Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-1962b
"عَن ابْنِ شِهَاب: أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ العَزِيزِ سَأَلَ أبَا بَكْرِ بْنَ سُلَيْمَانَ ابْنِ أَبى حَثْمة: لأىِّ شَىْءٍ كَانَ يَكْتُبُ: مِنْ خَلِيفَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِى عَهْدِ أَبِى بَكْرٍ، ثُمَّ كَانَ عُمَرُ كتَبَ أوَّلًا: مِن خَلِيفَةِ أَبِى (بَكْرٍ) فمَنْ أَوَّلُ مَنْ كَتَبَ (مِنْ) أمِيرِ المُؤْمنين؟ فَقَالَ: حَدَّثَتْنِى الشِّفَاءُ -وهِى جَدَّتهُ، وَكَانَتْ مِنَ المهاجِرَاتِ الأُوَل- أَنَّ عُمَر بْنَ الخَطَّابِ كَتَبَ إلَى عَامِلِ العِرَاقِ أَنْ يَبَعْثَ إلَيْه رَجُلَيْنِ جَلدَيْنِ يَسْألُهُمَا عَنِ العِرَاقِ وَأَهْلِهِ، فَبَعَثَ عَامِلُ العِرَاقِ بِلَبِيد بْنِ رَبيعَةَ، وعَدِىّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمَا المدِينَةَ أنَاخَا راحِلَتَيْهمَا بِفِنَاءِ المسْجِدِ، ثُمَّ دَخَلَا المَسْجِدَ، فَإذَا هُمَا بِعَمْرِو بْنِ العَاصِ، فَقَالَا: اسْتَأذِنْ لَنَا يَا عَمْرو عَلَى أمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، فَقَالَ عَمْرٌو: أَنْتُمَا وَاللَّهِ أَصَبْتُما اسْمَهُ! هُوَ الأَمِيرُ وَنَحْنُ المُؤْمِنُونَ، فَوَثَبَ عَمْرٌو فَدَخَلَ عَلَى عُمَرَ فَقَالَ: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَمِيرَ المؤْمنينَ، فَقَالَ (عُمَرُ) مَا بَدَا لَكَ فِى هَذَا الاسْم يَا بْنَ العَاصِ؟ رَبِّى يَعْلَمُ لَتَخْرُجَنَّ ممَّا قُلْتَ، قَالَ: إِنَّ لبيدَ بْنَ رَبِيعَةَ، وَعَدِىَّ بْنَ حَاتِمٍ قَدِمَا فَأَنَاخَا رَاحِلَتَيْهِمَا بِفِنَاءِ المَسْجِدِ ثُمَّ دَخَلا عَلَىَّ فَقَالا: اسْتَأذِنْ لَنَا يَا عَمْرُو عَلَى أَمِيرِ المَؤْمِنينَ، فَهُمَا وَاللَّهِ أَصَابَا اسْمَكَ، نَحْنُ المؤمِنُونَ وَأَنْتَ أمِيرُنا، فَمَضَى بِهِ الكِتَابُ مِنْ يَوْمِئِذٍ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Ibn Shihāb
- ʿUmar b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Saʾal Bā
Machine translation, not reviewed
"Ibn Shihab said: 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz asked Abu Bakr ibn Sulayman ibn Abi Hathmah: Why was it that in the time of Abu Bakr they used to write: 'From the Khalifah of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ', and then 'Umar first wrote: 'From the khalifah of Abu (Bakr)'? Who was the first to write '(from) Amir al-Mu'minin'? He said: Al-Shifa' told me, and she was his grandmother and among the first women emigrants, that 'Umar ibn al-Khattab wrote to the governor of Iraq that he should send to him two strong men, to ask them about Iraq and its people. The governor of Iraq sent Labid ibn Rabi'ah and 'Adi ibn Hatim. When the two arrived in Madinah, they made their mounts kneel at the courtyard of the mosque, then entered the mosque, and found 'Amr ibn al-'As. They said: 'Ask permission for us, O 'Amr, to (see) Amir al-Mu'minin.' 'Amr said: 'By Allah, you have hit upon his name! He is the Amir, and we are the Mu'minun.' 'Amr sprang up and entered upon 'Umar and said: 'Peace be upon you, O Amir al-Mu'minin.' 'Umar said: 'What has occurred to you regarding this title, O son of al-'As? My Lord knows you will have to come out of what you said.' He said: 'Labid ibn Rabi'ah and 'Adi ibn Hatim arrived, made their mounts kneel at the courtyard of the mosque, then entered upon me and said: Ask permission for us, O 'Amr, to (see) Amir al-Mu'minin. By Allah, they hit upon your name: we are the Mu'minun and you are our Amir.' So the document went with that title from that day."
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[خ] البخاري في الأدب، والعسكرى في الأوائل () [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك
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