Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2740b
"عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّاب كَتَبَ إِلَى أَبِى مُوسَى الأَشْعَرِىِّ: أَنْ مُرْ مَنْ قِبَلَكَ يَتَعَلَّمُ الْعَرَبِيَّة، فَإنَّهَا تَدُلُ عَلَى صَوابِ الْكَلَامِ، وَمُرْهُمْ بِرِوَايَةِ الشِّعْرِ، فَإِنَّهُ يَدُلُّ عَلَى مَعَالِى الأَخْلَاق".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Ibn Shihāb
- ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb Katab
- Abiá Mūsá al-Ashʿari
- Mur Man Qibalak Yataʿallam al-ʿArabiyyah Faʾnnahā Tadul
- Ṣawāb al-Kalām and Murhum Biriwāyah al-Shiʿr
Machine translation, not reviewed
"It is narrated from Ibn Shihab that 'Umar ibn al-Khattab wrote to Abu Musa al-Ash'ari: Order those under your authority to learn Arabic, for it indicates the soundness of speech, and order them to narrate poetry, for it indicates noble character."
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Notes
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