Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2713b
"عن الزهرى أن عمر بن الخطاب قال لأصحابه: ما تقولون في الرجل لا يحضره أحيانا ذهنه ولا عقله ولا حفظه، وأحيانا يحضره ذهنه وعقله؟ قالوا: ما ندرى يا أمير المؤمنين، فقال عمر: إن للقلب طُخَاء كطخاء القمر، فإذا غشى ذلك القلب ذهب ذهنه وعقله وحفظه، فإذا تجلى عن قلبه أتاه ذهنه وعقله وحفظه".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- al-Zhrá n ʿMr b. al-Khṭāb
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"Al-Zuhri reported that 'Umar ibn al-Khattab said to his companions: 'What do you say about a man whose mind, intellect and memory sometimes fail him, and sometimes return to him?' They said: 'We do not know, O Commander of the Believers.' 'Umar said: 'The heart has a dimness like the dimness of the moon. When that heart is covered, his mind, intellect and memory go away; when it is unveiled from his heart, his mind, intellect and memory come back to him.'"
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