Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2915b
"عن نافع أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ اقْطَعَ الأَقْرَعَ بْنَ حَابِس والزِّبْرقَانَ قَطِيعةً، وَكَتَبَ لَهُما كتابًا، فقالَ لهما عُثْمان: أَشْهِدَا عُمَرَ فَهُو أَحْرزُ لأمرِكما، وَهُوَ الخَلِيفَةُ بَعْده، فَأَتَيا عُمرَ فَقَالَ لَهُمَا: مَنْ كَتَبَ لَكُما هَذَا الكتَابَ؟ قَالَا: أَبو بَكْرٍ، قالَ: لَا وَاللَّه وَلَا كَرَامةَ واللَّه لَيُغلِقنَّ وجوهَ المسلمينَ بالسيوف والحِجَارَة ثُمَّ يكُون لَكُما هَذَا؟ فَتَفلَ فيه فَمَحَاه، فأتَيا أَبَا بَكْر فقَالا: مَا نَدْرِى أَنْتَ الخَلِيفَة أمْ عُمرُ؟ ثم أَخَبَرَاه، قَالَ: فَإِنا لا نُجيزُ إلَّا ما أَجازَهُ عُمرُ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Nāfʿ
- Abū Bakr Āqṭaʿ al-Aqraʿ b. Ḥābis and al-Zzibrqān Qaṭīʿh Wakatab Lahumā Ktāb
Machine translation, not reviewed
"It is narrated from Nafi' that Abu Bakr granted al-Aqra' ibn Habis and al-Zibriqan an estate and wrote a document for them. 'Uthman said to them, 'Have 'Umar witness it, for that is safer for your affair, and he is the caliph after him.' They came to 'Umar, and he said to them, 'Who wrote this document for you?' They said, 'Abu Bakr.' He said, 'No, by Allah, and no honour. By Allah, he will shut the faces of the Muslims with swords and stones, and then this will be yours?' Then he spat on it and erased it. They came to Abu Bakr and said, 'We do not know whether you are the caliph or 'Umar.' Then they informed him. He said, 'We will not permit anything except what 'Umar permits.'"
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Notes
يعقوب بن سفيان، [كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه
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