Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2004b
"عن الليث بن سعدٍ قال: سأل المقوقس عمرو بن العاص أن يبيعه سفح المُقَطَّم بسبعين ألف دينار، فعجب عمرو من ذلك وقال: أكتُب في ذلك إلى أمير المؤمنين، فكتب بذلك إلى عمر (فكتبَ إليه عمرُ: ) سَلهُ لِمَ أعطاك به ما أعطاكَ وهى لا تُزْرعُ ولا يُستنبطُ بها ماءٌ ولا ينتفعُ بها؟ فسأله فقال: إنا لنجد صفتها في الكتب: أَنَّ فيها غِراسَ الجنة، فكتب بذلك إلى عمر (فكتب إليه عمرُ: (إنا لا نعلم غراسَ الجنة إلا للمؤمنين فأقبر فيها من مات قِبَلَك من المسلمين ولا تبعه بشئ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- al-Lyth b. Sʿd
- Sʾl al-Mqwqs ʿMrw b. al-ʿĀṣ n Ybyʿh
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"On the authority of al-Layth ibn Sa'd, who said: Al-Muqawqis asked 'Amr ibn al-'As to sell him the slope of al-Muqattam for seventy thousand dinars. 'Amr was surprised at that and said: I will write about this to the Commander of the Believers. So he wrote about it to 'Umar. ('Umar wrote to him:) Ask him why he gave you what he gave you for it, when it is not cultivated, no water is drawn from it, and it is not benefited from? So he asked him, and he said: We find its description in the books: that in it are the plantings of Paradise. So he wrote about that to 'Umar. ('Umar wrote to him: 'We do not know the plantings of Paradise except for the believers. So bury in it whoever among the Muslims dies in your presence, and do not charge him anything.'"
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