Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2140b

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"It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas that he said: I served 'Umar a service that none of his family had rendered him, and I showed him a gentleness that none of his family had shown him. One day I was alone with him in his house, and he used to honor and respect me. He gave a gasp that I thought his soul would leave him, so I said: 'Is it from distress, O Commander of the Believers?' He said: 'From distress.' I said: 'And over what?' He said: 'Come closer.' I came closer to him, and he said: 'I find no one for this matter.' I said: 'What about so-and-so, and so-and-so, and so-and-so, and so-and-so, and so-and-so, and so-and-so?' He named to him the six people of the Shura, and he answered about each one of them with a remark. Then he said: 'Indeed, none is fit for this matter except one who is strong without harshness, gentle without weakness, generous without extravagance, and restrained without stinginess.'"

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