Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2123b
"عَن الأحنفِ قال: قدمتُ على عمرَ بن الخطاب فاحْتَبَسَنِى عندَه حولًا، فقال: يا أحنفُ قد بلَوْتُك وخَبَرتُك فلم أرَ إِلا خيرًا، ورأيت علانيتَك حسنةً، وأنا أرجُو أن تكونَ سريرتُك مثلَ علانِيَتِك، فإِنا كنا نُحدَّثُ: إنما يهلك هذه الأمة كل منافقٍ عليمٍ، وكتب عمرُ إلى أَبى موسى الأشعرِى أما بعدُ: فأَدْنِ الأحنفَ بن قيسٍ وشاوِرْه واسمعْ مِنْه".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- al-Ḥnf
Machine translation, not reviewed
"It was narrated from al-Ahnaf that he said: I came to 'Umar ibn al-Khattab and he kept me with him for a year. He said: 'O Ahnaf, I have tested you and known you, and I have seen nothing but good. I have seen your outward conduct to be good, and I hope your inner state is like your outward. For we used to be told: Only every knowing hypocrite will destroy this nation.' 'Umar wrote to Abu Musa al-Ash'ari: 'To proceed: bring Ahnaf ibn Qays near, consult him, and listen to him.'"
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Notes
ابن سعد، [كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه
machine translationIbn Saʿd; [Kr] Ibn ʿAsākir in his Tārīkh.
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