Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-3435b

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Juwayriyah said: Part of it is from Nafi', and part from a man of the descendants of Abu al-Darda', who said: Abu al-Darda' asked 'Umar for permission to go to Syria. He said: 'I will not permit you unless you work.' He said: 'Indeed I do not work.' He said: 'Indeed I will not permit you.' He said: 'So I will go and teach the people the Sunnah of their Prophet ﷺ and lead them in prayer.' So he permitted him. 'Umar set out for Syria, and when he was near them he stayed until evening. When night covered him he said: 'O Yarfa'! Go to Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan and look at him! Is there with him a gathering of talkers and a lamp, spreading out brocade and silk from the spoils of the Muslims? Then greet him, and he will return your greeting, and you will ask permission but he will not permit you until he knows who you are.' We went until we reached his door, and he said: 'Peace be upon you.' He said: 'And upon you peace.' He said: 'May I enter?' He said: 'Who are you?' He said: 'Yarfa', this is one who will displease you, this is the Commander of the Believers.' He opened the door, and behold, there was a gathering and a lamp, and he was spreading brocade ( ) and silk, why? He said: 'O Yarfa', the door, the door!' Then he struck him between the ears with the whip, and rolled up the goods, placing them in the middle of the house, then said to the people: 'None of you shall leave until I return to you.' Then they both left from his presence. Then he said: 'O Yarfa'! Come with us to 'Amr ibn al-'As, to look at him. With him is a gathering and a lamp, and he is from the spoils of the Muslims. Greet him, and he will return your greeting, and ask permission, and he will not permit you until he knows who you are.' We reached his door, and 'Umar said: 'Peace be upon you.' He said: 'And upon you peace.' He said: 'May I enter?' He said: 'Who are you?' Yarfa' said: 'This is one who will displease you, this is the Commander of the Believers.' He opened the door, and behold, there was a gathering and a lamp, and he was spreading brocade and silk. He said: 'O Yarfa'! The door, the door!' Then he struck him between the ears with the whip, then rolled up the goods and placed them in the middle of the house, then said to the people: 'Do not leave until I return to you.' We left from his presence. He said: 'O Yarfa'! Come with us to Abu Musa, to look at him: with him is a gathering and a lamp, spreading wool from the spoils of the Muslims, so ask permission to enter upon him, and he will not permit you until he knows who you are.' We went to him, and with him was a gathering and a lamp, spreading wool, and he placed the whip between his ears striking him, and said: 'You too, O Abu Musa!' He said: 'O Commander of the Believers! This is what you have seen my companions do. By Allah, I have experienced what they experienced.' He said: 'Then what is this?' He said: 'The people of the town claimed that nothing is right except this.' So he rolled up the goods, placed it in the middle of the house, and said to the people: 'None of you shall leave until I return to you.' When we left his presence he said: 'O Yarfa'! Come with us to my brother, so that we may look at him: he has no gathering and no lamp, and his door has no bolt, spreading out on the ground, using a saddle-cloth as a pillow, with a thin cloak over him, which the cold has caused to suffer. Greet him, and he will return your greeting, and ask permission, and he will permit you before he knows who you are.' We went until, when we stood at his door, he said: 'Peace be upon you.' He said: 'And upon you peace.' He said: 'May I enter?' He said: 'Enter.' He pushed the door, and there was no bolt on it. We entered a dark house, and 'Umar began feeling until he reached him, and he touched a cushion and found it a saddle-cloth, and he touched his bedding and found it ground, and he touched his covering and found a thin cloak. Abu al-Darda' said: 'Who is this? The Commander of the Believers?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'By Allah, Umar said: May Allah have mercy on you, did I not make things wide for you? Did I not do for you?' Abu al-Darda' said to him: 'Do you remember a hadith the Messenger of Allah ﷺ related to us, O 'Umar?' He said: 'Which hadith?' He said: '(Let the provision of one of you from this world be like the provision of a rider).' He said: 'Yes.' (He said: 'Then what did we do after it, O 'Umar?') He said: 'They both continued weeping until morning.'

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