Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2183b
"عن عبيد اللَّه بن يحيى قال: قال عُمَرُ للنَّابِغَةِ، نَابِغَةِ بنى جَعْدَةَ: أَنْشِدْنَا ممَّا عَفَا اللَّه عَنْهُ، فَأَسْمَعَهُ كَلِمَةً، قال: وإنَّكَ لَقَائِلُهَا؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: وَالعَرَبُ تُسَمِّى الْقَصِيدةَ كَلِمَةً".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿByd Allāh b. Yḥyá
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“‘Ubayd Allah ibn Yahya said: ‘Umar said to al-Nabighah, Nabighat Banu Ja‘dah: ‘Recite to us from what Allah has pardoned.’ So he recited a verse. He said: ‘And are you its composer?’ He said: ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘And the Arabs call the qasidah a kalimah.’”
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Notes
ابن سعد
machine translationIbn Saʿd
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