Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-1759b
"عن الزهرى قال: أراد عمر بن الخطاب أن يكتب السُّننَ، فاسْتَخار اللَّه شهرًا ثم أصبح وقد عُزِمَ له، فقال: ذكرت قوما كتبوا كتابًا فأقبلوا عليه وتركوا كتابَ اللَّه".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- al-Zhrá
- Rād ʿMr b. al-Khṭāb
Machine translation, not reviewed
"Al-Zuhri said: 'Umar ibn al-Khattab wanted to write down the Sunan, so he sought Allah's guidance for a month. Then he awoke with his resolve made up, and said: 'I remembered people who wrote books and then devoted themselves to them and abandoned the Book of Allah.'"
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Notes
ابن سعد
machine translationIbn Saʿd
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