Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-856b
"عَن الضحاك بن قيسٍ: أنه كان طاعونٌ بالشامِ فكانت القبيلة تموت بأسرِها حتى ترثَها القبيلة الأخرى، فكتب فيهم إلى عمر بن الخطاب، فكتب عمرُ: إذا كانوا من قِبَل الأبِ سواء فأولاهمْ بنو الأم، وإذا كانوا بنو الأب أقرب (بأب) فهم أولى من بنى الأب والأم".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- al-Ḍḥāk b. Qys
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"From al-Dahhak ibn Qays: that there was a plague in Syria, and a tribe would die out entirely until another tribe inherited from it. He wrote about them to 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, and 'Umar wrote: 'If they are equal in terms of the father, then the closest to them are the sons of the mother; and if the sons of the father are closer (through the father), then they have priority over the sons of the father and mother.'"
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Notes
[عب] عبد الرازق وابن جرير، [ق] البيهقى في السنن
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