Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2686b
"عن أنس قال: بعثنى أبو موسى بفتح تسْترَ إلى عمرَ، فسألنى عمر -وكان ستةُ نفر من بكر بن وائل قد ارتدوا عن الإِسلام ولحقوا بالمشركين- فقال: ما فعل النفرُ من بكر بن وائل؟ قلتُ: يا أمير المؤمنين، قوم قد ارتدوا عن الإِسلام ولحقوا بالمشركين ما سبيلهم إلا القتل؟ فقال عمر: لأَن أكونَ أخذتُهم سِلمًا أحب إلى مما طلعت عليه الشمس من صفراء وبيضاء، قلت: يا أمير المومنين، وما كنتَ صانعًا بهم لو أخذتَهم سلما؟ قال: كنت عارضًا عليهم الباب الذى خرجوا منه أن يدخلوا فيه، فإن فعلوا ذلك قبلت منهم وإلا استودعتهم السجن".
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“From Anas who said: Abu Musa sent me with the conquest of Tustar to ‘Umar. ‘Umar asked me, and six men of Bakr ibn Wa'il had apostatized from Islam and joined the polytheists: ‘What did the group from Bakr ibn Wa'il do?’ I said: ‘O Commander of the Faithful, a people who apostatized from Islam and joined the polytheists; is their only way death?’ ‘Umar said: ‘That I had taken them alive would be dearer to me than whatever the sun rises upon, of gold and silver.’ I said: ‘O Commander of the Faithful, what would you have done with them had you taken them alive?’ He said: ‘I would have offered them the gate they went out through to re-enter it. If they did, I would accept them; otherwise I would have entrusted them to prison.’”
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[عب] عبد الرازق
machine translation[ʿAb] ʿAbd al-Razzāq
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