Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2452b
"عَنْ نَافِعٍ قَالَ: دَخَلَ شَابٌّ قَوِىٌّ الْمَسْجِدَ، وَفِى يَدِهِ (مَشَاقِصُ) وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: مَنْ يُعِيننُى في سَبيلِ اللَّه؟ فَدَعَا به عُمَرُ فَأُتِى به، فَقَالَ: مَنْ يَسْتَأجِرُ مِنِّى هَذَا يَعْمَلُ فِى أَرْضِهِ؟ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ: أَنَا يَا أَميرَ المُؤْمِنينَ! قَالَ: بِكَمْ تَأجُرُهُ كُلَّ شَهْرٍ؟ قَالَ: بَكَذَا وَكَذَا، قَالَ (خُذْهُ)، فَانْطَلَقَ بِهِ، فَعَمِلَ فِى أَرْضِ الرَّمْلِ أَشْهُرًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ عُمَرُ لِلرَّجُلِ: مَا فَعَلَ أجِيرُنَا؟ قَالَ: صَالِحٌ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنينَ! قَالَ: ائْتِنِى بِهِ، وَبِمَا اجْتَمَعَ لَه مِنَ الأَجْرِ، فَجَاءَ بِهِ وبِصُرَّةٍ مِنْ دَرَاهِمَ، فَقَالَ: خُذْ هَذِهِ، فَإِنْ شِئْتَ الآنَ فَاغْزُ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ فَاجْلِسْ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Nāfiʿ
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"From Nafi', who said: A strong young man entered the mosque with (mashaqis) in his hand, saying: 'Who will help me in the cause of Allah?' 'Umar summoned him and he was brought. 'Umar said: 'Who will hire this man from me to work on his land?' A man from the Ansar said: 'I will, O Commander of the Believers!' He said: 'For how much will you hire him each month?' He said: 'For such and such.' He said: 'Take him.' So he took him away, and he worked on sandy land for several months. Then 'Umar said to the man: 'What has our worker done?' He said: 'He is good, O Commander of the Believers!' He said: 'Bring him to me, and with him the wages he has earned.' He came with him and a purse of dirhams. 'Umar said: 'Take this. If you wish, go now to fight, and if you wish, sit down.'"
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Notes
[هب] البيهقى في شعب الإيمان
machine translation[Hab] Al-Bayhaqī in Shuʿab al-Īmān
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