Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-1974b
"عَن ابن عمرَ قالَ: قال عمرُ لأصحابِ الشورى -للَّه دَرُّهم- لَوْ وَلُّوها الأُصيْلعَ كيفَ يحملُهم على الحقِّ وإِن حُمِلَ على عُنِقه بالسيف، فقلت: تعلمُ ذلك منه ولا تُوَليه؟ قال: إن أستخلِفْ فقد اسْتَخْلَفَ من هو خَيْرٌ منى، وإن أترُك فقد تَرك من هو خَيْرٌ مِنِّى".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Ibn ʿMr
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"From Ibn 'Umar, who said: 'Umar said to the companions of the consultation (shura): May Allah have mercy on them! If they appointed al-Usayla' (a bald man), how would he lead them to the truth even if he were carried on the neck with a sword? I said: You know that about him and you do not appoint him? He said: If I appoint, then one better than me appointed; and if I leave it, then one better than me left it."
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Notes
[ك] الحاكم في المستدرك
machine translation[Kanz al-ʿUmmāl] Al-Ḥākim in al-Mustadrak
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