Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2527b
"عَنْ عُرْوَةَ: أَنَّ النَّبِىَّ ﷺ كَانَ يُقْرِئُ شَابّا، فَقَرَأَ: {أَفَلَا يَتَدَبَّرُونَ الْقُرْآنَ أَمْ عَلَى قُلُوبٍ أَقْفَالُهَا}، فَقَالَ الشَّابُّ: عَلَيْهَا أَثْقَالُهَا حَتَّى يُفَرِّجَهَا اللَّه، فَقَالَ النَّبىُّ ﷺ: صَدَقْتَ، وَجَاءَهُ نَاسٌ مِن أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ فَسَأَلُوهُ أَنْ يَكْتُبَ لَهُمْ كِتَابًا، فَأَمَرَ عَبْدَ اللَّه بْنَ أَرْقَمَ أَنْ يَكْتُبَ لَهُمْ كِتَابًا (فكتب لهم) فَجَاءَ بِهِ فَقَالَ: أَصَبْتَ، وَكَانَ عُمَرُ يَرَى أَنَّهُ سَيلِى مِنْ أَمْر النَّاسِ شَيْئًا، فَلَمَّا اسْتُخْلِفَ عُمَرُ سَأَل عَن الشَّابِّ (فَقَالُوا: اسْتُشْهدَ، فَقَالَ عُمَر: قَالَ النَّبىُّ ﷺ كذا وكذا، فقَالَ الشَّابُّ كَذَا وكَذَا) فَقَالَ النَّبىُّ ﷺ: فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّ اللَّه سَيَهْدِيهِ، وَاسْتَعْمَل عُمَرُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ الأَرْقَمِ عَلَى بَيْتِ الْمَالِ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿUrwah
- al-Nabi ﷺ Kān Yuqriʾ Shābbā Faqaraʾ Afalā Yatadabbarūn al-Qurān Am
- Qulūb Aqfāluhā
Machine translation, not reviewed
"It is narrated from 'Urwah that the Prophet ﷺ used to teach a young man, and he recited: {Do they not then reflect upon the Quran, or are there locks upon their hearts?} The young man said: Upon them are their locks, until Allah opens them. The Prophet ﷺ said: You have spoken the truth. And some people from the people of Yemen came to him and asked him to write a letter for them, so he commanded 'Abdullah ibn Arqam to write a letter for them (so he wrote for them), and he came with it, and he said: You have done well. 'Umar used to think that he would hold some position over the affairs of the people, and when 'Umar was made caliph he asked about the young man (they said: he was martyred; 'Umar said: the Prophet ﷺ said such and such, and the young man said such and such) and the Prophet ﷺ said: I knew that Allah would guide him, and 'Umar appointed 'Abdullah ibn al-Arqam over the treasury."
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Notes
ابن راهويه، وابن جرير، وابن المنذر، وابن مردويه
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