Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2591b
"عن علقمةَ بنِ عبد اللَّه قال: أُتِىَ عُمر بن الخطاب بِبِرْذَوْنٍ فقال: مَا هَذَا؟ فِقِيلَ لَهُ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمؤْمنِينَ هَذِهِ دَابَّةٌ لَهَا وِطَاءٌ وَلَهَا هَيْئَةٌ وَلَهَا جَمَالٌ تَرْكَبُهُ العَجَمُ، فَقَالَ فَرَكِبَهُ، فَلَمَّا سَارَ هَزَّ مَنْكِبَيْه فَقَالَ: قَبَّحَ اللَّه هَذَا، بِئْسَ الدَّابَّةُ هَذِهِ، فَنَزَلَ عَنْهُ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿLqmh b. ʿBd Allāh
- Uti ʿUmr b. al-Khṭāb Bibirdhawn
Machine translation, not reviewed
"From 'Alqamah ibn 'Abdullah, who said: 'Umar ibn al-Khattab was brought a barzawn (a mule-like horse). He said: 'What is this?' It was said to him: 'O Commander of the Believers, this is an animal that has a saddle cloth, a fine appearance and beauty, which the non-Arabs ride.' So he mounted it. When it moved along, he shook his shoulders and said: 'May Allah disfigure this. What a wretched animal this is.' Then he dismounted from it."
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