Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2251b
"عَنْ سَاِلمِ بْنِ عَبْد اللَّه قَالَ: كَانَ عمَرُ بْنُ الخَطَّابِ قَدْ اسْتَعْمَلَ النُّعْمَانَ ابْنَ عَدىٍّ علَى مَيْسَان، وَكَانَ يقُولُ الشِّعْرَ، فَقَالَ: - (أَلَا هَل أَتَى الْحَسْنَاء أَنَّ حَلِيلَهَا... بِمَيْسَان يُسْقَى فِى زُجَاجٍ وَحِنْتَمِ) إِذَا شِئْتُ غَنَّتْنِى دَهَاقينُ قَرْيةٍ... وَرَقَّاصَة تَحْثُو عَلَى كُلِّ مِيسَم فَإِنْ كُنْتَ نَدْمَانِى فَبِالأَكْبَرِ اسْقِنِى... وَلَا تَسْقِنِى بِالأَصْغَر المُتثَكّمِ لعَلَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَسُوءُهُ... تَنَادُمُنَا فِى الجَوْسَقِ الْمُتَهَدِّمِ فَبَلَغَ عُمَرَ بْنَ الخَطَّابِ قَوْلُهُ، قَالَ: نَعَمْ واللَّه إنَّهُ لَيسُوءِنُى، مَنْ لَقِيَهُ فَليُخْبرْهُ أَنِّى قَدْ عَزَلْتُهُ (فَقَدِمَ عَليْهِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ قَومِهِ، فَأَخْبرَهُ بِعَزْلهِ، فَقَدِمَ) علَى عُمَرَ فَقَالَ: وَاللَّه مَا صَنَعْتُ شَيْئًا مِمَّا قُلْتُ، وَلَكِنْ (كُنْتُ) امْرَأ شَاعِرًا وَجَدْتُ فَضْلًا مِنْ قَوْلٍ فَقُلْتُ فِيهِ الشِّعْرَ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: ايْمُ اللَّه لَا تَعْمَلْ لى عَمَلًا مَا بِقيت وَقَدْ قُلْتَ مَا قُلْتَ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Sāilm b. ʿAbdullāh
- Kān ʿMar b. al-Khaṭṭāb
Machine translation, not reviewed
"Salim ibn 'Abd Allah said: 'Umar ibn al-Khattab had appointed al-Nu'man ibn 'Adi over Maysan, and he used to recite poetry. He said: 'Has news reached the beautiful woman that her husband in Maysan is given to drink from glass and jars? When I wish, the peasants of the village sing to me, and a dancing girl scatters perfume on every mark. If you are my drinking companion, then pour me the strong, and do not pour me the weak and cheap. Perhaps the Commander of the Believers will be displeased by our drinking in the ruined palace.' This reached 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, and he said: Yes, by Allah, it does displease me. Whoever meets him, let him inform him that I have dismissed him. (A man of his people came to him and informed him of his dismissal, so he came) to 'Umar and said: By Allah, I did nothing of what I said, but (I was) a poet; I found some excess in speech, so I composed poetry about it. 'Umar said: By Allah, you shall not work for me in any task as long as you live, since you have said what you said.'"
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ابن سعد
machine translationIbn Saʿd
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