Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2014b
"عن الليث بن مسعود قال: قَدِمَ عمرو بن العاص على عمر بن الخطاب فسأله عمر: من استخلفت على مصر؟ قال: مجاهد بن جُبيْر، فقال له عمر: مولى ابنة غزوان؟ قال: نعَم إِنَّه كَاتِبٌ، فقال عمر: إن العلم ليرفع بصاحبه".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- al-Lyth b. Msʿwd
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"On the authority of al-Layth ibn Mas'ud, who said: 'Amr ibn al-'As came to 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, and 'Umar asked him: Whom did you appoint over Egypt? He said: Mujahid ibn Jubayr. 'Umar said to him: The client of the daughter of Ghazwan? He said: Yes, he is a scribe. 'Umar said: Knowledge indeed elevates its possessor."
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ابن عبد الحكم
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