Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2113b
"عَن عامر الشعبى قال: كتب عمر إلى عماله: لا تجدوا خاتما فيه نقش عربى إلا كَسَرْتمُوه، فَوُجد في خاتم عتبة بن فرقد العامل فكسر".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿĀmr al-Shʿbá
Machine translation, not reviewed
“On the authority of 'Amir al-Sha'bi, who said: ‘'Umar wrote to his governors: “Do not find a ring with an Arabic inscription except that you break it.” So a ring of 'Utbah ibn Farqad, the governor, was found and it was broken.’”
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Notes
ابن سعد
machine translationIbn Saʿd
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