Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-1807b
"عَنْ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ أَبِى الْعَوْجَاءِ قَالَ: قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ: وَاللَّه مَا أدْرِى أخَليفَةٌ أنَا أمْ مَلِكٌ؟ فَإِنْ كُنْتُ مَلكًا فَهَذَا أَمْرٌ عَظِيمٌ، قال قَائِل: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمنِينَ إِنَّ بَيْنَهُمَا فَرْقًا، قَالَ: مَا هُوَ؟ قالَ: الْخَلِيفَةُ لَا يَأْخُذُ إلَّا حَقًا وَلَا يَضَعُهُ إلَّا في حَقٍّ، وَأَنْتَ بِحمْدِ اللَّه كَذَلِكَ، وَالْمَلِكُ يَعْسِفُ النَّاسَ فَيَأخُذُ مِنْ هَذَا وَيُعْطِى هَذَا، فَسَكَتَ عُمَرُ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Sufyān b. Abiá al-ʿAwjāʾ
- Qāl ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb and al-Lah Mā Driá Khalyfah
- m Malik
Machine translation, not reviewed
"It was narrated from Sufyan ibn Abi al-'Awja' that he said: 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said: By Allah, I do not know whether I am a caliph or a king. If I am a king, then this is a great matter. A man said: O Commander of the Faithful, there is a difference between the two. He said: What is it? He said: The caliph takes only what is right and places it only in what is right, and you, praise be to Allah, are like that. But the king oppresses the people, taking from this one and giving to that one. So 'Umar fell silent."
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Notes
ابن سعد
machine translationIbn Saʿd
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