Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2473b
"عن الأحنف بن قيس قال: ما سمعَ النَّاسُ مثلَ عُمَر بنِ الخطابِ في بابِ الدينِ والدُّنْيا، كان مُنَوَّر القلب، فَطِنا بجميعِ الأمورِ، بَيْناه يطوفُ ذات ليلة سمع امرأة تُنشد: فمنهنَّ من يُسْقى بعذبٍ مُبَرَّدٍ... نعاجٍ فتلكم عند ذلك قرت ومنهن من يُسْقى باحصر آسِنٍ... أجاجٍ ولولا خشيةُ اللَّه فرَّت فَفَطِن ما تشكو، فبعثَ إلى زوجِها، فقالَ لرجلٍ: اسْتَنْكِه فَمَهُ فَوَجَدَه مُتَغَيِّر الفَمِ، فخيَّره بين خَمْسِمِائةِ دِرْهمٍ وَجَارِيَةٍ من الْفَئِ علَى أَنْ يُطَلِّقها؟ فاختارَ خَمْسَمِائَةِ درهمٍ والجاريةَ فأَعْطَاهُ وطَلَّقهَا".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- al-Ḥnf b. Qys
- Mā Smʿ al-Nās Mthl
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"From al-Ahnaf ibn Qays, who said: The people have not heard the like of 'Umar ibn al-Khattab in matters of religion and the world. He was luminous of heart, perceptive of all matters. One night while he was circumambulating, he heard a woman reciting: Among them is one watered with sweet cool water... with the ewes, and then they were content. And among them is one watered with stagnant bitter water, and were it not for fear of Allah, she would have fled. He perceived what she complained of, so he sent for her husband and said to a man: Smell his mouth. He found it foul, so he gave him the choice between five hundred dirhams and a slave girl from the spoils, on condition that he divorce her. He chose the five hundred dirhams and the slave girl, and he gave them to him, and he divorced her."
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