Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-43b
"عَنْ شريح بن عُبيد وراشد بن سعد وغيرهما قالوا: لما بلغ عمر بن الخطاب سَرَغَ () حُدِّثَ أَنَّ بالشَّامِ وَبَاءً شَدِيدًا، فَقَالَ: بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ شِدَّةَ الوَبَاءِ بِالشَّامِ، فَقُلْتُ: إِنْ أَدْرَكَنِي أَجَلِى وَأَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بن الجراح حَىٌّ استَخلفتُهُ، فإن سَأَلَنِي الله لِمَ استخلفتهُ عَلَى أمَّةِ محمدٍ؟ قُلْتُ: إِنِّى سمعتُ رسولَ الله ﷺ يقولُ: إنَّ لِكُلِّ نَبِىٍّ أَمِينًا، وأَمِينِي أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ الجَرَّاحِ، وَإنْ أدْرَكَنِي أَجَلِى وَقَدْ توُفِّى أبو عبيدةَ استخلفتُ معاذَ بن جَبَل، فَإِنْ سأَلَنِي رَبِّى - ﷻ - لِمَ استخلفتَهُ؟ قلتُ: سمعتُ رَسُولَ الله ﷺ يقولُ: إِنَّهُ يُحْشَر يَومَ القِيامَةِ بَيْن يَدَى العُلَمَاءِ (برَتْوَةٍ) ( ) ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Shryḥ b. ʿUbyd Wrāshd b. Sʿd Wghyrhmā Qālwā Lmā Blgh ʿMr b. al-Khṭāb Saragh Ḥuddith
- Bi-al-Shhām and Bāʾ Shadīd
- Balaghanī
- Shiddah al-Wabāʾ Bi-al-Shhām Faqult In Adrakanī Ajaliá Waʾabū ʿUbaydah b. al-Jrāḥ Ḥa Āstakhlftuh Fʾn Saʾalanī Allāh Lim Āstkhlfth
Machine translation, not reviewed
"From Shurayḥ b. ʿUbayd, Rāshid b. Saʿd and others, who said: When ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb reached Sargh (), he was told that there was a severe plague in Syria. He said: It has reached me that the plague is severe in Syria, so I said: If my appointed time overtakes me while Abū ʿUbaydah b. al-Jarrāḥ is alive, I will appoint him as successor. If Allah asks me: Why did you appoint him over the nation of Muhammad? I will say: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Every prophet has a trustworthy one, and my trustworthy one is Abū ʿUbaydah b. al-Jarrāḥ. And if my appointed time overtakes me after Abū ʿUbaydah has died, I will appoint Muʿādh b. Jabal. If my Lord - Mighty and Majestic - asks me: Why did you appoint him? I will say: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: He will be gathered on the Day of Resurrection ahead of the scholars (by a stone's throw) ( )."
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Notes
[حم] أحمد وهو صحيح، ورواه [حل] أبى نعيم في الحلية من طرق عن عمر
machine translation[Ḥam] Aḥmad, and it is authentic (ṣaḥīḥ). It was also narrated by [Ḥil] Abū Nuʿaym in al-Ḥilyah through several routes from ʿUmar.
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