Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2805b
"عن ابنِ سِيرينَ قَالَ: قَدِمَ سحيم عَلَى عُمَرَ بن الخطَّابِ فأنْشَدهُ قَصِيدَتَهُ، فقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ: لَوْ قَدَّمْتَ الإِسْلَامَ عَلَى الشِّيب لأَجَزْتُكَ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Ibn Sīryn
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"It is narrated from Ibn Sirin, who said: Suhaym came to 'Umar ibn al-Khattab and recited his qasidah to him. 'Umar said to him: If you had put Islam before grey hair, I would have rewarded you."
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Notes
عمر بن شيبة، والأصبهانى في الأغانى، وابن جرير
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