Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2690b
"عن الشعبى قال: قال عمرُ: دلونى على رجل أستعملهُ على أمر قد أَهَمَّنى من أمرِ المسلمين، قالوا: عبدُ الرحمن بن عوف، قال: ضعيفٌ، قالوا: فلان، قال: لا حاجةَ لى فيه، قالوا: من تريد؟ قال: رجلٌ إذا كان أميرَهِم كان كأنَّه رجلٌ منهم، وإذا لم يكن أميرَهم كان كأنه أميرُهم، قالوا: ما نعلمه إلا الرَّبِيع بن زياد الحارثى، قال: صدَقْتم".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- al-Shʿbá
- Qāl ʿMr Dlwná ʿLá Rjl Stʿmlh ʿLá Mr Qd Ahammaná Mn Mr al-Mslmyn Qālwā ʿBd al-Rḥmn b. ʿWf
- Ḍʿyf Qālwā Flān
- Lā Ḥājh Lá Fyh Qālwā Mn Tryd
Machine translation, not reviewed
“From al-Sha‘bi who said: ‘Umar said: ‘Direct me to a man whom I may appoint over a matter that has troubled me concerning the affairs of the Muslims.’ They said: ‘‘Abd al-Rahman ibn ‘Awf.’ He said: ‘He is weak.’ They said: ‘So-and-so.’ He said: ‘I have no need for him.’ They said: ‘Whom do you want?’ He said: ‘A man who, when he is their leader, is as though he is one of them, and when he is not their leader, is as though he is their leader.’ They said: ‘We know of no one but al-Rabi‘ ibn Ziyad al-Harithi.’ He said: ‘You have spoken truly.’”
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