Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2333b
"عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِى لَيْلَى قَالَ: خَرَجْتُ مَعَ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ إِلَى مَكَّةَ فَاسْتَقْبَلَنَا أَمِيرُ مَكَّةَ نَافِعُ بْنُ عَلْقَمَةَ (وَسُمِّى بِعَمٍّ لَهُ يُقَالُ لَهُ: نَافِعٌ) فَقَالَ: مَنْ اسْتَخْلَفْتَ عَلَى مَكَّةَ؟ قَالَ: عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبْزَى، قَالَ: عَمدْتَ إِلَى مَوْلًى مِنَ المَوالِى فَاسْتَخْلَفْتَهُ عَلَى مَنْ بِهَا مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ وَأَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّه ﷺ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ؛ وَجَدْتُهُ أَقْرَأَهُمْ لِكَتَابِ اللَّه، ومَكَّةُ أَرْضٌ مُحْتَضَرَةٌ، فَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ يَسْمَعُوا كتَابَ اللَّه مِنْ رَجُلٍ حَسَنِ الْقِرَاءَة، قَالَ: نعْمَ مَا رَأَيْتَ (إِنَّ اللَّه يَرْفَعُ بالْقُرآنِ أَقْوامًا، وَيَضَعُ بِالْقُرْآنِ أَقْوَامًا) وإِنَّ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ أَبْزَى مِمَّنْ يَرْفَعُهُ اللَّه بِالْقُرْآنِ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abiá Laylá
- Kharajt Maʿ ʿUmar
Machine translation, not reviewed
"It was narrated from 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Layla that he said: 'I went out with 'Umar ibn al-Khattab to Makkah, and the amir of Makkah, Nafi' ibn 'Alqamah (who was named after an uncle of his called Nafi'), met us and said: 'Whom have you appointed over Makkah?' He said: 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Abza.' He said: 'You have targeted a freedman among the freedmen and appointed him over those of Quraysh and the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ who are there?' He said: 'Yes. I found him to be the best reciter of the Book of Allah, and Makkah is a place where people gather, so I wanted them to hear the Book of Allah from a man with a beautiful recitation.' He said: 'You have done well (Indeed Allah raises some people by the Quran and lowers others by the Quran). Indeed, 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Abza is among those whom Allah raises by the Quran.'"
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Notes
[ع] أبو يعلى
machine translation[ʿ] Abū Yaʿlā
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