Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-3015b
"عَنْ عمرَ أنهُ قيلَ لَهُ: إِنَّ هُنَا غُلامًا مِن أَهْلِ الحيرَةِ حافظًا كاتبًا، فلو اتخذتَهُ كاتبًا؟ قالَ: قد اتَّخَذْتُ إِذنْ بطانةً من دونِ المؤمنينَ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿMr Nh Qyl Lah
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"From 'Umar: it was said to him: Indeed there is here a boy from the people of al-Hirah, who is a memorizer and a scribe; if you were to take him as a scribe? He said: Then I would have taken an intimate from other than the believers."
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Notes
[ش] ابن أبى شيبة وعبد بن حميد، وابن أَبى حاتم
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