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ahmad-zuhd:1300ʿAbdullāh > Manṣūr b. Bashīr > Ḥammād al-Ashaj > ʿAlay b. Zayd > al-Ḥasan > al-Aḥnaf b. Qays > ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

[Machine] "The destruction of this nation is at the hands of every knowledgeable hypocrite. I have been in your presence and have only seen good from you. So go back to your people, for they are in need of your opinion."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٣٠٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا مَنْصُورُ بْنُ بَشِيرٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ الْأَشَجُّ عَنْ عَلَيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنِ الْأَحْنَفِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَهُ جَالِسًا فَقَالَ

«إِنَّ هَلَكَةَ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ عَلَى يَدَيْ كُلِّ مُنَافِقٍ عَلِيمٍ وَقَدْ رَمَقْتُكَ فَلَمْ أَرَ مِنْكَ إِلَّا خَيْرًا فَارْجِعْ إِلَى قَوْمِكَ فَإِنَّهُمْ لَا يَسْتَغْنُونَ عَنْ رَأْيِكَ»