Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2152b
"عَن الشعبى قال: كتب عمر بن الخطاب إلى العلاء بن الحضرمى وهو بالبحرين أن سِرْ إلى عُقبة () بن غزوان فقد وَلَّيتُك عمله، واعلم أنك تقدمُ على رجلٍ من المهاجرين الأولين الذين قد سبقت لهم من اللَّه الحسنى، لم أعزِلهُ أن لا يكون عفيفًا طليبًا () شديد البأس، ولكنى ظننتُ أنك أغنى عن المسلمين في تلك الناحية منه، فاعرف له حقَّه، وقد وليتُ (قبلك) رجلًا فمات قبل أن يصلَ، فإن يُردِ اللَّه (تعالى) أن تلى وليت، وإن يرد اللَّه أن يلى عقبة فالخلق والأمر للَّه رب العالمين، واعلم أن أمر اللَّه محفوظ، يحفظه الذى أنزله، فانظر الذى خلقت له فاكدح له ودع ما سواه، فإن الدنيا أمد والآخرة أبد، فلا يشغلنك شئ مُدبرٌ خيره عن شئ باق شرة واهرب إلى اللَّه من سخطه، فإن اللَّه يجمع لمن يشاء الفضيلة في حكمه وعلمه، نسال اللَّه لنا ولك (التقوى) على طاعته والنجاة من عذابه".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- al-Shʿbá
- Ktb ʿMr b. al-Khṭāb Lá al-ʿLāʾ b. al-Ḥḍrmá Whw Bi-al-Bḥryn n Sir
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“From al-Sha'bi, who said: 'Umar ibn al-Khattab wrote to al-'Ala' ibn al-Hadrami, who was in Bahrain: “Set out to 'Utbah ibn Ghazwan, for I have appointed you over his work. Know that you are going to meet a man from the earliest emigrants, for whom Allah has preceded the best reward. I did not dismiss him because he is not chaste, or eager, or strong in might; but I thought you would be more capable than him in that region, so recognize his right. I had appointed a man before you, and he died before he arrived. If Allah (Exalted) wills that you be in charge, then you are in charge; and if Allah wills that 'Utbah be in charge, then creation and command belong to Allah, Lord of the worlds. Know that the command of Allah is preserved, guarded by the One who sent it down. So look to what you were created for, strive for it and leave aside what is other than it, for the world is a limited term and the Hereafter is everlasting. Let nothing whose good is passing distract you from something lasting whose evil [is hidden]. Flee to Allah from His anger, for Allah gathers virtue for whomever He wills in His judgment and knowledge. We ask Allah for us and for you piety in obeying Him, and salvation from His punishment.”
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ابن سعد
machine translationIbn Saʿd
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