Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2387b
"عن الحسن أن عمر بن الخطاب رد علَى أُبَىِّ بْنِ كعبٍ قراءةَ آيةٍ، فقال أُبَىٌّ: لَقَدْ سَمِعْتُهَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّه ﷺ وَأَنْتَ تُلهِيكَ يَا عُمَرُ الصَّفْقُ بِالْبَيْعِ، فقال عمر: صَدَقْتَ إِنَّمَا أرَدْتُ أَنْ أجَرِّبَكُمْ هَلْ مِنْكُمْ مَنْ يَقُولُ الْحَقَّ؟ فَلَا خَيْرَ فِى أَمِيرٍ (لا) يُقَالُ عِنْدَهُ الْحَقُّ وَلَا يَقُولُهُ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- al-Ḥsn n ʿMr b. al-Khṭāb Rd ʿLá Uba b. Kʿb Qrāʾh Āyh Fqāl Uba Laqad Samiʿtuhā
Machine translation, not reviewed
"Narrated from al-Hasan: Umar ibn al-Khattab rejected Ubayy ibn Ka'b's recitation of a verse. Ubayy said: 'I heard it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and you, O Umar, are preoccupied with the bustle of buying and selling.' Umar said: 'You have spoken truthfully. I only wanted to test you: is there among you one who speaks the truth? There is no good in a leader to whom the truth is said and who does not say it.'"
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Notes
ابن راهويه
machine translationIbn Rāhawayh
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