al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8851
Ones named Umar
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حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ
كَانَ قَرْيَتَانِ إِحْدَاهُمَا صَالِحَةٌ وَالْأُخْرَى ظَالِمَةٌ فَخَرَجَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَرْيَةِ الظَّالِمَةِ يُرِيدُ الْقَرْيَةَ الصَّالِحَةَ فَأَتَاهُ الْمَوْتُ حَيْثُ شَاءَ اللهُ فَاخْتَصَمَ فِيهِ الْمَلَكُ وَالشَّيْطَانُ فَقَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ وَاللهِ مَا عَصَانِي قَطُّ فَقَالَ الْمَلَكُ إِنَّهُ قَدْ خَرَجَ يُرِيدُ التَّوْبَةَ فَقُضِيَ بَيْنَهُمَا أَنْ يُنْظَرَ إِلَى أَيِّهِمَا أَقْرَبُ فَوَجَدُوهُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَى الْقَرْيَةِ الصَّالِحَةِ بِشِبْرٍ فَغُفِرَ لَهُ قَالَ مَعْمَرٌ وَسَمِعْتُ مَنْ يَقُولُ «قَرَّبَ اللهُ إِلَيْهِ الْقَرْيَةَ الصَّالِحَةَ»
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm
- ʿAbd al-Razzāq
- Maʿmar
- Abū Isḥāq
- Abū al-Aḥwaṣ
- Ibn Masʿūd
✧ There were two towns, one righteous and the other wicked. A man left the wicked town intending to go to the righteous town, and death came to him wherever Allah willed. The angel and the devil disputed over him. The devil said, “By Allah, he never disobeyed me.” The angel said, “He had set out intending repentance.” It was decided between them that they should see to which of the two towns he was closer. They found him closer to the righteous town by a span, so he was forgiven. Maʿmar said, “And I heard someone say, ‘Allah brought the righteous town closer to him.’”
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