Sunnah – Q3
Narrated by Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him), the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I have longed to meet my brothers. The Companions said: Are we not your brothers? The Prophet said: You are my Companions, and my brothers are those who will believe without having seen me.
[Reported by Imam Ahmad in his Musnad no. 12579 and authenticated by Shaykh al-Albani in al-Silsila al-Sahiha no. 2888, as well as by Shaykh Shu‘ayb Arna‘ut in his critical edition of the Musnad]