[Machine] It is related that ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz stopped by a monk in al-Jazīrah, in a hermitage where the monk had spent a long lifetime. He was said to possess knowledge from the knowledge found in the scriptures. So he came down to him—no one had been seen coming down to anyone before him. He said to him, “Do you know why I came down to you?” He replied, “No.” He said, “For the sake of your father’s right.” He said, “We find him to be among the leaders of justice, in the place of Rajab among the Sacred Months.” Then Ayyūb ibn Suwayd explained it to him and said, “Three are consecutive: Dhū al-Qaʿdah, Dhū al-Ḥijjah, and al-Muḥarram—[they are like] Abū Bakr, ʿUmar, and ʿUthmān—and Rajab stands alone.”

أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ وَقَفَ بِرَاهِبٍ بِالْجَزِيرَةِ فِي صَوْمَعَةٍ لَهُ قَدْ أَتَى عَلَيْهِ فِيهَا عُمْرٌ طَوِيلٌ وَكَانَ يُنْسَبُ إِلَيْهِ عِلْمٌ مِنْ عِلْمِ الْكُتُبِ فَهَبَطَ إِلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يُرَ هَابِطًا إِلَى أَحَدٍ قَبْلَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَتَدْرِي لِمَ هَبَطَ إِلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ لِحَقِّ أَبِيكَ قَالَ إِنَّا نَجِدُهُ مِنْ أَئِمَّةِ الْعَدْلِ بِمَوْضِعِ رَجَبٍ مِنْ أَشْهُرِ الْحُرُمِ قَالَ فَفَسَّرَهُ لَهُ أَيُّوبُ بْنُ سُوَيْدٍ فَقَالَ ثَلَاثَةٌ مُتَوَالِيَةٌ ذُو الْقَعْدَةِ وَذُو الْحَجَّةِ وَالْمُحَرَّمُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ وَعُثْمَانُ وَرَجَبٌ مُنْفَرِدٌ