Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-1969b
"عَنْ حَبَّةَ العُرَنِىِّ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الخَطَّابِ قَالَ: يَا أَهْلَ الكُوفَةِ، أْنْتُم رَأسُ العَرَبِ وجُمْجُمَتُها، وسَهْمى الَّذِى أَرْمِى بِهِ إِنْ أَتَانِى شَىْءٌ مِنْ هَهُنَا وَهَهُنَا، إِنِّى بَعَثْتُ إِلَيْكُمْ بِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَاخْتَرْتُهُ لَكُمْ وآثَرْتُكُمْ بِهِ عَلَى نَفْسِى أثَرَةً".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Ḥabbah al-ʿUrani
- ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb
Machine translation, not reviewed
"From Habbah al-'Urani that 'Umar ibn al-Khattab said: O people of Kufah, you are the head of the Arabs and their skull, and my arrow with which I shoot if anything comes to me from here and there. I have sent to you 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, and I have chosen him for you and preferred you with him over myself, a preference."
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Notes
ابن سعد، [ش] ابن أبى شيبة
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