He reported that he heard the Prophet ﷺ standing at al-Hazwarah in the market of Makkah saying, "By Allah, you are the best land of Allah and the most beloved land of Allah to Allah . Had I not been driven out of you, I would not have left."
قال: إنه سمع النبي ﷺ واقف بالحزورة في سوق مكة والله إنك لخير أرض الله، وأحب أرض الله إلى الله عز وجل، ولولا أني أخرجت منك ما خرجت.
Tirmidhi (3925), Ibn Majah (3108), and Ahmad (18715) narrated it, and Ibn Hibban (3708) and Hakim (7/3) graded it sahih, all of them through various routes from Zuhri, who said, Abu Salama bin Abdul-Rahman told us, from Abdullah bin Adi bin Hamra Zuhri, and he related it. Its chain of transmission is sahih.Tirmidhi said, "This is a hasan sahih gharib hadith."Hakim said, "It is sahih according to the standard of the two Sheikhs."Its documentation was already covered separately in the book on the Prophetic biography.