حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ لَهِيعَةَ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ هُبَيْرَةَ السَّبَائِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ وَعْلَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُولُ إِنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ سَبَأٍ مَا هُوَ أَرَجُلٌ أَمْ امْرَأَةٌ أَمْ أَرْضٌ فَقَالَ بَلْ هُوَ رَجُلٌ وَلَدَ عَشَرَةً فَسَكَنَ الْيَمَنَ مِنْهُمْ سِتَّةٌ وَبِالشَّامِ مِنْهُمْ أَرْبَعَةٌ فَأَمَّا الْيَمَانِيُّونَ فَمَذْحِجٌ وَكِنْدَةُ وَالْأَزْدُ وَالْأَشْعَرِيُّونَ وَأَنْمَارٌ وَحِمْيَرُ عَرَبًا كُلَّهَا وَأَمَّا الشَّامِيَّةُ فَلَخْمٌ وَجُذَامُ وَعَامِلَةُ وَغَسَّانُ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2900
It was narrated that 'Abdur-Rahman bin Wa'lah said: I heard Ibn 'Abbas (RA) say: A man asked the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) about Saba': was it a man or a woman or a land? He said: "It was a man who had ten sons, six of whom lived in Yemen and four in Syria. As for those who lived in Yemen, they were Madhhij, Kindah, al-Azd, al-Ash'ariyyoon, Anmar and Himyar, and all of them are Arabs. As for those who lived in Syria, they were: Lakhm, Judham, 'Amilah and Ghassan.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020
Sanad
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ لَهِيعَةَ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ هُبَيْرَةَ السَّبَائِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ وَعْلَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ