهُ عَبْدًا حَبَّبَهُ إِلَى عِبَادِهِ
Suhail b. Abi Salih, reported:
We were in Arafa that there happened to pass Umar b. Abd al-'Aziz and he was the Amir of Hajj. People stood up in order to catch a glimpse of him. I said to my father: Father, I think that Allah loves Umar b. Abd al- 'Aziz. He said: How is it? I said: It is because of the love in people's heart for him. Thereupon he said: By One Who created your father, I heard Abu Huraira narrating from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) a hadith like one transmitted on the authority of Suhail. (IT)
Reference (IT): Sahih Muslim 2637 c (IT)
In-book reference (IT): Book 45, Hadith 203 (IT)
USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 32, Hadith 6375 (IT)