Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2324b

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"It was narrated from al-'Awwam ibn Hawshab that he said: 'A shaykh who was stationed on the coast told me: I went out one night for my watch, when no one had gone out from what was obligatory upon him except me. I came to the harbor and climbed onto it, and the harbor was the place of the watch. The sea began to appear to me as if it were rising until it reached the tops of the mountains. He did this several times while I was awake. I related this to Abu Salih, the freedman of 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, and he said: 'You have spoken truly. 'Umar ibn al-Khattab related to us from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ who said: There is no night except that the sea rises three times over the people of the earth, seeking Allah's permission to overflow upon them, meaning to gush forth, and Allah restrains it.' Abu Salih also told me: 'Umar ibn al-Khattab advised us that we should share in three things: a man who sells for us, a man who fights, and a man who milks for us. This is my turn, and now I am returning to Madinah.'".....

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