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Who said the phrase: "By Allah, you are the best of Allah's lands, and the dearest of Allah's lands to me, and had I not been driven out of you, I would not have left"?

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The speaker is the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. He said that when he departed from Mecca, migrating to Medina. Imam Ahmad, Al-Tirmidhi, Al-Nasa'i, and Ibn Majah narrated from Abdullah bin Adi bin Hamra, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, stood at Al-Hazwarah and said: "By Allah, you are the best land of Allah and the dearest land to me. And had your people not expelled me from you, I would not have left you."

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