Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2555b
"عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ أَبِى النَّجُودِ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الخَطَّابِ كَانَ إِذَا بَعَثَ عُمَّالَهُ شَرَطَ عَلَيْهِم أَنْ لَا يَرْكَبُوا بِرْذَوْنًا، وَلَا يَأكُلُوا تِينًا، وَلَا يَلْبَسُوا رَقيقًا، وَلَا تُغْلِقُوا أَبْوَابَكُمْ دَونَ حَوَائِج النَّاسِ، فَإنْ فَعَلْتُم شَيْئًا مِن ذَلِكَ فَقَدْ حَلَّت بِكُم الْعُقُوبَةُ، ثُمَّ يُشَيِّعُهُمْ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ قَالَ: إِنِّى لَمْ أُسَلِّطْكُم عَلَى دِمَاءِ الْمُسلِمِينَ، وَلَا عَلَى أبْشَارِهم، وَلَا عَلَى أَعْرَاضِهمْ، وَلَا عَلَى أَمْوَالِهِم، وَلَكِنِّى بَعَثْتُكم لِتُقِيمُوا بهِمُ الصَّلَاةَ وَتَقْسمُوا فَيئَهُمْ، وَتَحْكمُوا بِالْعَدْلِ، فَإِنْ أَشْكَلَ عَلَيْكُمَ شَئٌ فَارْفَعُوهُ إِلىَّ، أَلَا وَلَا تَضْرِبُوا الْعَرَبَ فَتُذِلُّوهَا، وَلَا تُجَمِّرُوهَا فَتَفتِنُوهَا، وَلَا تَعْتَلُوا عَلَيْهَا فَتَحْرِمُوهَا، جَرِّدوا القرآنَ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿĀṣim b. Abiá al-Najūd
Machine translation, not reviewed
"'Asim ibn Abi al-Najud narrated that 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, whenever he sent out his governors, would stipulate for them that they should not ride a bardhawn (a mule-like horse), nor eat fine bread, nor wear thin clothing, and that they should not close their doors against the needs of the people. He said: "If you do any of that, then punishment has befallen you." Then he would see them off, and when he wanted to return he said: "I have not given you power over the blood of the Muslims, nor over their skins, nor over their honour, nor over their wealth. Rather I have sent you so that you may establish the prayer among them, divide their spoils, and judge with justice. If anything is unclear to you, refer it to me. Beware! Do not beat the Arabs and thereby humiliate them, do not send them off to the frontiers and thereby tempt them, and do not withhold from them and thereby deprive them. Recite the Qur'an.""
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Notes
[هب] البيهقى في شعب الإيمان
machine translation[Hab] Al-Bayhaqī in Shuʿab al-Īmān
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