Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2048b
"عَنْ كَعْبٍ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الخَطَّابِ قَالَ: أَنْشُدُكَ بِاللَّهِ يَا كَعْبُ! أَتَجِدُنِى خَلِيفةً أَمْ مَلِكًا؟ قَالَ: بَلْ خَلِيفَةً، فَاسْتَحْلَفَهُ، فَقَالَ كَعْبٌ: خَلِيفَةً وَاللَّه! مِنْ خَيْرِ الْخُلَفَاءِ، وَزَمَانُكَ خَيْرُ زَمَانٍ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Kaʿb
- ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb
- Anshuduk Bi-al-Lah Yā Kaʿb Atajiduniá Khalīfh Am Malik
- Bal Khalīfah Fāstaḥlafah
Machine translation, not reviewed
"It is narrated from Ka'b that 'Umar ibn al-Khattab said: I adjure you by Allah, O Ka'b! Do you find me a caliph or a king? He said: Rather, a caliph. So he made him swear. Ka'b said: A caliph, by Allah, of the best of caliphs, and your time is the best of times."
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Notes
نعيم بن حماد في الفتن
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