Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-729b
"عَنْ مُسْلِم بنِ يَنَاق أنَّ عُمَر بن الخطاب بعث سفيان بنَ عبد الله الثَّقفى سَاعِيًا فرآه بعد أيامٍ في المسجد، فقال له: أمَا تَرْضَى أن تكون كالغَازِي في سبيل الله؟ قال: وكيف لى بذلك وهم يزعمون أنَّا نَظلِمُهُمْ، قال: يَقُولُون ماذا؟ قالَ: يَقولُونَ أَتَحْسِبُ علينا السَّخْلَةَ؟ فقال عمر: احْسِبها ولو جاء بها الراعي يَحْمِلُها على كَتِفِهِ، وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: إِنَّا نَدَعُ لهم الأَكُولةَ والرُّبى، والماخِضَ، والَفحْلَ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Muslim b. Yanāq
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"From Muslim ibn Yanaq that 'Umar ibn al-Khattab sent Sufyan ibn 'Abdullah al-Thaqafi as a zakat collector. After some days he saw him in the mosque and said to him: 'Are you not content to be like the one who fights in the cause of Allah?' He said: 'How can I be that, when they claim that we wrong them?' He said: 'What do they say?' He said: 'They say: Do you count the young goat against us?' 'Umar said: 'Count it, even if the shepherd brings it carrying it on his shoulder. And tell them: We leave for them the milking ewes, the ewes with young, the pregnant ones, and the stallion.'"
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[عب] عبد الرازق وابن جرير
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