Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2198b
"عن محمد بن سيرين قال: كان عمر بن الخطاب إذا بعثَ عاملًا كتب في عهده: أن اسمعوا له وأطيعوا ما عدل عليكم، فلما استعملَ حُذيفةَ (على المدائن كتب في عهده أن اسمعوا له وأطيعوا وأعطوه ما سألكم، فخرج حذيفة) من عند عمر على حمار موكف، وعلى الحمار زاده، فلما قدم الدائن استقبله أهل الأَرْضِ والدهاقين وبيده رغيفٌ وعَرْقٌ من لحم على حمارٍ على إِكافٍ، فقرأ عهدهُ عليهم، فقالوا: سَلْنَا ما شئتَ، قال: أسألكُم طعامًا آكلهُ وعلفَ حِمَارِى هذا ما دمتُ فكم، فأقام فيهم ما شاءَ اللَّه، ثم كتب إليه عمر: أَنْ أَقْدِمْ، فلما بلغ عمرَ قدومه كَمَنَ له على الطريق في مكانٍ لا يراه، فلما رآه عمرُ على الحال التى خرج من عنده (عليه) أتاه فَالْتَزَمَهُ، فقال: أَنْتَ أَخِى وَأَنَا أَخُوكَ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Mḥmd b. Syryn
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“Muhammad ibn Sirin said: When ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab appointed a governor, he wrote in his charter: Listen to him and obey him as long as he is just to you. When he appointed Hudhayfah over al-Mada’in, he wrote in his charter: Listen to him, obey him, and give him what he asks of you. Hudhayfah left ‘Umar on a donkey with a cushioned saddle, and on the donkey was his provision. When he arrived at al-Mada’in, the people of the land and the landowners met him, and he had in his hand a loaf of bread and a piece of meat, riding a donkey on a pack saddle. He read his charter to them, and they said: Ask us for whatever you wish. He said: I ask you for food to eat and fodder for this donkey of mine for as long as I remain among you. He remained among them for as long as Allah willed. Then ‘Umar wrote to him: Come forward. When ‘Umar learned of his arrival, he lay in ambush for him on the road in a place where he could not be seen. When ‘Umar saw him in the condition in which he had left him, he came to him and embraced him, and said: You are my brother and I am your brother.”
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ابن سعد [كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه
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