Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-670b
"عَن اللَّيْثِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ: هل تَدْرُونَ لِمَ سُمِّىَ المُزاحُ () (؟ قَالُوا: لَا) قَالَ: لأَنَّهُ زَاح الْحَقَّ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- al-Layth b. Saʿd
- ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb
- Hl Tadrūn Lim Summi al-Muzāḥ
- Lʾannah
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Al-Layth ibn Sa'd: 'Umar ibn al-Khattab said: Do you know why jesting (al-muzah) is so named? (They said: No.) He said: Because it deviates (zaha) from the truth.
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ابن أبى الدنيا فيه
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