The Messenger of Allah ﷺ raised his head toward the sky and said, "The people of Yemen have come to you like pieces of cloud. They are the best of the people of the earth."A man sitting near him asked, "And from us too, Messenger of Allah?"He said softly, "Except you."
حدثنا يحيى بن إسحاق قال أنا ابن لهيعة عن الحارث بن يزيد عن الحارث بن أبي ذباب إن شاء الله
أن رسول الله ﷺ رفع رأسه إلى السماء فقال أتاكم أهل اليمن كقطع السحاب خير أهل الأرض فقال له رجل ممن كان عنده ومنا يا رسول الله قال كلمة خفية إلا أنتم
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Its chain is hasan because of Ibn Lahia. Harith bin Yazid is Hadrami, the jurist, the trustworthy one, and Harith Ibn Abu Dhubab is Harith bin Abdul-Rahman bin Abdullah bin Saad bin Abu Dhubab Dawsi Madani, whom they deemed trustworthy despite some noted uncertainty regarding him.Haythami said, in 10/54, "Abu Yaala, Bazzar, and Ahmad narrated it, and one of Ahmad's two chains has the men of the Sahih." It is found in Abu Yaala, 13/398, number 7401, and in Bazzar, 3/317, number 2838, in Bahr Zakhkhar, and in Ibn Abu Shayba, 12/184, number 12482, and in Tayalisi, 2/206, number 2742.