Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2562b
"عَنْ عُمَرَ قَالَ: غَلَبَنِى أَهْلُ الْكُوفَةِ! أَسْتَعْمِلُ عَلَيهِمُ المُؤْمِنَ فَيَضْعُفُ، وَأَسْتَعْمِلُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْفَاجِرَ فَيَفْجُرُ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿUmar
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"'Umar said: The people of Kufah have defeated me! If I appoint a believer over them, he becomes weak; and if I appoint a wicked man over them, he acts wickedly."
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