Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-688b
"عَنِ الأَحْنفِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الخَطَّابِ يَقُولُ: كُنَّا نَتَحَدَّثُ: إِنَّمَا أهْلَكَ هَذِهِ الأُمَّةَ كُلُّ مُنَافِقٍ عَلِيمِ اللِّسَانِ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- al-Aḥnf b. Qays
- ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb
Machine translation, not reviewed
"Narrated from al-Ahnaf ibn Qays: I heard 'Umar ibn al-Khattab say: We used to speak: 'Indeed, what destroys this Ummah is every hypocrite who is eloquent of tongue.'"
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Notes
جعفر الفريابي في صفة المنافق، [ع] أبو يعلى في معجمه، ونصر، [كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه
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