Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2779b
"عن عبد اللَّه بن قيس بن أَبى قيس قال: قدِم عمرُ الجابيةَ فأراد قسمةَ الأَرْضِ بين المسلمين، فقال له معاذ: وَاللَّه إِذَنْ لَيَكُوننَّ مَا تَكْرَهُ، إِنَّكَ إِنْ قَسَمْتهَا اليومَ صار الرِّيعُ العظيمُ في أيدى القوم (ثم) يَبيدُونَ فَيَصِيرُ ذَلِكَ إِلَى الرجلِ الواحدِ أو المرأةِ، ثم يأتى من بعدهم قومٌ يَسُدُّونَ مِنَ الإِسْلَامِ مَسَدًّا وَهُمْ لَا يَجِدُونَ شَيْئًا، فَانْظُر أَمْرًا (يَسَعُ) أوَّلهُمْ وآخِرَهُمْ، فصار عمرُ إلى قولِ معاذ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿBd Allāh b. Qys b. Abá Qys
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"From 'Abd Allah ibn Qays ibn Abi Qays, who said: 'When 'Umar came to al-Jabiyah, he wanted to divide the land among the Muslims. Mu'adh said to him: 'By Allah, if so, what you dislike will happen. If you divide it today, the great revenue will be in the hands of the people, then they will perish, and it will pass to one man or one woman. Then there will come after them people who will close a gap in Islam while finding nothing. So consider a matter that suffices the first of them and the last of them.' 'Umar then adopted Mu'adh's opinion."
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أبو عبيد، والخرائطى في مكارم الأخلاق
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